Hi Doug and all, > Looks like the source of that Mars rock you kindly investigated a > while back > :-) Just kidding!!!
Interestingly enough the man who owns the 'mars meteorite' sent a specimen whose origins may be suspect. In fact, when we went to see his rock I gave him a small NWA so he could have a meteorite of his very own. Maybe he sent that for analysis. The 'Mars Meteorite' was written up in the Lancaster NH newspaper a few months ago as a proven-in-the-lab meteorite, but then there was some disagreement as the University he sent it to had it sent for independent analysis and that caused the University to insist on a retraction from the paper which had cited them as the analysis team. I have the article and the retraction around here somewhere and will post a copy of both if anyone is interested. So, needless to say, the guy is still convinced [duh!] and the issue is even more muddy that before. > "El Dorado" may be somewhat dynamic and also a haze of silt near > it sometimes, like "Pigpen" in Charlie Brown. Great simile. I'll look closer to see if there is a blanket somewhere in the picture ;^> > 3. To make a composite image, they have to equalize the brightness > somewhat. Like trying to show detail a rich black Eucrite fusion > crust in a > photo together with an off white matrix. This calls for selective > "alteration" of the image. I have had others suggest it is an artifact from processing. Seems the most likely candidate for truth. The rocks all have that same greenish tinge, too. > Hope that holds the aliens at bay:-) (But you gotta know it won't) Naw - They were over for a few beers last night and afterwards flew off a bit wobbly mumbling about eBay. :) Gary in Vermont ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
