[meteorite-list] Statesboro Meteorite

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:11 2004
Message-ID: <003001c41b32$87762c40$2a17dc44_at_wbranch>

Started long before Park Forrest.
Remember Portales Valley?

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
To: "ken newton" <magellon_at_earthlink.net>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Statesboro Meteorite


> It would seem ever since PF every body that finds a meteorite thinks they
> are going to be rich! He is going to sit on that one for a while!
>
> Thanks, Tom
> peregrineflier <><
> Proudest member of the YMCA # OU812
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ken newton <magellon_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Statesboro Meteorite
>
>
> > The ebay listing is:
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2235008196&category=3239
> >
> > I think he should have taken the $25,000.
> > Perhaps a meteorite dealer would venture an estimate of this meteorite's
> > wholesale value?
> > Inquiring minds would like to know. :>)
> > Best,
> > Ken
> > #9632
> > http://imca.cc
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron Baalke wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/040504/LOC_meteorite.shtml
> > >
> > >Mega-dollar meteorite
> > >
> > >Bulloch County farmer holding out for big bucks for not-so-big
> > >rock
> > >
> > >By Robert Branch
> > >Savannah Morning News
> > >April 5, 2004
> > >
> > >A prime piece of extraterrestrial real estate is for sale in Bulloch
> > >County. The owner has already turned down an offer of $25,000
> > >for it. But whoever buys it can't build a house on it or sell it for
> > >commercial development because it's no bigger than the palm of
> > >an adult human hand.
> > >
> > >It's a meteorite, formed billions of years ago when the universe
> > >was new, say scientists who have examined it. It is called the
> > >Statesboro Meteorite because meteorites are typically named
> > >for the nearest city, county or other geographic feature.
> > >
> > >Farmer Harold Cannon unearthed the meteorite four years ago
> > >while operating a bean picker in one of his fields. He said he
> > >knew it was no ordinary rock when he picked it up.
> > >
> > >Ultimately, he took the six-pound object to the department of
> > >geology and geography at Georgia Southern University.
> > >
> > >In order for a meteorite to be officially recognized by the
> > >international scientific community, a "type specimen" of at
> > >least 20 grams must be analyzed by a qualified curatorial facility.
> > >
> > >GSU research scientist Michael Kelley sent samples of the
> > >meteorite to the Smithsonian and a college in Pennsylvania.
> > >Tests show it is a relatively common meteorite known as a
> > >chondrite, made up of metals and stony minerals.
> > >
> > >Kelley also sent a few grams to the Space Science Laboratory at
> > >the University of California at Berkeley.
> > >
> > >"Scientists there will carbon date the sample to see if they can
> > >determine how long it has been on the surface of the Earth,"
> > >Kelley said, adding they'll also study gases trapped in the
> > >mineral grains to determine how long it traveled through space
> > >before landing here.
> > >
> > >Although scientists at GSU have made Cannon an offer for the
> > >meteorite, it's currently for sale on eBay. Cannon said GSU
> > >wouldn't meet his price.
> > >
> > >"He said he wanted to try getting as much money as he can for
> > >it," said Kelley "We certainly would like to have it in our
> > >museum but we have a limited amount we would be able to offer
> > >him."
> > >
> > >Kelley wouldn't say what that amount is, but he said meteorites,
> > >depending upon the type and quality, can sell for anywhere from
> > >$3 to $8 per gram. Cannon's chondrite weighs 2,061 grams.
> > >
> > >Cannon's Internet listing includes a description and photo of the
> > >meteorite, along with a note from alerting bidders that he has
> > >already turned down an offer for $25,000.
> > >
> > >At last check the bids on the site hadn't exceeded $150.
> > >
> > >Sometimes meteorites are broken up and the pieces sold, but
> > >Cannon said he will sell his find whole. Fernbank Science Center
> > >in Atlanta offered to buy a piece, but their price was too low for
> > >Cannon.
> > >
> > >Ed Albin, an astronomer at Fernbank, said the museum there has
> > >sections of 23 meteorites that have been found in Georgia and
> > >would like to have Cannon's.
> > >
> > >"I'm not sure we have the funds to acquire a meteorite," Albin
> > >said.
> > >
> > >"The benefit of having it would be that it is a find that would be
> > >kept in Georgia. One of the things I'm concerned about is that a
> > >European or Asian collector could acquire it and it would leave
> > >the country altogether."
> > >
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