Come on guys, how could you not tell if this is a meteorite? I can tell from the photos it looks just like most Park Forest stones. Of course after buying and selling and finding thousands of different meteorites I guess a lot of practice comes into play.
Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Oct 25, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Robert Verish <[email protected]> wrote: > Met with Petrus Jenniskens tonight in Novato at the at the original find site > in order to re-examine the "N01" stone (which had been returned to the > finders). This was my first opportunity to examine this stone. I had my > small microscope with me and I took some snap-shots down the eye-piece (see > below). > > I will not comment on these images, preferring instead to honor Peter's > request to "keep tuned" and allow him to make the first (second?third?) > announcement. But I do want to thank the Rivera Family for inviting Peter > and myself for dinner tonight. The food and wine were delicious, and the > conversation was enthusiastic and jubilant (and not just because the Giants > won game 1 of the World Series). A photo of Luis Rivera appears on the front > page of today's local newspaper (Novato Advance): > > http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Meteorite-Discovered-in-Novato-Yard-175158691.html > > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-60.jpg > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-63.jpg > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-68.jpg > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-72.jpg > > Images courtesy of Bob Verish. > > --- On Wed, 10/24/12, karmaka <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: karmaka <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato Meteorite is >> Just a Rock >> To: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <[email protected]>, >> [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 10:14 PM >> Hold on and keep tuned ! >> >> " 2012, October 23 - There are more developments today. An >> apology may have been too hssty. We are waiting for >> confirmation of the new insight. Keep tuned." >> http://cams.seti.org/ >> >> Let's quote Phil: >> >> "This is turning into a mystery wrapped inside an enigma." >> ;-) >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> Von: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <[email protected]> >> An: <[email protected]> >> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato >> Meteorite is Just a Rock >> Datum: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:39:12 +0200 >> >> Shawn, >> >> I agree, the second rock doesn't look like a meteorite >> either. Has it been >> examined by an expert? >> >> Phil Whitmer >> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >> >> >> Hello Listers >> >> Just found this, might be interesting for others that are >> hunting for >> meteorites in Novato area. >> >> "After a fireball streaked across the Bay Area sky last >> Wednesday evening, >> scientists and locals alike have been on the hunt for >> pieces of the meteor >> that is believed to have made landfall in the Bay Area. >> On Tuesday the meteor astronomer with the SETI Institute >> who reported over >> the weekend that the first piece of the meteor was found >> after it hit the >> roof of a Novato home clarified that the suspected >> meteorite discovered >> there is actually a natural rock. >> Dr. Peter Jenniskens with the SETI Institute said on his >> NASA Ames Research >> Center webpage the house of administrative nurse at the >> University of >> California at San Francisco Lisa Webber was hit by >> something during the >> fireball's descent last Wednesday evening, but the >> meteorite remains >> elusive. >> After an examination using a petrographic microscope >> Monday, Jenniskens was >> able to conclude the rock was not a meteorite. >> He wrote Tuesday, "I sincerely thought it was, based on >> what appeared to me >> was remnant fusion crust. On closer inspection, that crust >> was a product of >> weathering of a natural rock, not from the heat of entry." >> The 2-inch rock is 63 grams, dense and responds to a >> magnet, according to >> information from the SETI Institute, a nonprofit scientific >> and education >> organization that has projects sponsored by NASA and other >> foundations and >> research groups...." >> >> source: >> http://millvalley.patch.com/articles/intergalactic-false-alarm-novato-meteorite-is-just-a-rock >> >> The sample that was first found looks like the second >> sample that was found. >> >> Shawn Alan >> IMCA 1633 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Postfach fast voll? 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