[meteorite-list] Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern CaliforniaFor Meteorites

[Robert Verish]

No, it's even funnier than you worded it. 
They misquoted me as saying that " it was FLOATING
around Jupiter before the Earth ever formed."
;-)
Bob V.

--- On Thu, 11/1/12, dorifry <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: dorifry <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern CaliforniaFor Meteorites
> To: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>, "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: "Marc Fries" <fries at psi.edu>
> Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 9:16 AM
> I like the part about asteroids
> orbiting Jupiter before the Earth formed!
> 
> Phil Whitmer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser at yahoo.com>
> To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: "Marc Fries" <fries at psi.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:56 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Rock Hunters Still Canvassing
> Northern CaliforniaFor Meteorites
> 
> 
> > http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/10/30/rock-hunters-still-canvassing-northern-california-for-meteorites/
> > 
> > With the threat of rain in the Novato area, desperate
> measures needed to be taken, so we went back to soliciting
> the locals to look for space-rocks in their driveways and
> yards -
> > via the local TV news stations:
> > 
> > Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern California For
> Meteorites
> > October 30, 2012 6:47 PM
> > View Comments
> > 
> > Reporting Neda Iranpour
> > Filed under
> > Local, News, Seen On, Syndicated Local
> > 
> > NOVATO (CBS13) – A light show hard to forget brought
> out rock hunters who are still canvassing Northern
> California days after the asteroid came crashing down.
> > 
> > There are all kinds of rocks in parking lots and gravel
> in fields so how do they know what a meteorite is? Well,
> they say to look for something that stands out.
> > 
> > It may look like a tar ball to us earthlings, but
> according to meteorite hunter Bob Verish, it’s a cosmic
> gem.
> > 
> > “It shows a history of having had some catastrophic
> collision in the asteroid belt,” he said.
> > 
> > It’s a rock so foreign, so ancient, he says it was
> floating around Jupiter before the Earth ever formed.
> > Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern California For
> Meteorites
> > 
> > Bob Verish found this space ball worth about $10,000
> while searching the Novato area in Marin County. (credit:
> CBS13)
> > 
> > Two weeks ago, a big, bright flash danced across the
> sky, sending a glow show across half the state.
> > 
> > “We don’t get many falls like this in
> California,” he said.
> > 
> > As impressive as it was when it crashed, that’s also
> why it’s so difficult to find its 4.5-billion-year-old
> parts.
> > 
> > “It came in at a lower angle. It spread out the
> stone,” he said.
> > 
> > Only four pieces have been found in Novato and
> they’re worth $100 per gram. Bob’s weighs in at about
> 100, making it a $10,000 rock.
> > 
> > It’s a true treasure for a man who once sent NASA
> probes to outer space. Now he’s probing this planet for
> galactic goods.
> > 
> > If it jumps to his magnet, he says it’s likely out of
> this world. Bob’s now convinced there are larger pieces to
> this puzzle in Novato.
> > 
> > “We try not to think about the fact that it’s worse
> than a needle in a haystack,” he said.
> > 
> > After searching several square miles, he’s convinced
> larger rocks are lurking.
> > 
> > The search seems difficult and endless. They also have
> to speed it up because every time it rains, they lose some
> evidence and so people like bob are racing against the
> clock. There’s another storm on the way.
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