[meteorite-list] More green meteorites found in Kansas-- Superman not available for comment

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Apr 22 20:51:42 2006
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http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/2671991.html

Meteorite madness hitting Kansas with two major discoveries Thursday. The Kansas
meteorite hunter is building up quite a collection. These massive objects from
space are worth quite a bit of cash, but he says it's the data they provide that
is priceless.

It's a painstaking search. Meteorite hunter Steve Arnold uses a simple metal
detector to pinpoint the space rocks in a Kiowa County farmfield. Nine times out
of ten, he finds nothing in the holes.

"A lot are what we call meteor wrongs, but every once in a while we end up with
a meterorite," said Arnold.

Thursday was one of those days where all that hard work paid off. Arnold dug up
two palisite meteors weighing in at 83 and 93 pounds.

"It's like Christmas, you know there's a present under the tree, you just don't
know what it is," said Arnold.

Arnold and his partner have been working over the land for the past six months.
These two make number 17 and 18 in their growing collection.

These rocks can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars on the market. You may
remember it was back in November that Arnold made the find of a lifetime. The
1,400 pound palisite contained nickel, iron and valuable gemstone. It's the
largest of its type in the U.S, and is worth more than a million bucks.

"It's just a matter of searching the land to find the pieces remaining," said
Arnold.

His search is now getting quite a bit of attention. A new show for the Travel
Channel is out there shooting an episode.

Arnold believes the meteors are all broken off from one very large meteor that
hit the area millions of years ago.
Received on Fri 21 Apr 2006 01:48:15 PM PDT