[Rockhounds] Canada fireball meteorites found

[Dennis Buffenmyer]

Alan Goldstein wrote:
> Some follow-up...
> Alan G.
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27957351/
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> VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Searchers have found the remains of a 10-ton 
> meteor that produced a dramatic fireball in the skies over the Canadian 
> Prairies in November, researchers said on Friday.
>
> Thousands of meteorite fragments have been found densely strewn over an 
> eight-square-mile area south of the community of Lloydminster on the 
> Alberta-Saskatchewan border, according to the University of Calgary.
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> Searchers have been scrambling to find the remains of the meteor since it 
> streaked across the sky in the early evening of Nov. 20, producing a 
> fireball that shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 435 miles wide.
>
> University of Calgary planetary scientist Alan Hildebrand had called it one 
> of the largest meteors visible in the country in the last decade.
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> "It would be something like a billion-watt light bulb," said Hildebrand, who 
> also coordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency.
>
> Widely broadcast video images showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball 
> over Saskatoon that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it 
> neared the ground.
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In the article it states that an Arizona space rock collector offered 
$9,700 for the first kilogram specimen found.... I should think so... I 
know I certainly wouldn't mind having a VERY small piece of it, if it 
could be verified. Hopefully there is "plenty" to fulfill the wishes of 
ALL collectors.