[meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:59:46 -0500
Message-ID: <CAJak_qWhrRrJ_5u3OsYwNRpgZQsQz2hmCqs2WR_bBZFof3mrZg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Ya this is terrible. I had the pleasure of visiting PARI in 2011 and
seeing these meteorites in person! The owner of PARI and the people
who work there are super nice and generous, the place is basically a
charity. What a nasty thing to do on Christmas eve too.

Here are a two pictures of the PARI collection (or part of the
collection) I took while I was there. I wish I had taken more.

http://i.imgur.com/9UeWY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TocIQ.jpg

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Richard Montgomery
<rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote:
> That is aweful. John, can you include specific individual weights? This
> would help ID any that surface.
> Richard Montgomery
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Sinclair" <john at meteoriteusa.com>
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:30 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen
>
>
>
> Dear Meteorite Collectors and Dealers,
>
>
> On December 24, 2012 at about 3 AM local time, the Pisgah Astronomical
> Research Institute in western North Carolina was broken in to and well
> over 100 meteorites were taken.
> Many of these meteorites were bought from list members and list
> dealers over the past 15 + years. Many of them are going to be
> difficult to replace. There?s a reward offered for the recovery of
> these meteorites.
> I have pictures, more information and a list of some of the meteorites
> on the website -
>
> www.StolenMeteorites.com
>
> PLEASE take a look.
> I will be adding to this list and posting new information as it
> becomes available.
>
> There are several large multi kilo iron meteorites that were also
> taken. I will post information about them as I get it compiled.
>
> If anyone has any information or are offered any of these meteorites,
> please contact Dave Clavier at PARI or me. All information will be
> kept confidential.
>
> Thank you,
>
> John Sinclair
> jsinclair at pari.edu
> john at meteoriteusa.com
> 252-622-6430
>
> Contact at PARI
>
> David E. Clavier, Ph.D.
> Vice President of Administration & Development
> Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
> One PARI Drive
> Rosman, NC 28772
> www.pari.edu
> 828-862-5554 (main)
> 828-553-9713 (cell)
> dclavier at pari.edu
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