[meteorite-list] [SPAM] Larry's Holbrook Holy Grail Find and Bob Haag's Venus Stone

[Alexander Seidel]

Now this is what John Blennert wrote in another forum in July 2005, I just found this via google:

"Although Bob Haag won't cut a large enough piece off the Adamana mass to properly be tested it is classed as an L5 by guess I think . The piece originated by a rancher who dug up some dirt at the Goodman exit area to spead in his barn or corrals. His ranch is in Adamana and the piece was discovered while spreading the dirt. It sat on a fence pole as a curiosity for quite some time before Bob bought it . The Adamana could be the nose cone to the Holbrook L6 strewnfield since that was the direction of the fall. Bob bieng very clever knows the piece has more value as an individual then as an oriented piece of a known fall !! I think !! Happy Huntin John B."

Best wishes,
Alex
Berlin/Germany


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Datum: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:48:22 -0700
Von: DNAndrews <dna1 at cableone.net>
An: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
CC: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] [SPAM] Larry\'s Holbrook Holy Grail Find and Bob	Haag\'s Venus Stone

> Hi Bernd and Moni,
> Wow!  Bernd must save everything in his database (which is worth a 
> fortune in itself).  Since 1999, I found out that this story is not 
> entirely true.  It wasn't found in a landfill as Bob H. mentioned in his 
> catalogue.  Instead, it was found in a horse corral when the owners of 
> the ranch were cleaning it out.  (So I'm told).  They set it on a fence 
> post and a passer-by, (whom will remain nameless for now),  asked if he 
> could have it.  The owners just gave it to him.  He then sold it Haag 
> for the sum stated below.  Those owners of the ranch (whose wife works 
> with my girlfriend) sold it a while ago, but they may be foreclosing on 
> it and get the land back.  So this is the scenario I'm hoping for. 
> 
> Bob lists his Adamana or "Venus Stone" as an L6...same as Holbrook.  
> Coincidence?  Maybe....maybe not.  Plotting it on the map looks quite 
> possible to me.
> 
> Best,
> Dave
> 
> bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:
> 
> >Hello Moni and List,
> >
> >Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Dave Andrews wrote to the List:
> >
> >Hi List, The Adamana or "Venus Stone" was found in the Adamana landfill.
> >Near the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert boundary. (about 15 miles NE of
> >Holbrook on I-40). Evidently someone just didn't want it anymore or
> didn't
> >know what they had. It was found by a rancher target practicing with his
> >0.22 rifle. With the selling of the piece to Bob, I heard he purchased a
> >new mobile home to live in. I have one of the casts, and it looks very
> real.
> >It looks so real, that I think I'll put it up on eBay with a $15,000
> reserve.
> >(just kidding :o) Regards, Dave
> >
> >
> >I got one of these casts too many years ago and they do look real!
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Bernd
> >
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