[meteorite-list] Rock-Picking Farmer Finds $1 Million Meteorite In Missouri
From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:43 2004 Message-ID: <3E638EC4.FCB0C998_at_mhmeteorites.com> WHAT?? What is its type? Sounds like an iron for 500/gram? Matt Ron Baalke wrote: > http://www.startribune.com/stories/1451/3730208.html > > Rock-picking farmer finds $1 million meteorite > Associated Press > March 3, 2003 > > FAIRFAX, Mo. -- Farmer Gary Wennihan may have made a meteoric rise to > wealth. > > Wennihan, 60, was tossing aside rocks in his soybean field to prevent > damage to his combine when he picked up a strange-looking rock in the > fall of 2000. > > It turned out to be a rare meteorite scientists say could be worth as > much as $1 million. > > Ben Rogers, a Northwest Missouri State University student who attends > Wennihan's church, offered to take it to his geology professor. > > After polishing away the layers of rust, Rogers and assistant geology > professor Richard Felton found a shiny metallic surface. > > ``It was beautiful, almost like chrome, it was so shiny,'' Rogers said. > > Felton's colleague, Renee Rohs, took the rock to a University of Kansas > professor who taught her about meteors. Half of it was sent to the > Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico for more > analysis. > > A leading meteorite expert at UCLA concluded that nothing similar had > ever been found. > > Rohs said other meteorites have brought $500 a gram. After small samples > were donated to three universities, there still were 1,800 grams - or 4 > pounds - left of Wennihan's rock. > > Wennihan is enjoying his treasure - whether it makes him a millionaire > or not. > > ``I'm holding onto it until I get a good offer, and it may never come,'' > he said last week. ``I'm certainly not holding my breath. And in the > meantime, I'm just having fun with it. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Matt Morgan Mile High Meteorites http://www.mhmeteorites.com P.O. Box 151293 Lakewood, CO 80215 USA email: mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.comReceived on Mon 03 Mar 2003 12:20:04 PM PST |
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