[meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869

[Rob McCafferty]

> 
> I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants
> used to grind up
> meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for
> their "magical"
> properties.  I checked Burke's history of meteorites
> very quickly, but
> couldn't find the reference.
> 

Yes this is true. There was a fall in France, I
believe in the 17th or 18th Century where the stones
got eaten. I think it was superstition rather than for
medical purposes though I forget the details.

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Rob McCafferty


 
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