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JShrum
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Reged: 08/14/07
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Loc: Bay City, MI, USA
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Does that pertain to meteorites?
Anyway, I just got my first from a collector in our club...very cool. I really like having it setup in my office. It has gotten quite a few comments already. 
Clear Skies and happy meteorite hunting!
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Jeff Shrum
Bay City, MI
CPC 1100 XLT
WO 2" Crayford 2-speed Focuser
OPT 2" Dielectric Diagonal
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csa/montana
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Jeff, Congratulations! That is a great "First", of your collection! 
Thanks for sharing a photo with us.
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
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JShrum
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Thank you Carol...it has what I call character.
Sort of like me only in a good way. 
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Jeff Shrum
Bay City, MI
CPC 1100 XLT
WO 2" Crayford 2-speed Focuser
OPT 2" Dielectric Diagonal
Sunset Astronomical Society
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csa/montana
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Talstarone
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Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Very Nice Piece of Canyon Diablo,Jeff  .
I also like the display with the label and Riker Box.
I am always impressed with Canyon Diablo Meteorites.That was my first large Meteorite,Also.
It just seems right in owning a piece of what caused Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Thank You For Sharing Your First Time With Us Birthday Man(JeffS) 
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Achro Refractor
Meade ETX-60BB(60mm F/5.8)Achro Refractor
Meade #884 Tripod
Meade LPI(Thank You Frank)
Meade DSI-C(Thank You Frank)
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JShrum
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Thank you Todd...I saw it and just couldn't resist.
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Jeff Shrum
Bay City, MI
CPC 1100 XLT
WO 2" Crayford 2-speed Focuser
OPT 2" Dielectric Diagonal
Sunset Astronomical Society
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Glassthrower
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My first meteorites were a handful of small NWA 4293 chips - a classic H6 chondrite with shiny desert polish and high magnetic attraction. I bought them on a whim, cheap, from a collector who was selling off some of his smaller specimens to raise money for some bigger purchases. We had done a couple of gear deals on AM prior, so I didn't think twice about buying some meteorites from him.
When they arrived, they were small and unassuming, but what they represented was truly astronomical. I felt a sense of awe when I first held one. It was the first time I had ever touched a piece of something that is older than the Earth and comes from space. It was magical and addicting. The madness had started. I still have those small NWA 4293 fragments for sentimental value - they are what got me started.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & 32 different falls and types!
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edwincjones
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my first was a little speck of Mars from Mike, then a speck of the Moon
I was very impressed, overwhelmed, to hold a piece of another planet/moon.
I have more now, many more, ?too many more.
edj
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n w arkansas
Binocular, Solar, General Amateur Astronomy
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edwincjones
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no, not enough, not yet
edj
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n w arkansas
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