brenham pallasite meteorite kansas

digging a 1200lb brenham meteorite, appears to be mostly iron with some pallasite structure.

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Science & Technology

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• meteorite
• pallasite
• brenham
• kansas
• science
• discovery
• stimpson
• distimpson
• haviland
• greensburg

[40247]

it's worth millions at $20.00 a gram. He hit the lottery.

[distimpson]

yes, to quote carl sagan, it is worth billions and billions.

[paulypaulification]

They must have edited out you pooping your pants!!!!

[distimpson]

no, its there, just gotta look for it

[distimpson]

@WorldSurveillance no cutting yet, it's hard to find an abrasive saw that will accept a 1200lb piece and we have more than enough cut brenhams for display/sale, really no reason to cut. yes, waiting is the issue, I'll be long dead before this sells for $1 per gram but it is fun to dream, maybe I'll go buy a lotto ticket today :-)

[distimpson]

@WorldSurveillance Also, by my calculation, 1200lb = 544kg = 544,000 grams.  20 times that number is about $11 million, that will get you a headline in the newspaper but no sales. So, I assume you are thinking $1 per gram? I'll take it! If you know anyone that will actually pay that amount then have them call me. (ps. not holding my breath).

[distimpson]

you don't often come across thinker's like yourself. i wouldn't want to deny you of the fun involved to execute these projects so i'll just give you some encouragement and say cheery oh! don

[zimant78]

id love a statistical plot of the distribution of the various kinds of meterites varieties and sizes around the world, per kilometer and the gouping of them. i am thinking there must be one of those somewhere a few miles from my house.

how about designing systems you can attach to your car, to drive fast around the desert with a 1kw metal detector, and if you find a few hunded kilo with it, send me one one day! we dont have any deserts in my country!

[distimpson]

well that was uncalled for! :-)