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FeedingMyDreams
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Meteorite Men
#14601444 - 06/12/11 02:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's exactly like American Pickers but with meteorites.
Like with American Pickers, I doubt anyone pays THAT much for the stuff they find.
Like, these guys just found a golf ball sized meteorite that landed in Wisconsin and they expect $4,000 from it. Who pays that?
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what channel?
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Legend]
#14601513 - 06/12/11 03:11 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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legit27 said: what channel?
Science Channel.
It's weird that I have that on Verizon's basic cable.
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Who do they sell them to? I thought selling meteorites was illegal. I know there is like an underground/black market for them, but I didn't know you could legally sell them.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Sundrop]
#14601587 - 06/12/11 03:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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drewo said: Who do they sell them to? I thought selling meteorites was illegal. I know there is like an underground/black market for them, but I didn't know you could legally sell them.
There's nothing illegal about selling meteorites.
It is illegal to sell parts of the Columbia space shuttle.
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Oh, I just read about it. It is illegal in some places, and there is a problem with people selling stolen ones and shit like that. I just remember reading something on the news about it a few months ago.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Sundrop]
#14601626 - 06/12/11 03:34 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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drewo said: Oh, I just read about it. It is illegal in some places, and there is a problem with people selling stolen ones and shit like that. I just remember reading something on the news about it a few months ago.
If you take all this time out of your life just to search for meteorites, you should be able to sell them.
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I agree you should be able to sell them. I just remembered a news article talking about the black market for them or something like that, and I guess I just assumed it was illegal. I remember thinking how retarded that was.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Sundrop]
#14601731 - 06/12/11 03:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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God Discovery Networks sucks a fat dick now. All these shows are retarded. I can kind of tolerate Pawn Stars or American Pickers because at least they talk about some history behind the stuff they find. But now there's a show with Larry the Cable guy, Axe Men, a show about some jack offs looking for meteorites, etc. What a joke.
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I was kinda wondering about that show too. I guess its a way to make a living, but you got to wonder how many people are out there that are willing to pay that kind of money for space rocks.
I work as a service technician, and I had a call one day to an old guy's home. He was ether a retired geologist, or just someone with a very extensive hobby. He was showing me his huge rock and mineral collection in his home, and at the end of the tour he showed me a very large meteorite he has. It was the size of a football, and no doubt worth a nice chunk of money. What fascinated me the most about it was the fault lines in the rock that looked like they got fused back together somehow.
I believe he said he found it around Prince Edward Island -he was fairly old and I had a very hard time understanding him speak.
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I just saw a article in the Leader post today about some dude getting paid 80,000 for a 16 oz meteor.
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Bodhi of Ankou said: I just saw a article in the Leader post today about some dude getting paid 80,000 for a 16 oz meteor.
WOW, I guess the few weird rich people want an outer space rock in their possession. A lot of them have crazy patterns when you cut them open. It's mostly believed these stones have come from the rocky belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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It wasnt a rich weird dude either it was a scientific research group that wanted it.
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FeedingMyDreams said: Like, these guys just found a golf ball sized meteorite that landed in Wisconsin and they expect $4,000 from it. Who pays that?
Really? I have one larger than a basketball in my possession. At least I think I do.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14608784 - 06/13/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Moo456 said:
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FeedingMyDreams said: Like, these guys just found a golf ball sized meteorite that landed in Wisconsin and they expect $4,000 from it. Who pays that?
Really? I have one larger than a basketball in my possession. At least I think I do.
Pics and put a magnet on it.
That could be worth crazy thousands.
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A little low on the camera front right now.
Well it's not magnetic and it's pretty low density. Thought it could be a lava rock, but it's only porous and black on the outside. It's grey on the inside. The pores are also wavy and sharp. There is no flat spot, so it seems to have been heated to a very high temperature briefly while suspended.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14609015 - 06/13/11 09:31 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Also the outside is sort of like black glass. Too fragile to be a meteorite? What the hell is it then?
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14609081 - 06/13/11 09:44 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Moo456 said: Also the outside is sort of like black glass. Too fragile to be a meteorite? What the hell is it then?
if you suspect lava rock, then the black glassy part would be obsidian
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Mhmm, but the black glass effect is not limited to lava rocks. Also it's thin and perfectly on the outside.
I just can't picture how this thing would form. It was only heated from the outside, seemed to be suspended during the heat and cool process, and doesn't seem strong enough to survive a ground impact.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14609712 - 06/13/11 11:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Come on shroomery, help me figure this one out.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14610058 - 06/14/11 01:36 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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The texture is unlike any picture I could find, not very lava rock like. This is going to drive me nuts. I'm going to have to ask Rockery.org(crack website?).
I'll get pictures eventually, but there needs to be close-ups to fully show what it's like.
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Re: Meteorite Men [Re: Moo456]
#14610505 - 06/14/11 05:32 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Moo456 said: Come on shroomery, help me figure this one out.
Did you find it yourself or was it given to you? If it was given to you, do you at least know where it was found?
You might be better off to ask around at some amateur rock collecting club -they should be able to tell you at least if its terrestrial in origin or not. If they think its a meteorite, they probably can get you in touch with a lab in a university or someplace that can confirm for you if it is a meteorite or not.
If it actually is real, you will be a few thousand $ richer if you decide to sell it.
Don't leave us in the dark on this, I'm now interested in seeing pictures of this and if it is really a meteorite or not.
Edited by HairyTaco (06/14/11 05:33 AM)
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