Hello Sterling, All, I've seen many fresh irons, and this does not look like one in the least, save the fact that it's not rusty. It appears to be rough and gouged in many places. Assuming that it's a meteorite, we're either dealing with a late explosive breakup or shrapnel from a crater. There is no evidence for either of these. I said that it wasn't a meteorite before. I stand by that statement. Regards, Jason
On 1/28/07, Sterling K. Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I'll gladly grant that I do not a huge amount of hands-on experience with irons and have only looked at 40 or 50, but I have to say that the surface of this object has the oddest geometry. I've been staring at the reasonably good photo in the article (URL below). It does not resemble any aerodynamic sculpture I've ever seen. I call on the more expert (and there are lots of you!), does this look meteoritic in its surface features to you? Because I don't want to be a Lazy Listoid that just dumps stuff on others, I went to Google Images for "iron meteorite" and cruised through the first 600 pictures or so, looking for its like. Didn't see it. Lots of nice irons, but nothing with surface features like this. From what I can gather, Delaney gave it the nickel test (it passed) but was not allowed to cut or window or etch. It seems to have been informally accepted into the Meteorite Club, by the press anyway. If it's real, how did it get these surface features? Anyone have any iron similar in its sculpture? Sterling K. Webb -------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:53 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Anyone visit the NJO today? http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070128/NEWS03/701280423/1007/OPINION ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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