I have a stone from years ago that appears oriented but weathered. It was
originally thought to be a planetary but that did not seem to pan out
clearly. The problem was that the very qualified scientist could not say for
sure what it was and could also not rule out other options like an Earth
meteorite either. Further tests were just too expensive and the budget
didn't allow for it.
The thing is that the stone was even taken along to one of the Annual Met
Society meetings and passed around to various people along with a couple of
well known planetary scientists from NASA looking at it. A couple suggested
it is likely some sort of basalt but not one person could come up with any
idea of where or how it formed. Basically they said to just wait and see if
any other similar NWA's showed up over the years. I'm still waiting! ;-)
So yes... there are definitely stones out there that stump even the best.
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "GREG LINDH" <gee...@msn.com>
To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:47 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Real or not real.
To all,
Are there any stones that have been found that are unable to be
definitively identified as a meteorite? In other words, are there stones
(metal or stony) that the meteorite experts of the world examine closely,
and then just say, "We just don't know"?
Greg L.
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