[meteorite-list] Forest Park Meteorite Fall
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:09:59 2004 Message-ID: <005901c2f7fb$fc2d14a0$87609ecd_at_S0027239467> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C2F7C1.4EC13970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is only about 14 to 20 kilos known, only about 6 kilos in private = hands. The rest is still with the owners, all of who saw the advice of = the plantarium yesterdat telling them not to sell, it with worth far = more than any dealer will offer them. So thanks to them, the people now = want millions. No problem, those stones are off the market for a few = years.=20 What little is available is almost all spoken for. The pieces that have = been found since the rain (and it is raining HARD right now) are all = rusted already.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jim Strope=20 To: Meteorite Central=20 Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Forest Park Meteorite Fall This has turned out to be the meteorite fall of the century. So many = great stories over the past week of people with their cars and houses = hit. It is also refreshing to know that most of the people who have = benefited really need the money. You can't blame them for asking as = much as the market will bear for their once-in-a-lifetime finds. I = think the even if I wasn't a meteorite collector I would not even = consider selling a meteorite that fell through my roof. Just how many = times in the past has this happened? Not many. It is too bad that the weather in Chicago has not been co-operating as = it will be interesting to see how quickly the specimens rust that sit = out in the rainy weather only to be found a week after the fall. It is = possible that the weight of the pristine specimens will be far less = than the total weight of this fall once it is ultimately determined. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C2F7C1.4EC13970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is only about 14 to 20 kilos = known, only=20 about 6 kilos in private hands. The rest is still with the owners, all = of who=20 saw the advice of the plantarium yesterdat telling them not to sell, it = with=20 worth far more than any dealer will offer them. So thanks to them, the = people=20 now want millions. No problem, those stones are off the market for a few = years.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What little is available is almost all = spoken for.=20 The pieces that have been found since the rain (and it is raining HARD = right=20 now) are all rusted already. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djim_at_catchafallingstar.com = href=3D"mailto:jim_at_catchafallingstar.com">Jim=20 Strope</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite = Central</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 31, 2003 = 8:03=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Forest Park=20 Meteorite Fall</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>This has turned out to be the meteorite fall of the = century. So=20 many great stories over the past week of people with their cars and = houses=20 hit. It is also refreshing to know that most of the people who = have=20 benefited really need the money. You can't blame them for asking = as much=20 as the market will bear for their once-in-a-lifetime finds. I = think the=20 even if I wasn't a meteorite collector I would not even consider = selling a=20 meteorite that fell through my roof. Just how many times in the = past has=20 this happened? Not many.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is too bad that the weather in Chicago has not been = co-operating as it=20 will be interesting to see how quickly the specimens rust that sit out = in the=20 rainy weather only to be found a week after the fall. It is = possible=20 that the weight of the pristine specimens will be far less than = the=20 total weight of this fall once it is ultimately determined.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim Strope<BR>421 Fourth Street<BR>Glen Dale, WV = 26038</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Catch a Falling Star Meteorites<BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.catchafallingstar.com">http://www.catchafallingstar.co= m</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C2F7C1.4EC13970-- Received on Mon 31 Mar 2003 10:08:34 PM PST |
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