[meteorite-list] Tornado snatches 1, 000 pound pallasite meteorite

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 22:50:08 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <274957.90216.qm_at_web33106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Indeed, it will be interesting to see where the
meteorite ends up being found at, a perfect chance for
scientists to measure the distance an object with
exact known weight is thrown. Terrible news though, it
seems that the town no longer exists.
Michael Farmer
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
<info at mcomemeteorite.it> wrote:

> for a Tornado 1000 lb its a grain of sand
>
> Matteo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Da : Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>
> A : "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector at msn.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Tornado snatches 1,000
> pound
> pallasite meteorite
> Data : Sat, 05 May 2007 23:54:10 -0500
>
> > http://www.kbsd6.com/Global/story.asp?S=6475057
> >
> > Tornado snatches 1,000 pound pallasite meteorite
> >
> > GREENSBURG, Kan. The tornado that razed the Kansas
> town of
> > Greensburg also snatched one of its most valuable
> > treasures. The thousand-pound Brenham pallasite
> meteorite
> > is gone. Greensburg has drawn world-class
> meteorite
> > hunters for decades to this remote Kansas hamlet.
> Trooper
> > Ronald Knoefel says even the town's own extensive
> > meteorite collection is gone.
> >
> > And the town's other claim to fame -- the world's
> largest
> > hand dug well -- is buried under a mountain of
> debris.
> >
> > The nearby gift shop for the attraction had housed
> the
> > famous meteorite.
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