[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:52 2004 Message-ID: <002401c2f589$05cb7620$53649ecd_at_S0027239467> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C2F54E.584EF920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, a little news from the strewnfield. The news is not = good. The people here all think that they are millionaires, they all = want $10 to $20 gram now. The police chief tols Steve Witt to leave or = be arrested as they think he robbed a meteorite finder by paying several = dollars per gram! The news has stated that they are worth $500 per ounce = ~$15 gram. The Museum in Chicago has not helped, stating that dealers = are here to rip the locals off and that they should "donate all the = pieces" to the university/museum.=20 I have been in 6 homes today that were penetrated by meteorites, = serious damage to many of them. There are many pieces but as I said, = people now want $100,000 for some stones and they are NOT JOKING. I wish anyone who plans to come out good luck, I will hunt tomorrow and = try to secure a stone or two, then go home and let people get to = reality.=20 I do have 4 pieces totaling about one kilo, 3 pieces that hit a house = and damaged the siding. The other piece is a half individual that = impacted the median in a road, and has the nose imbedded with yellow = street paint. I do not know if there will be any out for sale any time = soon, the price is so high we are just walking away from many people.=20 A few got a few cheap specimens, but very few. If any will come for sale = from me, it will likely be quite expensive. I do not know what the next = few days hold, more pieces should be found though so maybe we will have = more luck.=20 I will email more info later.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C2F54E.584EF920 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>Hello everyone, a little news from the = strewnfield.=20 The news is not good. The people here all think that they are = millionaires, they=20 all want $10 to $20 gram now. The police chief tols Steve Witt to leave = or be=20 arrested as they think he robbed a meteorite finder by paying several = dollars=20 per gram! The news has stated that they are worth $500 per ounce ~$15 = gram. The=20 Museum in Chicago has not helped, stating that dealers are here to rip = the=20 locals off and that they should "donate all the pieces" to the=20 university/museum. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I have been in 6 = homes today=20 that were penetrated by meteorites, serious damage to many of them. = There are=20 many pieces but as I said, people now want $100,000 for some stones and = they are=20 NOT JOKING.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wish anyone who plans to come out = good luck, I=20 will hunt tomorrow and try to secure a stone or two, then go home and = let people=20 get to reality. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I do have 4 pieces totaling about one = kilo, 3=20 pieces that hit a house and damaged the siding. The other piece is a = half=20 individual that impacted the median in a road, and has the nose imbedded = with=20 yellow street paint. I do not know if there will be any out for sale any = time=20 soon, the price is so high we are just walking away from many people.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A few got a few cheap specimens, but = very few. If=20 any will come for sale from me, it will likely be quite expensive. I do = not know=20 what the next few days hold, more pieces should be found though so maybe = we will=20 have more luck. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will email more info later. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01C2F54E.584EF920-- Received on Fri 28 Mar 2003 07:20:35 PM PST |
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