[meteorite-list] Park Forest Sale "Indianwood Hammer" Sale Extended

From: Steve Witt <stelor96_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:36 2004
Message-ID: <20030506053724.30586.qmail_at_web9606.mail.yahoo.com>

Greetings List,

Due to the problem that some of you had accessing photos of this
specimen I will be acepting offers until 8:00 A.M. CST on Thursday
5/8/03.

Thanx again,
Steve


--- Steve Witt <stelor96_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Greetings List,
>
> I have what I believe is a nice specimen of Park Forest available
> for
> you. The specimen weighs 170 grams. A bit of a story goes with it:
> I
> acquired this specimen from Kristen and Joe from Park Forest who
> just
> celebrated their anniversary on March 27,the day the world changed
> for Park Forest. Their son Vincent was born March 25, 2003, so he
> was
> nearly a meteorite baby.
>
> In early April, Kristen was at her mom Debbie's house visiting.
> Debbie (being an experienced mom), noticed that Vincent seemed to
> be
> more content and cry less when he was outside, so she suggested
> that
> Kristen take Vincent outside. Kristen, while sitting in the grass
> with Vincent, glanced down and noticed an ugly black rock sitting
> in
> the grass. Knowing of the meteorite fall she immediately grabbed
> it.
>
> Besides being a nice specimen, this meteorite has also impacted a
> tree. Wood fibers are visible to the naked eye, obvious in a 10x
> loupe and unmistakeable under 20x magnification. I have the
> location
> of the tree and this week I'll have (at least) some photos of the
> impact point on the tree and if all works well, I may well have the
> portion of the tree that was impacted. This (branch I hope) will be
> included in the purchase price. I also have numerous photos of
> Kristen, Joe etc etc if the buyer is interested. As a side note
> this
> meteorite impact occured on Indian"wood" Blvd. in Park Forest.
>
> The specimen is "somewhat" shield shaped. The back side shows some
> beautiful flow lines. There is an obvious missing fragment and my
> thought is that it was lost when the meteorite impacted the tree. I
> have exclusive rights to search the area for the "missing piece"
> and
> if found, the buyer of the larger stone will get first right of
> purchase on the smaller piece at the same price that is determined
> by
> this sale.
>
> I will be accepting offers on this specimen until 12:00 Noon C.S.T
> on
> Wednesday 5/7/03. Best offer over $30 gr takes all. Shipping and
> insurance is on me. Serious buyers, If you'd like to see more
> photos
> or have any questions please contact me off list. Photos available
> at:
> http://photos.yahoo.com/stelor96 and click on Indianwood album.
>
> Thanx,
> Steve
>
>
>
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Received on Tue 06 May 2003 01:37:24 AM PDT