[meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned

From: debfred at att.net <debfred_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:42:11 +0000
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  Mike and List,
   I spoke to several law enforcement officials in Tucson about any
limitations on theft and stolen property. The consensus was that while there may be no
criminal liability, the recovery of the stolen property would be settled in a
civil court. It would be easy to establish ownership of such a unique meteorite and thus be returned to Meteor Crater. Regards, Fred Olsen
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya at gmail.com>
>
> Hi Michael
> A basket should hold something so it is hard to see how something with
> a hole in it would make a good basket. But I guess the problem is
> there is another well known ring meteorite from Arizona;
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2003/August/ad04-tucson.jpg
> I guess maybe minnie-me ring might work;
> http://blog.oregonlive.com/houseoffame/2008/08/VernTroyerAP.jpg
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Jensen Meteorites
> 16730 E Ada PL
> Aurora, CO 80017-3137
> USA
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> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Bross <element33 at peconic.net> wrote:
> > Thanks Mike
> >
> > Great looking postcards.
> > I prefer "Ring" to "Basket"...
> >
> > Michael B, France
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jensen" <meteoriteplaya at gmail.com>
> > To: "Frank Cressy" <fcressy at prodigy.net>
> > Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
> >
> >
> > Hi Frank & list
> > I just put up a page that shows all of the postcards (4) I have of the
> > "Basket" and once referred to as the "Ring" meteorite. Some of the
> > postcards mention a weight of 49 pounds and even have the weight
> > written on the iron in white (paint?). I wonder if that is still on
> > it?
> > http://jensenmeteorites.com/Postcards/CanyonDiablo.htm
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > Mike Jensen Meteorites
> > 16730 E Ada PL
> > Aurora, CO 80017-3137
> > USA
> > 720-949-6220
> > IMCA 4264
> > website: www.jensenmeteorites.com
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Frank Cressy <fcressy at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Glad the "basket" meteorite is going home. I remember seeing a post card
> >> of it and thinking it was way cool. Maybe Mike Jensen has the post card in
> >> his collection.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Frank
> >>
> >> --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned
> >> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 7:16 AM
> >>
> >> I found article this in my email box this morning...
> >>
> >> "..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage
> >> sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he
> >> figured
> >> might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value.
> >>
> >> He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some
> >> 50,000
> >> years ago.
> >>
> >> "For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from
> >> blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds," said Lynch, a retired
> >> foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee.
> >>
> >> Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and
> >> realized
> >> that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the thing
> >> never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he held
> >> a
> >> magnet up to the object and it stuck.
> >>
> >> He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and
> >> then
> >> to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. Yes,
> >> they
> >> said, it's a meteorite.."
> >>
> >> READ THE FULL ARTICLE
> >> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite.
> >>
> >> Does anyone on-list remember this piece?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Eric Wichman
> >> Meteorites USA
> >>
> >>
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