[meteorite-list] Sutters Mill - mass and stone count

From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 08:52:57 -0700
Message-ID: <D80B529668F6462BA882FCB4492A2E42_at_Grande>

Hi Randy!

There were a few PhD's and geologists running around there while I was
there. They were hunting just like everyone else.

Your email was like that of people walking up to us asking. Most of them
were meteor-wrongs or leaverites but on a few occasions, the real thing.
The video I posted earlier was a perfect example of this.

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Korotev" <korotev at wustl.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:11 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sutters Mill - mass and stone count


> For those keeping count...
>
> I was contacted yesterday by a woman who told this story.
>
> ====================================
> Good morning, Randy. I live in Lotus, CA and have attached a picture of a
> meteorite I found on my driveway on 4/29/12. It has been confirmed by a
> geologist from UNLV, and weighed, per attached photo.
>
> I'm not sure what to do with this. The geologist offered me $2,000 cash on
> the spot.
>
> ====================================
>
> Here's the photo:
>
> http://meteorites.wustl.edu/images/2012-04-25_CA_CM_chondrite.jpg
>
> 4.26 g
>
> =====================================
>
> I told her that $2000 for a 4-g stone was a good price.
>
> I think that she must have talked to a fake geologist because I don't know
> any real geologists who carry $2000 in their pocket. She hasn't been back
> in touch with me so I don't know what she's done with the stone.
>
> Randy Korotev
>
>
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