[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

[Randy Korotev]

Collectors:

A couple of days ago I was contacted by telephone by Mr. Warren Wiley 
of Saskatchewan.  (Why me?)  He told me that he'd found "the second 
largest" stone of the Dec. 2 fireball and that he wanted to sell 
it.  He seems to be a nice fellow, so I offered to pass his 
information along to the meteorite list, which was OK with him.  He 
does not have Internet access.  A friend of his sent a message this 
morning with the following text and some attached photos, which I've 
posted on this website:

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlkorote/warren/

Mr Wiley's text:  "This specimen is from the Buzzard Coulee near Lone 
Rock, Saskatchewan. This is an immaculate masterpiece of atmospheric 
sculpting. Heavily regmaglyphed, aesthetic specimen. Found December 
2, 2008, 35 minutes after sundown. I have video documentation of my 4 
day search; where I found it, and associate professor, Alan 
Hildebrand, coming to our house to authenticate. Alan Hildebrand and 
other scientists have completed the lab analysis on my chondrite, and 
it is an (H 3/4) chondrite. Warren Wiley (owner) is putting it up for 
bids, serious inquiries only. Contact Warren at 1-780-842-4858."

Please do not contact me about this offer.  I'm just the messenger 
and I won't respond to enquiries about this issue.  I'm only doing 
this because I wanted to see the photos.



Randy Korotev
Saint Louis, MO
korotev at wustl.edu