[meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned

[Michael Bross]

Thanks Eric - Hi listers

I love that story. And what a beautiful meteorite.
Bravo to Tom Lynch for his attitude and gesture !
I personally feel they could have given him a little more... like 3000.
Don't you think ?

A bit surprised that the scientists in Chicago didn't react faster.
But well... they did it later.

related question: what is the law if you find a meteorite on your property
or public property or else ?
can someone send me a link to the laws basics on that subject ?

In France, if you find something valuable (treasure, archeological artifacts 
etc..)
on your property, you are called the "inventor" but the find belongs to the
State. I am not sure, if someone can confirm, I think the "inventor" gets
50% of the value of the find. But it must be less when objects of 
significant
and difficult to estimate historic value.

A bientot
Michael B, France



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Wichman" <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be Returned


>I found article this in my email box this morning...
>
> "..This story begins not in a galaxy far away, but at a Milwaukee rummage 
> sale a few years ago. Tom Lynch paid $10 for an odd hunk of metal he 
> figured might be copper or bronze with potential salvage value.
>
> He had no idea it had dropped from space into the Arizona desert some 
> 50,000 years ago.
>
> "For the last two years, it kept my grandson's basketball hoop from 
> blowing over in the yard. It weighs 50 pounds," said Lynch, a retired 
> foundry and General Motors worker who lives in South Milwaukee.
>
> Recently, he saw a show about meteorites on the Travel Channel and 
> realized that's probably what he had. It was curious, he thought, that the 
> thing never oxidized in the weather. Following advice from the TV show, he 
> held a magnet up to the object and it stuck.
>
> He took his 4.6 billion-year-old find to the Milwaukee Public Museum and 
> then to Chicago's Field Museum last month. The scientists got excited. 
> Yes, they said, it's a meteorite.."
>
> READ THE FULL ARTICLE
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41069052.html
>
>
> Wow! Now that's a cool looking meteorite.
>
> Does anyone on-list remember this piece?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
>
>
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