[meteorite-list] Kewanee MAn Near Miss by a Meteorite(wrong)
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Wed Sep 29 16:43:26 EDT 2004
<<http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt>
OOooohhhh... this one has worm holes and flakes of gold.>
I talked to Pat Lee and got a description from him. Black interior with holes and some rusty areas. Sounded like slag to me, so I thanked him for the description and hung up. It doesn't sound promising, but if you are near Kewanee IL take a look and let us know.
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Eric Olson
ELKK Meteorites
http://www.star-bits.com
> <http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt>
> OOooohhhh... this one has worm holes and flakes of gold.
>
> *Meteorite just misses Kewanee man*
>
> /By Star Courier staff/
>
> KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building
> on South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang.
>
> A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet
> from where Lee had been working.
>
> The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite.
>
> When it fell to earth, the rock struck the side of the building at
> an angle, and didn't cause any visible damage to the exterior.
>
> Had the meteorite struck a couple of feet farther north, it probably
> would have punched through the roof of Cali's building, he said.
>
> The rock was about four inches across. When it hit the building it
> shattered into several pieces.
>
> It doesn't look like your garden-variety rock. There are small holes
> in it, which look like wormholes and may have been caused by the
> intense heat caused by friction as the rock fell through the earth's
> atmosphere.
>
> There are also tiny metallic flakes in the rock, which Cali said are
> gold.
>
> For that reason, and because some people collect such things, the
> meteorite may have some value. Cali said he read of a metorite found
> in Texas fetching $1,100.
>
>
>
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