[meteorite-list] Stolen meteorites

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi all!
Message from Dr. Melinda Hutson from FB.

Sad news. Dick Pugh, a member of our lab (CML) shown with Brahin below, 
had a small teaching collection of meteorites stolen from his pickup 
truck. Unfortunately there are no photographs of the samples, which 
include 2 small Canyon Diablometeorites and 8 unclassified NWA stones 
(all 10 were in a small gun case). Three young men tried to sell them at 
a local gem shop, and asked if they were real meteorites. I suspect that 
if they put them on e-bay, they'll just offer them as meteorites (as 
they don't know enough to put CD or NWA). Please keep an eye out for a 
lot of 10 (2 irons 8 stones) being sold by people who seem unsure of 
what they are selling.

Jim

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Jim Wooddell
jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net
http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/