[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle

From: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004
Message-ID: <3E84FA58.2_at_earthlink.net>

Hello,
I got a call from a man that lives right in the area of which the
meteorite fell. He told me that a guy had setup in a parking lot and was
paying $1.00 PER GRAM
He wanted to know how much they were really worth.

What do you think the answer should have been?

Later he told me he had three big pieces and he thought $1.00 PER GRAM
was not enough.
  

Tim Heitz



Michael Farmer wrote:

> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> I will email more info later.
> Mike Farmer
Received on Fri 28 Mar 2003 08:43:52 PM PST