[meteorite-list] Meteorite has special meaning for woman
From: Ken Newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:24:05 -0400 Message-ID: <472D4965.9050300_at_earthlink.net> Here is a photo: http://tinyurl.com/38cr8f best, ken Darren Garrison wrote: > Okay, anybody near this? Sure doesn't sound kosher. > > http://www.bnd.com/336/story/169629.html > > Meteorite has special meaning for woman > By MICHELLE BROOKS > Jefferson City News Tribune > > JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --The black, pitted rock at the corner of Dorothy Lemke's > property draws many curious passers-by. > > Recently, a schoolteacher stopped to visit with her about it. > > The visitor was not so surprised to learn it was a meteorite unearthed in a > Versailles-area prairie turned terraced farmland more than 50 years ago. > > "I don't think many realize the significance of it," Lemke said. She has > extended the invitation for students from the school across the street to come > visit. But, "I think they can't visualize what I have," she said. > > When Lemke's father encountered the 4-foot-by-4-foot-by-2-foot mass of iron in > 1950, he was expanding his environmentally friendly farm. And Lemke was a > teenage girl more interested in boys. > > But as she became more aware and interested in archaeology, she realized the > large rock, which they thought was an Indian stone, held sentimental value for > her and she moved it to her home, then in California. > > It's taken heavy machinery to move the outerspace rock - three times now. And it > continues to sink back into the ground the longer its sits. > > "It was just a big rock from the farm I grew up on, that I detested then but is > precious to me now," Lemke said. > > About four years ago, Lemke had a geologist analyze what she had. > > "I was told there may be precious jewels inside," Lemke recalled. > > That was not the case, but she learned it was more than 300 million years old. > And the oldest part is the sandstone that must have been struck by a stream of > hot iron in space that filled in its cracks, the expert told her. > > "There's a lot of rocks in this town and many have them in their yards," Lemke > said. "But not many are full of iron and 300 million years old." > > Lemke treasures her unique landscape feature; it didn't need to have diamonds > inside, she said. > > If people might want to dispute the fact that this is a meteorite, Lemke > admitted she wasn't an expert. > > However, "it couldn't be transported by humans and it had been buried for many > years with no (similar) ones around it," Lemke defended. > > But she doesn't need to convince anyone, she said. > > She's content to see the sparkles of sandstone against the black iron when she > works in her yard. And it's a reminder of the hard work her father put in to > make their farm-home thrive. > > "It was just farmland then all of a sudden there was this rock that was buried," > Lemke said. "Anytime we run out of places to explore, surely we'll find > something, if we explore the land." > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:24:05 AM PDT |
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