Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Stones From ... Mystery ParkMeteorites

2005-11-18 Thread Martin Altmann
A little side note: von Däniken bought a large part of the meteorites of the Bally-Prior Museum in Switzerland, which closed down in 2003. They had a remarkable meteorite collection, consisting of specimens from the colln of Bally-Prior (1847-1926), who bought meteorites from the Ward-Coonley

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Stones From ... Mystery ParkMeteorites

2005-11-18 Thread Peter Marmet
Hi Martin and list, actually it was not E. von Däniken who bought the meteorite collection. It was a privat person, a certain Dr. Meier who bought the collection and gave it as a loan to the Mystery Park. Unfortunately the whole collection is hidden in a very small, dark room and therefore

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: Stones From ... Mystery ParkMeteorites

2005-11-18 Thread Axel Emmermann
Was anybody of our Suisse friends already there to visit the poor meteorites? One can only imagine the suffering those poor meteorites must endure... Knowing Von Däniken's feeling for authenticity, I would guess he has spray painted them fluo-green to illustrate the fact that they are