[meteorite-list] Meteorite collection of East London Museum in South Africa stolen
From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:16:18 -0700 Message-ID: <F0F4AB9F-30C3-4CAD-91C1-CB4065D69773_at_meteoriteguy.com> it is a gibeon specimen. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad > On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:41 PM, hall at meteorhall.com wrote: > > 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----- >> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com >> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of karmaka >> Sent: 27 March 2014 13:24 >> To: meteorite list >> 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 >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> Meet the Mammoths of the Ice Age at the National Museum of Scotland, 24 >> January - 20 April 2014. >> www.nms.ac.uk/mammoths >> >> National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 >> This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not >> the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your >> system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of >> the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums >> Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and >> Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for >> any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 Mar 2014 09:16:18 PM PDT |
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