[meteorite-list] Idaho man gives meteorite to Utah

From: Armando Afonso <armandoafonso_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:40:52 +0100
Message-ID: <001001c8aae1$00b7ace0$62b0fea9_at_TOSHIBA>

What? He doesn`t sell on ebay? It is lost to science, then.

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Subject: [meteorite-list] Idaho man gives meteorite to Utah


> http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=8245978&nav=menu554_2_3
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> Idaho man gives meteorite to Utah
>
> Associated Press - April 29, 2008 6:25 PM ET
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> 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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