[meteorite-list] New Barwell acquisition

[Gary Fujihara]

Aloha Martin,

Congratulations on your early Christmas (meteorite) present. The accompanying and substantiating documentation makes it all the more an exceptional acquisition. 

gary   

On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Just wanted to show off my latest acquisition, a 93.54 gram specimen
> of the famous Barwell meteorite. Barwell fell on 24th December 1965
> and was witnessed by many people and is affectionately known as the
> Christmas meteorite. It is the second largest of the UK meteorites
> after the Wiltshire stone (Lake House) This particular stone was found
> on the 6th January by Jean Ferguson (nee McKellar) who at the time was
> the Keeper of Geology at the Leicester Museum and it has been in her
> possession ever since. I am especially proud to have such a nice
> specimen of this historic UK meteoite in my collection :-) Photos can
> be seen at the link below:
> 
> (https://www.flickr.com/photos/94515040@N03/sets/72157635382072632/)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Martin
> 
> -- 
> Martin Goff
> www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
> IMCA #3387
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Gary Fujihara
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