Nice, Chuck! From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 2:26 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Meteorites After a lifetime in this hobby, I finally took the plunge and bought a few meteorite specimens from a reputable dealer. The price was affordable for a bottom-feeder like me. I got a 16.8 gram Canyon Diablo, worn exterior that reveals the shiny iron under the fusion crust. Also a nice slice of the Sikhote-Alin Russian fall, 9.13 grams. Lastly, an unaltered piece of the recent Chelyabinsk fall, the one that was heavily documented by Russian dash-cams at the time, 3.0 oz. I'll bring these to the next L&O. Anybody else on the list collect meteorites? It's humbling to hold something that dates to the formation of the solar system itself, a third of the way back to the big bang. My late dad was interested in geology in his youth (studied under professor Jennings at the U), and once gave me something that he thought was a meteorite. It broke my heart to tell him, years after he gave it to me, that it was just a broken, worn and oxidized steel ball from an industrial mill. These new specimens are my way of not letting his interest die-off, and honoring his interest and mentoring of his son, all those years ago. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".