Hi All,
Ken wrote:
> Greg, Both bottom picts indicate a great
deal of pitting. Unfortunately, I would
> say not a meteorite. Perhaps others on the
list will venture to comment.
In the eBay listing we
read:
> I just happned to
find it and was suprised at the weight of the rock and decided
> to keep it and found out through investigation
and the opinion of two colleage
>
geologists that it was a meteorite.
First
off, experience has shown time and again that the opinion of two
college
geologists means very little when it comes to
meteorite identification.
> It is very magnetic and measures
about six inches across and about
> 3 1/2" tall. I was told to have a piece sliced off for
further study at
> UCLA but decided that I would try to sell it whole and
leave that
> part of the study to the new owner.
Sounds like a convenient excuse. The seller isn't getting it
cut open
because the interior would give it away as being terrestrial (not
that
the exterior doesn't do that already).
Pass on this one folks. --Rob
