Michael,
A lot of times scientists used to working in labs with thin slices can't
tell an ordinary chondrite from a hole in the ground. They often specialize
in a narrow academic field and have no experience handling all different
types of meteorites. It's hard to beat years of hands on experience when it
comes to field grading meteorites. Plus, these stones have highly unusual
crust. I didn't think they were meteorites because of the weird crust, but
it's hard to tell just from looking at an out of focus photograph.
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Mulgrew" <[email protected]>
To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; "Brien Cook"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite
Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has problems identifying a
meteorite? Is anyone else concerned by that?
Michael in So. Cal.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]>
wrote:
Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all I am
seeing is news reports now calling it a meteor wrong. What a cluster#+~>.
Michael Farmer
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On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Brien Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
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