On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:56:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >> >> Sounds like BS to me. A shiny, metallic Martian? > >The article didn't say it was metallic. Shergottites >tend to have a glossy fusion crust. But I'm a skeptic >until I see confirmation from a reputable laboratory.
Looking back over the article, no, it didn't directly say "this rock was metallic", but I assumed from the article that the metal-detector enthusist that found it, later consulting other metal-detector enthusists, had found it using a metal detector. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
