[Rockhounds] $25, 000 reward offered by museum for a chunk of the Missouri meteor

[Tim Fisher]

I wish the all the luck in the world. They're gonna need it for someone to sell a 1 kg. meteor fragment from a known strike for only $25k.

Tim Fisher
Http://OreRockOn.com 
Email nospam at orerockon.com

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Subject: [Rockhounds] $25, 000 reward offered by museum for a chunk of the Missouri meteor

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A $25,000 reward is being offered by the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum for part of a meteorite that was seen streaking past St. Louis Monday night. The prize goes to the person <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reward-issued-for-the-recovery-of-meteorites-from-monday-nights-missouri-fireball-300956847.html>
to
bring in the first piece of the meteorite that weighs at least one-kilogram. That is just over two pounds of space rock.

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum <https://mainemineralmuseum.org/> will be putting it in a place of honor in the museum. The grand opening is on December 12, 2019.

https://fox2now.com/2019/11/13/25000-reward-offered-by-museum-for-a-chunk-of-the-missouri-meteor/
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