[meteorite-list] Kewanee MAn Near Miss by a Meteorite(wrong)

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Eric Olson
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> <http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt>
> OOooohhhh... this one has worm holes and flakes of gold.
> 
>     *Meteorite just misses Kewanee man*
> 
>     /By Star Courier staff/
> 
>     KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building
>     on South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang.
> 
>     A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet
>     from where Lee had been working.
> 
>     The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite.
> 
>     When it fell to earth, the rock struck the side of the building at
>     an angle, and didn't cause any visible damage to the exterior.
> 
>     Had the meteorite struck a couple of feet farther north, it probably
>     would have punched through the roof of Cali's building, he said.
> 
>     The rock was about four inches across. When it hit the building it
>     shattered into several pieces.
> 
>     It doesn't look like your garden-variety rock. There are small holes
>     in it, which look like wormholes and may have been caused by the
>     intense heat caused by friction as the rock fell through the earth's
>     atmosphere.
> 
>     There are also tiny metallic flakes in the rock, which Cali said are
>     gold.
> 
>     For that reason, and because some people collect such things, the
>     meteorite may have some value. Cali said he read of a metorite found
>     in Texas fetching $1,100.
> 
> 
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