[meteorite-list] Richard Norton wiki

[Greg Catterton]

I have a wiki account and would be willing to do it if nobody else has the time. I also agree that he deserves an entry.

Greg C.

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:


> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Richard Norton

> To: MeteorHntr at aol.com

> Cc: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:46 PM

> Hi List,

> 

> Just a thought here, in honor of Mr. Norton -

> 

> I just noticed that Mr. Norton does not have a wikipedia

> entry, nor

> does his book Rocks from Space.  I think this is a

> major oversight -

> Mr. Norton's contributions surely merit a complete entry in

> Wikipedia.

>  Is there someone here on the list who is fluent with the

> workings of

> Wikipedia?  Perhaps someone could take it upon

> themselves to post an

> entry.

> 

> Best regards,

> 

> MikeG

> 

> 

> 

> On 5/27/09, MeteorHntr at aol.com

> <MeteorHntr at aol.com>

> wrote:

> > Bernd and all,

> >

> > I just sold a little piece of Murchison today on 

> Ebay.  Just another day

> > in the life of a meteorite dealer. 

> However,  this very rock (like many of

> > the other meteorites we have) is often mentioned

> as  being 4.56 Billion

> > years

> > old.

> >

> > One human life might make it 100  years. 

> Richard's didn't make it nearly

> > that far.

> >

> > Thus Murchison is  over 45,600,000 human life

> spans old.

> >

> > That is about the same ratio as  there are number

> of seconds in one year;

> > 31,536,000:1

> >

> > Days like  today remind us that we are all only

> "temporary curators" of the

> > meteorites we  briefly possess.

> >

> > Even the oldest of our great collecting

> institutions  have barely held

> > their collections for more than two centuries. 

> Thus, even  our so called

> > "permanent collections" have only held these treasures

> for  1/22,800,000 of

> > their

> > existence.

> >

> > Life is just a flicker in comparison.

> >

> > Richard was a great example to all of us that we have

> an obligation to

> > make our impact on our world while we each have a

> chance.  And his early

> > passing is a reminder to the rest of us that we need

> to take time

> > occasionally

> > to stop and appreciate each other's contributions

> along the way.

> >

> > Richard himself was an example of both those things we

> are reminded  of.

> > Brend brought up for us today of what Richard wrote in

> a METEORITE  article

> > in 2001:

> >

> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A 

> Howardite

> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,

> pp.  22-24):

> >

> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on it.

> During the  2000

> > Tucson show

> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert

> A.  King collection.

> > One in

> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my 

> attention. Even without

> > magni-

> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with  a

> structure I had not seen

> > before  in

> > any meteorite, much less in a  howardite."

> >

> >

> > Above, in just one simple sentence, Richard was

> extending  credit out not

> > just to me, but to Dr. King and even to the collecting

> community  at large

> > via the Tucson Show.  He didn't have to include

> that sentence at  all in

> > that

> > paragraph, but he did.  In a gentlemanly way, he

> was  recognizing others'

> > contributions to his amazing discovery he was

> writing  about.

> >

> > Of course virtually all of Richard's books (and

> other  writings) extended

> > credit and recognition to others as well, in many

> different  ways.

> >

> > Maybe in honor of Richard's contribution into all of

> our  lives, over the

> > next 31,536,000 seconds, we can all try to take just

> one step  closer to

> > being more like Richard.  If we do, this list,

> the meteorite  community, and

> > the

> > world in general will be a much nicer place to

> hang  out.

> >

> > I am going to start:

> >

> > I want to extend an genuine thanks to  everyone

> that makes positive

> > contributions on this list.  One of my

> friends  in a private correspondence

> > today

> > mentioned in reference to Richards passing  that

> it was "very sad to have

> > lost one of the good guys."  In spite of

> some  riff-raff that shows up here

> > on

> > the list occasionally, we do have some really 

> good guys (and gals) here on

> > the list.  "Thanks" to all of you good guys 

> for contributing and making a

> > difference!

> >

> > Steve Arnold

> >

> >

> >

> > .

> >

> > In a message dated 5/27/2009 3:56:00 P.M. Central

> Daylight Time,

> > bernd.pauli at paulinet.de

> writes:

> > "A memory that pops into my mind just now is  of

> a meeting with Richard and

> > Dorothy over lunch in Tucson, one year.  Richard

> wanted to see what I had

> > in

> > the way of thin sections when I pulled  out 6

> Kapoeta thin sections I had

> > from

> > the King Collection... He held one of  them up

> and...said almost in

> > amazement:

> >

> > "This one slide holds a complete  rock collection

> in it!"

> >

> >

> > NORTON O.R. (2001) Centerpiece: Kapoeta - A 

> Howardite

> > Extraordinaire (Meteorite, May 2001, Vol. 7, No. 2,

> pp.  22-24):

> >

> > "I knew it was different when I first laid eyes on

> it.During the  2000

> > Tucson show

> > Steve Arnold was selling thin sections from the Elbert

> A.  King collection.

> > One in

> > particular from the Kapoeta howardite caught my 

> attention. Even without

> > magni-

> > fication I could see a clast-like feature with  a

> structure I had not seen

> > before  in

> > any meteorite, much less in a  howardite."

> >

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