Mars rocks fell in Africa in JUly

yahoo ^ | 1.17.2012 | S. Borenstein

[wolfcreek]

Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July. This is only the fifth ...

[Levante]

LOL!

Newsflash: MILLIONS OF LIBERALS HEAD TO SAUDI ARABIA

(If only...)

[KoRn]

It would be just awesome to find a couple of those. Sell one of them, and keep the other. I bet you could practically write your own check, assuming that some government wouldn’t be looking to confiscate it from you.

Knowing my luck, I would end up like the old farmer guy that was played by Stephen King in the movie “Creepshow”.

[wolfcreek]

“Meteorite dealer Darryl Pitt, who sold a chunk to Herd, said he charges $11,000 to $22,500 an ounce and has sold most of his supply already. At that price, the new Martian rock costs about 10 times more than gold.”

“It’s scientifically invaluable,” Herd said. “These are really beautiful specimens. It’s a rare type, so fresh and aesthetically pleasing.”

I’d charge a lot more.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

"How do they know for certain that the rocks came from Mars?"

It says right on the back "Made in Mars."

[wideminded]

An uncivilized person might kiss it...

Not that different from kissing the Blarney Stone, which has been named the world's most unsanitary tourist attraction.

[colorado tanker]

The Ka-Boom comes later!

[dfwgator]

“They blew up Congress...HA HA HA HA HA!”

[null and void]

There is a vast difference between the gift of gab and the gift of stab.

[colorado tanker]

Mmmm. Which side to cheer for??? :-))

[KoRn]

"I’d charge a lot more."

As would I! Such a thing is priceless. Literally one of the most rare objects on the Earth today. Having a piece of another planet just doesn't happen! lol

[blam]

"Mars has had enough of the landing invasion and Rovers and is starting to throw rocks back. "

The Chances Of Anything Coming From Mars Is A Million To One....

But Still...

They Came...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks wolfcreek and KoRn. An “extra, extra” ping to the APoD list members.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks wolfcreek and KoRn. A double-list ping, X-Planets has been a little slow the past month or so, mea culpa.

· join · view topics · view or post blog · bookmark · post new topic · subscribe ·

Google news searches: exoplanet · exosolar · extrasolar ·

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks wolfcreek and KoRn. A triple-list ping, now that I think about it. ;')

---

join or quit view topics view or post blog bookmark post new topic subscribe

---

[GreenHornet]

“How do they know for certain that the rocks came from Mars?”

Ever hear of a rock coming from Jupiter? Silly sausage!

Yeah, you're right - what the heck was I thinking?

[LucyT]

Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

. . . . Pinging because we are news junkies and need to know these things.

Thanks SunkenCiv.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ack! Ack-ack-ACK!

[MHGinTN]

I’m an old man now, but the very first time I saw a picture of that Mecca mess I wondered what sexually suppressed Islamic decided the proper orifice for holding the black rock was an inverted vulva made of silver. Seems fitting that it resides in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated like royal pimples.

[SunkenCiv]

I didn’t have the heart to check for Uranus jokes. ;’) Thanks LucyT.