Hi Michael, Meteorwrong! anyway
meteorite-identification.com/tupelo.html Graham, uk ---- Michael Groetz <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11620211 > > > Leake & Goodlett meteorite returned > > Associated Press - December 4, 2009 8:24 AM ET > > TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A half-ton of space rock has mysteriously > reappeared at a Tupelo building supply store. > > Lindsey Leake, the store's co-owner, tells the Northeast Mississippi > Daily Journal that they got a call last month from a person who > claimed to have the meteorite and wanted to return. > > The 1,100-pound rock showed up Thursday at the Leake & Goodlett store > on a flatbed truck. > > The rock disappeared Nov. 19, 2008. > > Leake says the person agreed to return the rock if it would remain > anonymous and if he agreed not to prosecute. Leake agreed. > > The meteorite was discovered in 1870 by Tupelo Mayor H.C. "Major" > Medford. It has always been displayed publicly outside Leake & > Goodlett since about 1965. > > Leake says he may find some other public spot for it. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
