Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport     Tower *except for       a meteorite )

2007-08-23 Thread Charlie Devine
What was it? I didn't ask the obvious followup. It took ages to get a simple yes or no answer to the first question. All I know is that it wasn't a meteorite. CDevine __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport     Tower *except for       a meteorite )

2007-08-22 Thread Charlie Devine
Finally got an answer: It was not a meteorite. CDevine __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport Tower *except for a meteorite)

2006-11-28 Thread Charlie Devine
Elton wrote: We don't know what it is so it must be a meteorite, implying we on the dig are all knowing except for what we don't know otherwise. Hello Elton, Actually, Ron Barsted told me he based his visual identification on having seen and handled hundreds of meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport Tower *except for a meteorite)

2006-11-27 Thread Charlie Devine
I spent 2 days at the Newport Tower dig, but was unable to examine the meteorite, as by then it was in the mayor's office for safe keeping, and the mayor was nowhere to be found. Whether it be meteorite or meteorwrong, it belongs to the city of Newport. I did explain to Jan and Ron Barsted, the

Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport Tower *except for a meteorite)

2006-11-27 Thread Charlie Devine
I spent 2 days at the dig, but was unable to view the meteorite, as by then it was in safe keeping in the Mayor's office and the mayor was not to be found. Whether it turns out meteorite or meteorwrong, it belongs to the city of Newport. I did make sure that Ron and Jan Barsted, the organizers

Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport Tower *except for a meteorite)

2006-11-27 Thread Mr EMan
--- Charlie Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are the 2 photos I posted last week, should anyone care to comment based on photos alone: Yeah I'll bite. The photos don't exclude this from being a meteorite and the empty depressions might be missing condrules. This doesn't look like an iron.

[meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At Mysterious Newport Tower *except for a meteorite)

2006-11-24 Thread Darren Garrison
http://www.turnto10.com/news/10392157/detail.html NEWPORT, R.I. -- An archaeological dig at a mysterious Newport Tower turns up -- not much. Archeologists spent a month digging at a structure called the Old Stone Mill. The tower's origins are uncertain -- leading amateur historians to speculate