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« on: December 02, 2006, 02:14:51 am »
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I remember when this was 1st found and how the Canadian was wise enough not to touch it & stored it in his freezer. $750,000 is pretty good for a rock! Neat that they've completed their analysis & think it may be the most primitive one ever discovered.

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B.C. discovery may be older than the sun
Meteorite bolsters theory of how Earth got its evolutionary building blocks

ANNE MCILROY
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Scientists have found tiny bubbles of organic material that may be older than the sun, in a meteorite that landed on a frozen lake in northwestern British Columbia.

Scientists believe it to be the most primitive meteorite ever recovered, a relic from the early moments of our solar system.

Jim Brook, the resort operator with a scientific background who knew not to touch the dark chunks of rock he spotted while driving his pickup across the lake. A week earlier, local residents had reported seeing a multicoloured fireball streak to ground, and smelling a foul chemical odour in the air.

She said that if Mr. Brook had touched the space rocks, even a tiny amount of oil from his fingers would have made it more difficult to determine the origins of the ancient bubbles that lay within.

"He did a great, great job and we appreciate that."

He was well rewarded for his efforts.

Earlier this year, he sold the meteorite fragments for $750,000. They will remain in Canada, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

The initial analysis showed the fragments to be laden with stardust, minerals and organic compounds, said Alan Hildebrand, a meteorite expert at the University of Calgary. It is perhaps the most primitive meteorite ever recovered, a relic from the early moments of our solar system.. . . . . .

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« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2006, 08:58:22 am »
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Thanks Sue intresting article

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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2006, 09:32:54 am »
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Very interesting.  Thanks.

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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2006, 11:19:06 am »
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Thanks for another interesting article. I had heard about the Tagish Lake meteorite previously but never heard of a price on them. $750,000 is a pretty good payday. You just never know what might come your way.

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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2006, 12:04:34 pm »
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WOW~75 Smiley, Smiley Smiley Smiley $ FOR A ROCK

what a great world we live in! Grin

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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2006, 12:40:33 pm »
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That 1300 pound pallasite they found in Kansas has a price tag on it of well over $1,000,000.00 ... So keep your eyes open in the field- you just never know what you might come across.

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« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2006, 12:48:20 pm »
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By the way- that 1300 pound Brenham was found with a Lorenz PI with a 6ft on the side square coil dragged by a four wheeler. It was found at 7 ft and they used a backhoe to dig it up.

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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2006, 12:55:14 pm »
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Quote:Posted by Goldfinger
That 1300 pound pallasite they found in Kansas has a price tag on it of well over $1,000,000.00 ... So keep your eyes open in the field- you just never know what you might come across.

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Man i have to find one

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2006, 04:32:49 am »
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that would be great...Smiley...good luck Outback

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