This was the year that I finally made it to Ensisheim. For years I’ve been reading about and seeing the images from all of the meteorite collectors and dealers who attend this “Show”. But this was the year that I got the opportunity to return to Europe, so I made sure my trip would coincide with this annual event. But […]
From: JMMasson, France, (First visit to Ensisheim). Hello, I have so many “best” memories of the Show, but I will name 3 above all: First: meeting a grand lady of 57 kilos; despite its age and its oh-so-well known story, in print everywhere, to see it in person for the first time is an astounding way to start the show.
Updated: Martin Horejsi’s Meteorite Books Website i i i A November 1492 Witnessed Fall: Ensisheim, France Ensisheim! The King of Meteorites Born in 1492. Christened in 1727. Baptized in 1881. The particular collecting genera in which I haunt is the intersection between science, culture and the fall of a meteorite. Using this epistemological triangulation, no other meteorite is as important
