[meteorite-list] Man claims he found meteorite making Dyson’s find — if it is a meteorite — worth about $2.3 million.

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:56:47 -0500
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Definitely jasper - we have tons of it near and in streams and Lake
Superior here in Duluth, Minn.
Bob

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:17 PM, dorifry <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> If that's a meteorite, then I'm the Queen of England!
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> To: "Meteorite Central" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:46 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Man claims he found meteorite making Dyson?s find
> ? if it is a meteorite ? worth about $2.3 million.
>
>
>
>> Hello Listers
>>
>> Came across this article today about some guy finding a meteorite that
>> could be worth 2.3 million $$$$. If only it was that easy, well with some
>> hunters it is :) but me being a city boy, I think it would be hard for me to
>> go look for a meteorite on Park Ave or 5 ave lol :)
>>
>> Down below is an abstract from the article and the link.
>>
>> Shawn Alan
>> eBay Store
>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?
>> http://www.meteoritefalls.com/
>>
>>
>> Man claims he found meteorite near Merritt
>> A prospector who was panning for gold alongside the Coldwater River last
>> month came across something he believes is not of this world.
>> An unusual-loooking rock glistened from beneath about four feet of water,
>> resting above other rocks that were covered with algae.
>> ?I think that if this rock were here for a while, it would have also been
>> covered with algae,? Arnold Dyson, a former miner and prospector, said of
>> his July 8 discovery.
>> He said with ?99 per cent certainty? that this rock is a meteorite.
>> ?Just look at the way the surface looks melted,? he said. ?You can also
>> see where the impact was made.
>> ?I?ve seen a lot of rocks in my day, but this is unusual.?
>>
>> http://www.merrittherald.com/news/166428806.html
>>
>> I think all humans have meteorite madness in them :)))))))
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