Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter

[tracy latimer]

The Jupiter meteorite is undoubtedly close kin to the 'ghost in a jar' that 
was recently offered for sale on ebay; i.e., a fictional fut.  If she lived 
in CA, why on earth did she have these rocks 'authenticated' by a museum in 
Hawaii, and one that doesn't have a resident specialist in meteorites? 
Shoots, as far as I know, they don't even have a piece of the Honolulu 
meteorite!  John, maybe as a professional courtesy, you should forward her 
letter to Bishop Museum and let them yell at her, if needed. Was it a real 
paper letter, or a spam-like e-mail?  Did she mention a name for her 
'expert'?  If you want/need an address, I'll scare it up for you.

Tracy Latimer


From: John Gwilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:05:19 -0700
Hello List,
In this morning's mail, I received an unusual letter from a Mrs. Cheung in 
Alamo, California.  The letter says they are contacting me (the recipient 
of the letter) for a friend who wants some help selling some meteorites in 
her possession.  It goes on to say that some of the stones have already 
been identified as meteorites by the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

They list five different samples that have been identified by the museum 
and they list densities for the specimens but no weights.

Here is the interesting information in the letter.

" In addition to the samples she has given us some photographs of the 
meteorites.  During a conversation with her, one of the meteorites was 
identified as coming from the planet Jupiter."

Imagine that, a meteorite from Jupiter!

If anyone wants to pursue this, let me know and I'll give you the contact 
information....;-)

Best,

John Gwilliam



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