Hi Mark,

Welcome to the list.

I don't know about the particular circumstrance you are describing but 
pieces of the Mbale fall were reportedly ground up and eaten as a presummed 
cure for AIDS.

-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869


> Hello to everyone.  I am a new collector and subscriber to the list.  When 
> I
> join a new list, I usually just observe for awhile before I put my foot in
> the water (to avoid putting my foot in my mouth!).  But I am particularly
> interested in the history of meteorites, and I noted the comment about the
> meteorite looking like chocolate.
>
> I seem to remember reading somewhere that peasants used to grind up
> meteorites hundreds of years ago and eat them for their "magical"
> properties.  I checked Burke's history of meteorites very quickly, but
> couldn't find the reference.
>
> Is there anyone out there that read the same thing?  And I do apologize in
> advance if I am saying something that everyone knows already - remember,
> this is my first post.
>
> Thanks, now I'll go back and just watch the list postings.
>
> Glad to be a subscriber, and a great hobby!
>
> Mark Grossman
>
> PS - Regarding the lost meteorite, I am not at all inferring that anyone's
> friends are peasants!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary K. Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen NWA 869
>
>
>> Now THAT is the best theory yet!  :)
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On 16 Jan 2007 at 11:52, Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge wrote:
>>
>> > maybe someone ate it, it does look like a piece of chocolate!
>>
>>
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