Dear Listers I should start this off with HO Ho Hoba; Having been to Hoba, I can attest to the fact that a goodsized (by most standards) of the meteorite had been sawn off. Further inquiry found that a delegation from a foreign govt (name begins with "M") were given permission to use a gas-powered cutoff saw to do the deed (it shows). There are indeed "guards" at the site but they are there more to ensure that the public pay the entry fee (about $0.50 if I recall) than to protect the meteorite. Dave
Bernd Pauli HD wrote: > "PolandMET.com" wrote: > > > Hello. Maybe someone have 10-20g slice ? > > Hello Marcin and List, > > Hoba is almost impossible to get - at least at a reasonable and > affordable price. A neighbor of mine, a woman doctor, used > to spend her summer vacation in Namibia, the former "Deutsch > S�dwest" - a lot of people there still speak German (even elderly, > native inhabitants). She had never heard of Hoba till I told her > and when she came back from her next trip there, she had taken > several superb color pics of the Hoba mass. They were the first > color pics that existed of the Hoba mass about 15 years ago because, > for some unknown reason, there had only been b & w photographs > until then. These pics clearly show that quite a few pieces had > already been sawn off by some "clever" collectors/dealers. Of > course, I had also asked her to try and get some material, I had > offered her to buy what she could get from native people but she > only came back with some saw dust and some oxide crust that she > had scratched off the surface :-( > Soon after that visit to the Hoba mass, guards were put > up to prevent further "deterioration" of the 60-ton mass. > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - >http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 > _______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 _______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
