[meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen
From: Anne Black <impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:33:23 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <8CFB351B74560AC-D44-685BB_at_webmail-m073.sysops.aol.com> Thank you John for that list, and thank you Mike for the pictures. The Tucson Show is only a month away and some of those pieces might very well re-surface there as it is quite common when you have a show-room to see people come in and offer to sell you some meteorites. I believe we should watch for that. A few of the meteorites on that list and on pictures are quite rare and could be easy to spot, the St Aubain with a lot of rust for instance. Or Aubres, or Bristol, or Stalldaler. Or the Forsyth County; as far as I know I am the only one with a slice of Forsyth and mine is not at all square, so anyone who tries to sell a square slice of Forsyth would be highly suspect in my eyes. Comments? Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com IMPACTIKA at aol.com -----Original Message----- From: J Sinclair <john at meteoriteusa.com> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 27, 2012 9:30 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen Dear Meteorite Collectors and Dealers, On December 24, 2012 at about 3 AM local time, the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in western North Carolina was broken in to and well over 100 meteorites were taken. Many of these meteorites were bought from list members and list dealers over the past 15 + years. Many of them are going to be difficult to replace. There?s a reward offered for the recovery of these meteorites. I have pictures, more information and a list of some of the meteorites on the website - www.StolenMeteorites.com PLEASE take a look. I will be adding to this list and posting new information as it becomes available. There are several large multi kilo iron meteorites that were also taken. I will post information about them as I get it compiled. If anyone has any information or are offered any of these meteorites, please contact Dave Clavier at PARI or me. All information will be kept confidential. Thank you, John Sinclair jsinclair at pari.edu john at meteoriteusa.com 252-622-6430 Contact at PARI David E. Clavier, Ph.D. Vice President of Administration & Development Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute One PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 www.pari.edu 828-862-5554 (main) 828-553-9713 (cell) dclavier at pari.edu ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 28 Dec 2012 03:33:23 PM PST |
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