Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle

[walter branch]

Hello Mike and Everyone,   I was afraid this would happen.  Reminds me of Portales Vallay. Remember the lady who refused to sell her stone unless some very high price was met.  What was her name?  Nelda something? I wonder if she ever sold it.   -Walter --------------------------------------------- www.branchmeteorites.com       ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Farmer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle Hello everyone, a little news from the strewnfield. The news is not good. The people here all think that they are millionaires, they all want $10 to $20 gram now. The police chief tols Steve Witt to leave or be arrested as they think he robbed a meteorite finder by paying several dollars per gram! The news has stated that they are worth $500 per ounce ~$15 gram. The Museum in Chicago has not helped, stating that dealers are here to rip the locals off and that they should "donate all the pieces" to the university/museum.     I have been in 6 homes today that were penetrated by meteorites, serious damage to many of them. There are many pieces but as I said, people now want $100,000 for some stones and they are NOT JOKING. I wish anyone who plans to come out good luck, I will hunt tomorrow and try to secure a stone or two, then go home and let people get to reality. I do have 4 pieces totaling about one kilo, 3 pieces that hit a house and damaged the siding. The other piece is a half individual that impacted the median in a road, and has the nose imbedded with yellow street paint. I do not know if there will be any out for sale any time soon, the price is so high we are just walking away from many people. A few got a few cheap specimens, but very few. If any will come for sale from me, it will likely be quite expensive. I do not know what the next few days hold, more pieces should be found though so maybe we will have more luck. I will email  more info later. Mike Farmer