[meteorite-list] Ensisheim Meteorite & Show

[Greg Hupé]

Hello All,

In just a few short days some of us will start making or way to Europe and 
congregate at the Ensisheim and Sainte Marie aux Mines shows. I am looking 
forward to seeing many of my friends there, Ensisheim has always been my 
favorite show when it comes down to pure meteorites, no beads or junk, just 
meteorites and fun meteorite people! I am not sure what I am bringing to 
offer for sale yet, so if I have anything that you may be interested in, 
please send me an email and I will do my best to bring anything of interest.

Here is a little Ensisheim history to get warmed up by...

Ensisheim meteorite...

...a meteorite whose descent from the sky onto a wheat field in Alsace (now 
part of France) in 1492 is one of the earliest instances of a meteorite fall 
on record.  Maximillian I, who was proclaimed Holy Roman emperor soon 
afterward, assembled his council to determine the significance of this 
event; their verdict was that the meteorite was a favorable omen for success 
in Maximilian’s wars with France and Turkey.  Accordingly, Maximilian 
ordered the Ensisheim stone to be placed with an appropriate inscription in 
the local parish church.  The meteorite was fixed to the wall with iron 
crampons to prevent it from wandering at night or departing in the same 
violent manner in which it had arrived.  It resides in the town of Ensisheim 
today, although visitors in the intervening centuries chipped off all but 56 
kg (123 pounds) of its original 127-kg mass.

See you at the show!!

Best Regards,
Greg

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