[meteorite-list] Park Forest Illinois field report

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:47 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20031214214320.00987570_at_mail.theriver.com>

Go to your local Home Depot. In the paint section, they carry a variety of
solvents. See if they carry a product called "Stone Meteorite
Degreaser." I can't tell you the brand name, but the folks at Home Depot
might be able to help you.

John

At 04:32 AM 12/15/03 +0000, joseph_town_at_att.net wrote:
>Well folks,
>
>It was pretty chilly in PK today so I wore my chainmail underwear under my
>kevlar armour. My riot helmet is specially equipped to keep out stupid
>things, police calls, boom box music, complaining locals and such. As I
>lumbered around in all that gear I wanted a breath of fresh air but an
>instant before I made the mistake of opening my helmet I took a few rounds of
>sniper fire. Only a flesh wound so I pressed on. Lo and behold! There in the
>middle of a pothole in the Burger King lot was a 67 gram specimen!! It seems
>that grease from their grease recycling dumpster covered it right after the
>fall. No weathering etc. How the heck to I remove the grease? Is this rock
>permanently and utterly ruined? Oops, I revealed the location of the find
>prior to a more thorough investigation...darn.
>
>Bill Kieskowski
>
>
>
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