[meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen

From: Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:58:42 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1356728322.38259.YahooMailNeo_at_web126202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Anne,

Great idea.

After reading about the incident on the
PARI site it seems like there were very good pictures taken of the
suspected thieves when they were casing the facility the Friday before
the break in. If possible, would also be helpful to have their pictures.
 Furthermore, the weights would also be very useful. I doubt that they
would try to break these specimens before trying to sell.

I am hoping that the facility was properly insured though I realize that some of these may be very difficult to ever replace.


Hoping that the New year brings news ...

?Mendy Ouzillou

>________________________________
> From: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>
>To: john at meteoriteusa.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen
>
>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
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