[meteorite-list] Meteorite collection of East London Museum in South Africa stolen

From: hall at meteorhall.com <hall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:41:42 -0400
Message-ID: <7b8cc1ba19523feff554681ae722e738.squirrel_at_emailmg.ipage.com>

Does anyone know anything about a "Keetmanshoop iron"? It is not listed in
the Met Bull. Does it have another name?

Regards, Fred Hall





> Dear Listees and Karmaka
>
> Thanks for this rather depressing news. I am fearful for the security and
> safety of collections in South African museums. This is not a story I
> haven't heard before involving other museums. I hope the perpetrators are
> caught, but I fear they will not. This can only serve to encourage other
> to do the same - unfortunately this also means curators and other museum
> workers.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter Davidson
> Senior Curator of Minerals
>
> National Museums Collection Centre
> 242 West Granton Road
> Edinburgh
> EH5 1JA
> 00 44 131 247 4283
> p.davidson at nms.ac.uk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite collection of East London Museum in
> South Africa stolen
>
> Meteorite collection of East London Museum in South Africa stolen
>
> http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/organised-thieves-steal-museums-space-rocks/
> http://www.ecr.co.za/post/valuable-east-london-museum-items-stolen/
>
> Members of the public who may have any information about seven meteorites
> stolen from the natural history gallery are asked to contact Kevin Cole of
> the museum. Email kcole at elmuseum.za.org Tel. 043 7430686
> http://www.elmuseum.za.org/
>
> stolen specimens:
>
> https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/q84/s720x720/1900271_674725839260741_370768172_o.jpg
> https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/1396041_674725869260738_730285397_n.jpg
>
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/East-London-Museum/160653220668008
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Received on Fri 28 Mar 2014 08:41:42 PM PDT