Jason said: "...looks like a small, weathered iron meteorite that has been wire-brushed."
Ditto. Probably a Campo. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: Jason Utas <[email protected]> >Sent: Nov 4, 2010 6:20 PM >To: Meteorite-list <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Smithville man almost hit by meteorite > >Hello All, >The meteorite photographed looks like a small, weathered iron >meteorite that has been wire-brushed. >Seeing as the "finder," Duncan, "is a self-employed painter, whose >business had slowed down to the point he is struggling to make ends >meet," and who is indeed planning to sell his rock, as per the >article, I'd say this is likely just another hoax. >Regards, >Jason > > > >On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote: >> Question: How do you "almost confirm" something? >> >> Perhaps they should all research more about meteorites. >> >> Eric >> >> On 11/4/2010 5:34 PM, Thunder Stone wrote: >>> >>> Take a look >>> >>> Greg S. >>> >>> >>> http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=13448872 >>> >>> >>> Smithville man almost hit by meteorite >>> >>> >>> SMITHVILLE, Tenn. – A Smithville man witnessed something only 1,000 people >>> have ever experienced. >>> >>> In August, while walking down the street in Smithville, Jimmy Duncan and >>> his girlfriend, heard and then found a meteorite >>> >>> "My girlfriend and I were walking down the street and we heard an awful >>> whistle," he recalled. "We looked around to see and all of a sudden, I >>> heard a thump." >>> >>> The meteorite had hit the asphalt pavement, left a hole and then bounced >>> onto the sidewalk. >>> >>> Duncan knew what it was, but had no idea how rare his experience actually >>> was. >>> >>> Of all the meteorite findings around the world, just over 1,000 cases are >>> called "falls" or situations where people witness the meteorite hitting the >>> earth. >>> >>> "It missed me by about 10 feet," Duncan said. >>> >>> He brought the meteorite to the Tennessee Department of Geological Studies >>> where State Geologist Ron Zurawski almost confirmed what Duncan already >>> knew. It is a meteorite. >>> >>> "It's a bit of material left over from when the solar system was formed," >>> Zurawski explained. "In this case, it is several billion years old, about >>> the same age as the earth, which is four and a half billion years old." >>> >>> Duncan is a self-employed painter, whose business had slowed down to the >>> point he is struggling to make ends meet. >>> >>> He plans to sell the meteorite after he figures out how much it is worth. >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >______________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________ 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
