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

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:16:18 -0700
Message-ID: <F0F4AB9F-30C3-4CAD-91C1-CB4065D69773_at_meteoriteguy.com>

it is a gibeon specimen.

Michael Farmer

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> On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:41 PM, hall at meteorhall.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone know anything about a "Keetmanshoop iron"? It is not listed in
> the Met Bull. Does it have another name?
>
> Regards, Fred Hall
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>> 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-rocks/
>> 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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