That is a damn shame. We will certainly keep our eyes open for these
specimens and will report the thieves if they try to contact us.
This is what happens when the world is told that meteorites are worth
big money. I have definitely noticed a distinct uptick in meteorite
thefts in the last year
That is aweful. John, can you include specific individual weights? This
would help ID any that surface.
Richard Montgomery
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From: J Sinclair j...@meteoriteusa.com
To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:30 PM
One can't just walk into a pawn shop and sell these. So there is a
good chance that the stolen mets will end up on eBay or will be
offered to someone in the meteorite community - just like the thief
who stole the Big Kahuna's meteorites a few months back. These
thieves don't realize how small
Ya this is terrible. I had the pleasure of visiting PARI in 2011 and
seeing these meteorites in person! The owner of PARI and the people
who work there are super nice and generous, the place is basically a
charity. What a nasty thing to do on Christmas eve too.
Here are a two pictures of the PARI
Thank you John for that list, and thank you Mike for the pictures.
The Tucson Show is only a month away and some of those pieces might
very well re-surface there as it is quite common when you have a
show-room to see people come in and offer to sell you some meteorites.
I believe we should
From: Anne Black impact...@aol.com
To: j...@meteoriteusa.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen
Thank you John for that list, and thank you Mike
I want to thank everyone for their comments, concerns and suggestions
about the stolen meteorites. As I can put together more information I
will post it. There are additional specimens that were taken. Some of
them are shown in the pictures that Mike Hankey linked to from his
visit at PARI. If I
[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of J Sinclair
Sent: Saturday, 29 December 2012 9:26 AM
To: Meteorite List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ALERT: Large number of meteorites stolen
I want to thank everyone for their comments, concerns and suggestions
about the stolen meteorites
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