[meteorite-list] Chassigny

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:09 2004
Message-ID: <20020809204506.52800.qmail_at_web11604.mail.yahoo.com>

The place to start the search would be with the
correspondence of those at the holding institution.

ep


--- LITIG8NSHARK_at_aol.com wrote:
> Good evening Ray, and all,
>
> The mystery of what happened to all of the reported
> Chassigny find is a
> perennial discussion topic. One that I suspect will
> go on for many years.
>
> I theorize that some of it was destroyed in analysis
> and that the remainder
> is tucked away in some drawer of a major
> institution(s); forgotten. At the
> price that Chassigny currently brings one would
> suspect that the holder of a
> couple of kilos of the meteorite would be tempted to
> part with at least some
> of it.
>
> If I had a couple of kilos of the stuff you can rest
> assured that I would
> soon be retiring.
>
> Ya'll (I can say that now as I have relocated to
> Savannah, GA) have a great
> evening.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Paul
>
> In a message dated 8/8/2002 5:00:42 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> impactearth_at_space.com writes:
>
>
> > When Chassigny fell, it was estimated that approx
> 4
> > kg's were recovered, and only about 800 grams is
> > accounted for now. Any thought's or theories on
> what
> > happened to the other 3.2 kg's? Any chance on
> more
> > turning up?
> >
> >
>
>
>


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Received on Fri 09 Aug 2002 04:45:06 PM PDT