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

[Daniel]

Looks like red jasper to me.

Daniel Sutherland

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On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:

> My god, this idiot thinks that is a meteorite because it (landed as a blob)????? 
> He should not quit his day job quite yet.
> Michael Farmer
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 16, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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