I,m not sure who said this could be Ireland's first meteorite.... But isn't Bovedy ( April 25, 1969 Bovedy (L3) Londonderry, N. Ireland THROUGH STORE ROOF - from: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers2.html The first Ireland meteorite? Michael
On 7/18/09 9:05 AM, "Pete Pete" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, all, > > I've definintely seen similar objects - melted aluminum cans from a camp fire. > > Cheers, > Pete > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:45 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures >> >> The photo caption says it's not magnetic and is very light. So >> chances are (combined with the appearance), it's not a meteorite. >> It's an interesting little piece of metal that probably has a good >> story behind it, but I think it's terrestrial. >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> >> >> On 7/18/09, Matt Morgan wrote: >>> Hi Jim >>> Interesting object. It reminds me of a piece of bomb shrapnel. It does not >>> appear to be a meteorite, but maybe you could remove a tiny piece and do a >>> nickel test. >>> Matt >>> ------Original Message------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> Sender: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> ReplyTo: [email protected] >>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures >>> Sent: Jul 18, 2009 4:05 AM >>> >>> Hello list members >>> I've been contacted by a fellow in Dublin who found this >>> object years ago and has always been curious about whether it might be >>> a meteorite.He states that it is about 2cms long(roughly 7/8 of an inch >>> for our non-metric list members) and is light like aluminium.I have >>> asked him whether it was magnetic and he said 'no' . >>> Of course I should have asked him whether it was >>> attracted to a magnet, so I did and waiting for his reponse now.Because >>> this object is so small I've advised him that the best way to test may >>> be to file down a flat area and apply nitol to see if a pattern emerges. >>> Of course even this isn't 100% if it happened to be an ataxite. >>> I told him I thought it was unlikely that the object was >>> meteoritic in nature but that I would pose the question to the >>> meteorite list and see what the experts think.So if you could please >>> take a look and offer your opinions I'd appreciate it. >>> Jim Brady >>> >>> http://tr.im/sUQk >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> Matt Morgan >>> Mile High Meteorites >>> http://www.mhmeteorites.com >>> P.O. Box 151293 >>> Lakewood, CO 80215 USA >>> ______________________________________________ >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> >> >> -- >> ......................................................... >> Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) >> Member of the Meteoritical Society. >> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com >> .......................................................... >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > _________________________________________________________________ > Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047 > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
