Yinan Wang asked: "Whats the term for when a meteorite resembles an object?"
The term that you are looking for is "mimetolith." A web page about mimetoliths by Dr. R. V. Dietrich can be found at: http://www.cst.cmich.edu/USERS/DIETR1RV/mimetoliths/ "mimetolith - 1.a. a natural topographic feature, rock outcrop, rock specimen, mineral specimen, or loose stone the shape of which resembles something else -- e.g., a real or fancied animal, plant, manufactured item, or part(s) thereof. b. a topographic feature, rock outcrop, rock specimen, mineral specimen, or loose stone, the surface pattern of which resembles a real or fancied animal, ... . c. a topographic feature (et alia) with any combination of shape and pattern that resembles a real or fancied animal, . . . . [Greek mimetes (an imitator) and lithos (stone); term coined by Thomas Orzo MacAdoo, first appeared in (Dietrich, 1989).]" Dietrich, R.V., 1989, Imagine: Another mimetolith. Rocks & Minerals. vol. 64, pp. 149-152. Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
