> > Meteorite just misses Kewanee man
> >
> > http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt
> > By Star Courier staff
> >
> >
> > KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building on
> > South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang.
> >
> > A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet from where
> > Lee had been working.
> >
> > The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite.
> >
> > When it fell to earth, the rock struck the side of the building at an angle,
> > and didn't cause any visible damage to the exterior.
> >
> > Had the meteorite struck a couple of feet farther north, it probably would
> > have punched through the roof of Cali's building, he said.
> >
> > The rock was about four inches across. When it hit the building it shattered
> > into several pieces.
> >
> > It doesn't look like your garden-variety rock. There are small holes in it,
> > which look like wormholes and may have been caused by the intense heat
> > caused by friction as the rock fell through the earth's atmosphere.
> >
> > There are also tiny metallic flakes in the rock, which Cali said are gold.
> >
> > For that reason, and because some people collect such things, the meteorite
> > may have some value. Cali said he read of a metorite found in Texas fetching
> > $1,100.
> >     
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