In a message dated 5/5/2008 7:12:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Very nice Michael - great history on the Santa Rosa - is that red paint on the back? ------------------------------------------------------ In fact there is quite a bit more to the story than that. Basically, Henry Ward threw a big party, got most of the population of Santa Rosa drunk and absconded with the meteorite during the night. To be later stopped at the border. Some meteorite hunters will stop at nothing !!! ;-) For all the details, from the Buchwald Handbook of Iron Meteorites, go to: _http://www.impactika.com/santrosa.htm_ (http://www.impactika.com/santrosa.htm) Sorry, that big slice from TCU has been sold. Anne M. Black _www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Vice-President of IMCA _www.IMCA.cc_ (http://www.IMCA.cc)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Santa Rosa Colombia and Chergach > Hi everyone, it was a very peaceful day, with all > incoming emails of an unwanted nature blocked, I > acutally got some work done. > > I have updated my private collection page with a Santa > Rosa piece I got from the Smithsonian, and > to celebrate the fact that Chergach (Mali) is now > classified, I put my collection pieces on the website. > Take a look, let me know if you like them. > > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/santarosa.htm > > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/chergach.htm > > Michael Farmer **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
