No, it's even funnier than you worded it. They misquoted me as saying that " it was FLOATING around Jupiter before the Earth ever formed." ;-) Bob V.
--- On Thu, 11/1/12, dorifry <[email protected]> wrote: > From: dorifry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern > CaliforniaFor Meteorites > To: "Robert Verish" <[email protected]>, "Meteorite-list > Meteoritecentral" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Marc Fries" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 9:16 AM > I like the part about asteroids > orbiting Jupiter before the Earth formed! > > Phil Whitmer > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" <[email protected]> > To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Marc Fries" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:56 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Rock Hunters Still Canvassing > Northern CaliforniaFor Meteorites > > > > http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/10/30/rock-hunters-still-canvassing-northern-california-for-meteorites/ > > > > With the threat of rain in the Novato area, desperate > measures needed to be taken, so we went back to soliciting > the locals to look for space-rocks in their driveways and > yards - > > via the local TV news stations: > > > > Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern California For > Meteorites > > October 30, 2012 6:47 PM > > View Comments > > > > Reporting Neda Iranpour > > Filed under > > Local, News, Seen On, Syndicated Local > > > > NOVATO (CBS13) – A light show hard to forget brought > out rock hunters who are still canvassing Northern > California days after the asteroid came crashing down. > > > > There are all kinds of rocks in parking lots and gravel > in fields so how do they know what a meteorite is? Well, > they say to look for something that stands out. > > > > It may look like a tar ball to us earthlings, but > according to meteorite hunter Bob Verish, it’s a cosmic > gem. > > > > “It shows a history of having had some catastrophic > collision in the asteroid belt,” he said. > > > > It’s a rock so foreign, so ancient, he says it was > floating around Jupiter before the Earth ever formed. > > Rock Hunters Still Canvassing Northern California For > Meteorites > > > > Bob Verish found this space ball worth about $10,000 > while searching the Novato area in Marin County. (credit: > CBS13) > > > > Two weeks ago, a big, bright flash danced across the > sky, sending a glow show across half the state. > > > > “We don’t get many falls like this in > California,” he said. > > > > As impressive as it was when it crashed, that’s also > why it’s so difficult to find its 4.5-billion-year-old > parts. > > > > “It came in at a lower angle. It spread out the > stone,” he said. > > > > Only four pieces have been found in Novato and > they’re worth $100 per gram. Bob’s weighs in at about > 100, making it a $10,000 rock. > > > > It’s a true treasure for a man who once sent NASA > probes to outer space. Now he’s probing this planet for > galactic goods. > > > > If it jumps to his magnet, he says it’s likely out of > this world. Bob’s now convinced there are larger pieces to > this puzzle in Novato. > > > > “We try not to think about the fact that it’s worse > than a needle in a haystack,” he said. > > > > After searching several square miles, he’s convinced > larger rocks are lurking. > > > > The search seems difficult and endless. They also have > to speed it up because every time it rains, they lose some > evidence and so people like bob are racing against the > clock. There’s another storm on the way. > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
