For all of you's that like to read about meteorites, I think Mr. Norton wrote about it in his Rocks From Space Book. We should all be able to grab that handy book up and read about Cape York.
D. Freeman
IMCA #3864
Team Leader, Wyoming Meteorite Recovery Team
Score: Freeman 1 Meteorites 10,000
Darren Garrison wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:09:36 +0100, "Meteoriteshow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have heard also about an huge iron meteorite somewhere near then northern pole, that had been used by men to make tools in the past, and was supposed to be a holy stone. I do not remember exactly where it was, but I think someone wrote something about it sometime ago on the list...
The Cape York meteorites (there are several of them) in Greenland. They were being used by the natives to make iron tools. Future polar explorer Robert Perry convinced one of the natives to show him the location of the meteorites and he promptly stole them, because of course they didn't belong to anyone-- well, anyone WHITE. (Sorry for the soap box, but that story really offends me. The native were obviously making use of the meteorite for tools vital to them-- tools for hunting and fishing. But without so much as asking permission or making payments, he went into their land and, yes, STOLE their meteorites simply because of the racist assumption that, because they weren't educated white people, then the meteorites were free for the taking). ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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