[meteorite-list] Meteorite collection of East London Museum in South Africa stolen

From: hall at meteorhall.com <hall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:08:00 -0400
Message-ID: <628b8b9ad46e7ffdd751e82d13f0ff70.squirrel_at_emailmg.ipage.com>

So, a fleet man hopes he doesn't get caught with the hot Keetmanshoop?

Thanks to all that replied.
Cheers, Fred Hall


> Fred,
>
> It would be a Gibeon from Namibia. Keetmanshoop
> is one of the farms where it's been found.
> http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1967SA
> OSR.238.....C&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_VIEW&classic=Y
> ES
>
> Keetmanshoop is a 168 kg iron, was on display
> in the local high school. Dimensions, fall
> date, discovery date, and discoverer are
> unknown. The Smithsonian got 622 gm. of it.
> Went to the East London Museum.
>
> It is the largest of the meteorites stolen
> from the East London Museum in South Africa
> on March 26-27, 2014.
> http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/organised-thieves-steal-museums-space-rocks/
>
> It's a hot rock...
>
>
> Sterling Webb
> ----------------------------------------------
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> in
> South Africa stolen
>
> Does anyone know anything about a "Keetmanshoop iron"? It is not listed in
> the Met Bull. Does it have another name?
>
> Regards, Fred Hall
>
>
>
>
>
>> Dear Listees and Karmaka
>>
>> Thanks for this rather depressing news. I am fearful for the security
>> and safety of collections in South African museums. This is not a
>> story I haven't heard before involving other museums. I hope the
>> perpetrators are caught, but I fear they will not. This can only
>> serve to encourage other to do the same - unfortunately this also
>> means curators and other museum workers.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Peter Davidson
>> Senior Curator of Minerals
>>
>> National Museums Collection Centre
>> 242 West Granton Road
>> Edinburgh
>> EH5 1JA
>> 00 44 131 247 4283
>> p.davidson at nms.ac.uk
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
>> karmaka
>> Sent: 27 March 2014 13:24
>> To: meteorite list
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite collection of East London Museum
>> in South Africa stolen
>>
>> Meteorite collection of East London Museum in South Africa stolen
>>
>> http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/organised-thieves-steal-museums-space-r
>> ocks/
>> http://www.ecr.co.za/post/valuable-east-london-museum-items-stolen/
>>
>> Members of the public who may have any information about seven
>> meteorites stolen from the natural history gallery are asked to
>> contact Kevin Cole of the museum. Email kcole at elmuseum.za.org Tel. 043
>> 7430686 http://www.elmuseum.za.org/
>>
>> stolen specimens:
>>
>> https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/q84/s720x720/
>> 1900271_674725839260741_370768172_o.jpg
>> https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/1396041_
>> 674725869260738_730285397_n.jpg
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/East-London-Museum/160653220668008
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