That is a great story. You would think that someone that owns a rock shop would be particularly keen on suspecting a meteorite, and also to know that it would be most likely worth more that anything else in the store... - and in the back room no less....
Charlyv -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 9:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] BIG NANTAN FOR CHEAP You know how they say you will never know what you find?Well today in all of the most unlikeliest place to find a meteorite, I did today.My wife and I were at a local mall doing some shopping when I found a rock shop there.I was looking around and talking to the help there when we were talking and I said I collect meteorites.Then she said we have afew old iron pieces in the back.Well like a kid I put om a real big grin and said, can I see them.Lo and behold she brings out this huge NANTAN.A real beauty.Hardly any rust or decay.And you believe the price.$100 for this huge iron meteorite.I asked her to weigh it if she could.She says it ways around 20 ibs.It was heavy, and I said 10 kilo's for $100.I bought it.Than she let me see some others.Some rust buckets ,some pretty clean, and some dirty but ok.Hell for$100, I should have bought some more.You just never know what you will find.Talk about being lucky again. steve arnold ===== Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120 I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728 Illinois Meteorites website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/illinoismeteorites/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
