After the Chelyabinsk Airburst, there has been a noticeable increase in people inquiring about odd rocks that they have found. It all has been interesting and a good thing as I have had a good time looking at rocks and teaching people geology.
In addition, as a result of the Chelyabinsk Airburst, the below report appeared in the news: Bosnia 'meteor' intrigues new generation in wake of Russia strike (A mysterious rock at a quarry in central Bosnia has seen has a spike in visitors in the wake of the meteor explosion over Russia last week.) The Telegraph, February 24, 2103. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9890814/Bosnia-meteor-intrigues-new-generation-in-wake-of-Russia-strike.html Is this Bosnia rock a meteorite? by idoubtit, Doubtful News, February 24, 2013 http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/02/is-this-bosnia-rock-a-meteor/ Meteorite Bosnia: scienziati e scolaresche in pellegrinaggio alla roccia caduta dal cielo by Davide Mazzocco, Feb. 25, 2013 http://www.ecoblog.it/post/53649/meteorite-bosnia-scienziati-e-scolaresche-in-pellegrinaggio-alla-roccia-caduta-dal-cielo Judging from the available images, this objects looks like an meter-scale concretion instead of a meteorite. In addition, the statement, “It was so hot that it was impossible to approach..,” is the standard folklore that is associated all too many meteorwrongs. This implausible claim raises a rather large red flag about the validity of other comments about this object. It still would fun and enlightening for someone in the neighborhood to take a firsthand look at this specimen. Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
