[meteorite-list] Man claims he found meteorite making Dyson’s find — if it is a meteorite — worth about $2.3 million.

[dorifry]

If that's a meteorite, then I'm the Queen of England!

Phil Whitmer


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: "Meteorite Central" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Man claims he found meteorite making Dyson’s 
find — if it is a meteorite — worth about $2.3 million.


> Hello Listers
>
> Came across this article today about some guy finding a meteorite that 
> could be worth 2.3 million $$$$. If only it was that easy, well with some 
> hunters it is :) but me being a city boy, I think it would be hard for me 
> to go look for a meteorite on Park Ave or 5 ave lol :)
>
> Down below is an abstract from the article and the link.
>
> Shawn Alan
> eBay Store
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?
> http://www.meteoritefalls.com/
>
>
> Man claims he found meteorite near Merritt
> A prospector who was panning for gold alongside the Coldwater River last 
> month came across something he believes is not of this world.
> An unusual-loooking rock glistened from beneath about four feet of water, 
> resting above other rocks that were covered with algae.
> “I think that if this rock were here for a while, it would have also been 
> covered with algae,” Arnold Dyson, a former miner and prospector, said of 
> his July 8 discovery.
> He said with “99 per cent certainty” that this rock is a meteorite.
> “Just look at the way the surface looks melted,” he said. “You can also 
> see where the impact was made.
> “I’ve seen a lot of rocks in my day, but this is unusual.”
>
> http://www.merrittherald.com/news/166428806.html
>
> I think all humans have meteorite madness in them :)))))))
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