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Jeff, and Dr Wadhwa. I will just say this, whatever
the source, all of us here, Adam Hupe, Al Lang, Steve Witt, Gary Curtis, Al
Mitterling, Steve Arnold meteorite broker etc, have all heard various versions
of the same thing, from so many people here, and it seems to have originated in
the police department. So I do now know who started it, but what I said is being
passes around as the word of law to many people.
I would just hope that we could
all cooperate, there is plenty of material for all the museums and collectors of
the fabulous fall. The Field Museum should of course get many pieces, and I hope
to god they get one of the house smashers for the beautiful collection display
there. I was merely reporting first hand problems that arose to all of us trying
to buy stones.
Mike Farmer
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Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 5:05
PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park
Forest
Hi all. I am posting the following message to the List on
behalf of Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa, the Curator of Meteorites at the Field museum.
-jeff
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To
Mike Farmer and List:
Regarding statements concerning the Field Museum
and relating to the recent meteorite fall in Park Forest:
1. The Field
Museum (or any representative thereof) has not made statements to the
residents and/or Police of Park Forest concerning any meteorite
dealers.
2. The Field Museum (or any representative thereof) has not
told anyone that the meteorites have to be donated or sold to The Field
Museum.
Anyone who wishes to further discuss these points may contact
M. Wadhwa at The Field Museum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Please refer to this e-mail
when discussing the role of the Museum in the recovery of the Park Forest fall
in this list or any other public forum.
Dr. Meenakshi
Wadhwa
Associate Curator, Meteoritics
Department of Geology, The Field
Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Il, 60605
Tel: (312) 665-7639
(office)
(312) 665-7613/7617 (mass spec/clean chem
labs)
Fax: (312)
665-7641
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=wadhwa
At
05:20 PM 3/28/2003 -0700, Michael Farmer wrote:
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.
and, at 10:50 PM 3/28/2003 -0700, Michael Farmer
wrote:
We
are all outraged at what has happened here.
Ill explain more. The fact is that yesterday morning several pieces
were sold for $1 gram, not an unfair price in the field, low but no big
deal. Then the newspapers and news told everyone that the value is $500 per
ounce! The Chicago Field Museum curator was telling the police that the
people had to sell to them and not to any collectors. So now many people are
going to the Field Museum tomorrow to sell their pieces to the museum. They
are under the assumption that they must sell them there as that is what the
local police is passing on. ...
PS. Portales was a fun but stressful hunt, this one blows
Portales to hell, people are very very unfriendly here, not all of course,
but the Museum did dealers and collectors very wrong here with what they
said, Ill be rethinking and dealings from now on with this type of bad
press. I have donated over $100,000 in meteorites to museums, and now to
have them telling people that all the dealers are here to rip them off
really chaps my
$%#$#$
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