[meteorite-list] "Gold Rush" begins for Fragments of Russian Meteorite

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:32:12 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kY55umymohMZaiRzoeS5AQiZSpknqEFFk96tJr7A+gE_g_at_mail.gmail.com>

The stones being shown in this video near the end definitely look
promising....remind me of Almahata Sitta or fresh shocked chondrite.

Graham

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Paul H. <inselberg at cox.net> wrote:
> The gold rush begins for fragments of Russian meteor
> worth more than ?10,000 each as astronomers warn
> UK had a lucky escape. Mail Online, February 17, 2013,
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280019/The-gold-rush-begins-fragments-Russian-meteor-worth-10-000-astronomers-warn-UK-lucky-escape.html
>
> Bounty sets off hunt for meteorite pieces by Mark
> Franchetti,The Sunday Times (UK) February 18, 2013
> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/bounty-sets-off-hunt-for-meteorite-pieces/story-fnb64oi6-1226579823065
>
> Collectors Flock to Central Russia to Hunt Meteor
> Gold By Timur Moon, February 17, 2013
> http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/436137/20130217/meteor-urals-chelyabinsk-chebarkul.htm
>
> Russia halts search for meteorite, AFP, Sydney
> Morning Herald, Febrauary 18, 2013,
> http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/russia-halts-search-for-meteorite-20130217-2ele5.html
>
> Meteorites: Hunting missiles from outer space
> Sunday Morning, CBS News, February 17, 2013
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57569765/meteorites-hunting-missiles-from-outer-space/
>
> Chelyabinsk decided to keep the money in meteorites
> Konstantin Panyushkin, February 17, 2013,
> http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1034744&cid=7
> http://cdn1.vesti.ru/p/o_740865.jpg
>
> ?But there is one place where there was neither MES
> nor military. In general, anyone, and it was there,
> according to local residents, and all fell. Residents of
> a village in the south of Chelyabinsk - the name is not
> disclosed specifically - show black stones and believe
> that he is the fragments of a meteorite.
>
> "The kids found fresh snow hole and started to get
> out of the metal pieces of different shapes," - says
> Sergey Turnovsky."
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
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