[meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869

From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:45:16 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <431741.97977.qm_at_web50909.mail.yahoo.com>

>
> I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants
> used to grind up
> meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for
> their "magical"
> properties. I checked Burke's history of meteorites
> very quickly, but
> couldn't find the reference.
>

Yes this is true. There was a fall in France, I
believe in the 17th or 18th Century where the stones
got eaten. I think it was superstition rather than for
medical purposes though I forget the details.

Welcome
Rob McCafferty


 
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Received on Tue 16 Jan 2007 06:45:16 PM PST