You seem smart, thanks for your comments. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038
Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Indiana Rock Likely Came From Earth, Scientist Says > They all sound like a bunch of idiots and I think they deserve a column of > their own on the Proud Tom site!!! > Thanks, Tom > Peregrineflier <>< > Yea, that's right, > The proudest member of the IMCA # 6168 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:31 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Indiana Rock Likely Came From Earth, Scientist > Says > > > > > > http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/101451-2735-009.html > > > > Burning rock likely came from Earth, scientist says > > By Andy Gammill > > Indystar.com > > December 12, 2003 > > > > Indiana University scientists have concluded that a 4-inch rock that > > crashed into a Shelby County construction site probably isn't a meteorite. > > > > That leaves an even bigger mystery: where exactly the rock came from, and > > how it burned itself 7 inches deep into a pile of foam insulation. > > > > Bob and Brian Weddle, the Shelby County homebuilders who found it two > weeks > > ago, want to know what the rock is and said they plan to have other > > experts look at it. > > > > Nelson Shaffer, a researcher at the Indiana Geological Survey, took > samples > > of the rock Thursday and examined them at his Bloomington laboratory. > Tests > > suggest an earthly origin, he said. > > > > If the rock is a meteorite, it's unlike any ever found before, he said. > > Meteorites are so rare that Shaffer has found only two since he began > > studying them in 1974. > > > > Shaffer's tests confirmed that the rock contains quartz, which has never > > been found on a meteorite. Plus, the rock isn't metallic and doesn't have > > the glassy coating usually found on meteorites, he said. > > > > The Weddles have heard from several other experts and called a few on > their > > own to try to find out what the rock is. > > > > They have found themselves inundated with calls from the media, meteorite > > hounds and the curious. > > > > An Indianapolis television station offered to take the object to the Field > > Museum or the Smithsonian Institution for further study, Bob Weddle said. > > > > Shaffer said they were right to bring in experts so quickly. Scientists > can > > glean important details about space by studying "fresh" meteorites, he > said. > > > > For now, the Weddles are trying to manage the rock and its attention while > > still managing to work on the home where they found it, said Bob Weddle, > 51. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
