Hello Zelmir....That certainly is a coincidence. I guess the more people
that learn about the potential value of meteorites the more "cosmic
agates" we'll be hearing about in the News. Apparently this chap was
planning on retiring on the proceeds from Granny's "meteorite" as he
became quite agitated when I referred to it as an agate and he told me
to "READ THE NEWPAPER AGAIN!!!!".
Oh well....
-John
Zelimir Gabelica wrote:
Dear John,
I was very impressed upon reading your message describing the "amazing
new meteorite that hit a house in Venezuela", because... I was just in
Venezuela from Sept 1 to 11 (incidently with a really smooth return
flight on this "magic" date, though some remanent turbulences from our
"friend" Ivan the hurricane who hit us last Wednesday there over).
I thought that, by bad luck, I missed this new house crasher by a
couple of days...until I looked at the link, showing this nice
agate-like egg/pebble!
Well, it turned that, along with some lectures on "advanced materials"
I had to deliver at a local sumposium in Caracas, the organizers gave
me also a "wild card" for talking about some more exotic materials.
I logically choosed the topic related to our beloved hobby, namely
"extraterrestrial materials".
About 80 local people were therefore suddenly aware that meteorites do
exist and now that John sent the post, I wonder whether we will
suddenly be flooded from various infos coming from Venezuela and
describing some "sudden finds in the backyards" or related local fall
observations.
Actually, as my speaking time was restricted (those kind of lectures
require extended talks, questions included), I just skipped the last
part related to... meteorite fakes and the corresponding warnings...
I however doubt your post is really related to my lecture but what a
coincidence!
I keep you informed if I hear for more exotic falls or strange finds
in the forthcoming days from there. So far, Venezuela, a large
country, was very "quiet", with only 3 meteorites reported.
Maybe the Valera cow story, that I did not miss to report, excited
some imaginations...
Best to all,
Zelimir
A 09:59 14/09/04 -0700, vous avez �crit :
A local newpaper in Venezuela has scooped CNN, NBC and CBS and broken
the big story about an amazing
new "meteorite" find (see below). We are sure that this will generate
intense scientific interest as well as intense competition
amongst the list dealers as they vie to purchase this cosmic beauty.
Below is a tranlation of this ground breaking article.
"Into the hands of carvajalense family meteorite that fell 13 years
ago and deserves to be studied.
It does about 13 years, as a result of a "rain of fleeting stars",
phenomenon and astronomical spectacle that every year happens
generally once, fell in one of the houses of the parish Glad Field,
especially in the house of the Su�rez family, of that populated
community a small meteorite that could well solve many questions on
asteroids and until the origin of the life.
The grandmother of the young person David Su�rez, witnessed the
fall that night, a strange luminous object in the patio of her
residence and decided to approach what was a small rock, of about 12
centimeters in length by seven of wide, still warms up by effect of
the strong atmospheric effect. She kept the small stone,
characterized to have oval and contouring form with beautiful lines
brown, yellow color and amber, as if one was beautiful "Eggs of
Passover" made by the Russians like inestimables jewels, like a
memory, without knowledge that nothing less had in its hands than
many centuries of studies of the cosmos and perhaps of its beginning.
After the death of his grandmother, the young person David Su�rez
decides to take it to science, nevertheless many students of the
matter in that time, which they wanted was to cut the rock and to
destroy it to study it without contributing nothing in return, in
addition without recognizing the inestimable value that represents
for science. Su�rez, makes the call to the true investigators of the
origin of the life and the sidereal space, so that they communicate
with him through telephones 2442260 and 2441804."
To view this incredible NEW "Meteorite" click on the link below.
http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ve/secciones/secciones.php?num=47771&codigo=nact&llve=dos
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