[meteorite-list] Stolen Canyon Diablo Meteorite To Be

[Steve Schoner]

Yes, 

I remember seeing that meteorite back in Nov. of 1961 when I was 10 years old.   The road out to the small visitor center I think as I remember was dirt and not paved.

The basket meteorite was on a low pedestal and I recall trying to heft it by the its handle.   Too heavy for me to lift.

It was a very impressive piece, never forgot it.

Amazing that it finally turned up.

Now, lets hope that the 444.5 gram full slice of the Glorieta meteorite, (one of only six) that I found that was stolen at the 2001 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show-- Shows up someday.   Hopefully not 40 years later.

Steve.


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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:16:12 -0700
From: Eric Wichman <eric at meteoritewatch.com>
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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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