[meteorite-list] Alain Carion's car jacking and loss of 300, 00 euros worth of meteorites!

[Anne Black]

Thank you Martin.

I talked to Alain last weekend. He is unhurt but obviously very upset.

He has been down to where what is left of his car is and has tried to 
retrieve bits and pieces of his collection without much sucess. He did 
find a large slice of Esquel but twisted, melted, and all the crystals 
gone, and an even larger slice of Campo also twisted and partially 
melted.
Still missing, and probably gone in smoke: several lunars and martians, 
and his only piece of Draveil, the new French fall. And many more I am 
sure, he was still trying to make a list of what was gone.

The police is still trying to find the thieves.


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 3:22 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Alain Carion's car jacking and loss of 300, 
00 euros worth of meteorites!


Hi all,

Just been made aware by my mum in France who sent me a new clipping
from Ouest France newspaper that Alain Carion was the victim of a car
jacking where his car was later found burnt out still containing
300,000 euros worth of his meteorites, all gone up in smoke! What a
terrible story! It appears that the thieves had the wrong car and
mistook Alain for a gem dealer from the Nantes show he was returning
from. What a complete and utter nightmare! I am glad Alain is ok but
what a loss :-(

The link to the article online is below (in French)

(http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/societe_detail_-Les-voleurs-incendient-l
eur-tresor-_3636-2123139_actu.Htm)

Martin

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Martin Goff
www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
IMCA #3387
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