[meteorite-list] The IOM "Sikhote Alin" is back in our possession

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 00:44:30 -0700
Message-ID: <7D9E3C75-3670-4186-B2BF-A2E4A1B3FB2B_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Thankfully the piece will return to it's rightful home and be on display again soon.


Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:

> Incredibly, today we took possession of our Sikhote Alin specimen that
> was stolen out of the the Institute of Meteoritics museum over the
> holiday break. Tomorrow it will be flying home with one of our staff
> as carry-on, and a UNM police escort will be waiting at the
> Albuquerque Sunport to bring it back to the main campus. This speedy
> recovery could not have happened without the generous help of some
> amazing people in the meteorite community. I will give a full account
> of this whole story soon, and praise those who were instrumental in
> the recovery, but there is still an ongoing police investigation, so
> the details will probably have to wait until next week.
>
> Happy New Year!
>
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