Welcome Mark. Here's a more recent story. "On August 14, 1992, dozens of rocks fell on the African town of Mbale in Uganda (Sky & Telescope: June 1993, page 96). Local residents ground up some of the fragments and ingested the powder as medicine. They believed the rocks had been sent by their god to cure AIDS."
Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:16:57 -0500 > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 > > Hello to everyone. I am a new collector and subscriber to the list. > When I > join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot > in > the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!). But I am particularly > interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about > the > meteorite looking like chocolate. > > 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. > > Is there anyone out there that read the same thing? And I do apologize > in > advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember, > this is my first post. > > Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings. > > Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby! > > Mark Grossman > > PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that > anyone's > friends are peasants! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869 > > >> Now THAT is the best theory yet! :) >> >> Gary >> >> On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote: >> >>> maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate! >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
