[meteorite-list] Michael Jackson Meteorite

From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:57:49 -0400
Message-ID: <F54ABBACBB7F47249E897B18538D55B4_at_ET>

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/jacksonlink-meteorite-up-for-sale-16035842.html


Jackson-link meteorite up for sale

Friday, 12 August 2011



Part of a meteorite with links to Michael Jackson is to be auctioned

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Part of a meteorite, which has links to Michael Jackson, is to be auctioned
off next week.
The late pop star bought one half of the meteorite in 2003 and the second
piece is now up for sale.

According to auctioneers, it spent four-and-a-half billion years in outer
space and is believed to have been found in the Sahara desert by a nomad,
who sold it to meteorite collector Robert Elliott.

The piece is valued at ?250 and will be sold at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh
on Monday.

In 2002 Mr Elliott gave Jackson a small meteorite gift. Soon afterwards, the
performer is said to have requested another, larger meteorite "in the shape
of a star".

But Mr Elliott said sculpting meteorites into star shapes was not his
speciality, so a compromise was reached and the meteorite was cut, with one
part remaining in The Elliott Collection and the other going to Jackson.

Both halves were polished to a high lustre, each revealing a myriad of
shiny, metallic flecks mixed with the dark, stony insides of the meteorite.

The auction is expected to attract interest from astronomers and
international collectors.



Read more:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/offbeat/jacksonlink-meteorite-up-for-sale-16035842.html#ixzz1UsUOgJzq


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Phil Whitmer
Received on Fri 12 Aug 2011 11:57:49 PM PDT