[meteorite-list] Idaho man gives meteorite to Utah

From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:50:10 -0600
Message-ID: <6f9da8300804300950p56d75905i1720d58630393632_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi All
Here is an article with a nice image of the stone;
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695274956,00.html

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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Mike Groetz <mpg444 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=8245978&nav=menu554_2_3
>
>  Idaho man gives meteorite to Utah
>
>  Associated Press - April 29, 2008 6:25 PM ET
>
>  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man who found a meteorite in
>  Utah is giving it to the public.
>
>  The 18-pound Gunlock Meteorite is the size of a
>  bowling ball and now on display at the Utah Department
>  of Natural Resources in Salt Lake City.
>
>  Don Adair of Boise, Idaho, found it near Gunlock, a
>  southern Utah town, in 1982. He says the black color
>  made it stand out like a big bandage on a sore thumb.
>
>  He sawed it in half and gave a portion to the American
>  Museum of Natural History in New York. Adair recently
>  decided to give the other half to Utah.
>
>  Utah officials believe it could be billions of years
>  old. Meteorites originate from comets, asteroids or
>  other planets.
>
>
>
>
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Received on Wed 30 Apr 2008 12:50:10 PM PDT