Hello Jeff, The problem with that analogy is that visual inspection is only a very small part of the testing of a rock. While your post appears to suggest the scientist could not tell, it does not indicate that any testing was completed on it. What testing was done on it??? I could be totally wrong but sure hope that with the bazillions of tax dollars spent on funding research, in this day and age, I would suggest that there better not be a rock out there the scientist can not identify. I really get the impression that maybe the scientists where being polite and not attempting to burst your bubble? Respectfully, what scientist in their right mind would turn down a valid cold find or a new fall specimen? Does this actually happen??? Any scientists out there???
Check out my number 4 of 4 finds on yesterday's hunt at Franconia : http://desrtsunburn.no-ip.org/DSCN0142.jpg (~5mb macro) Kind Regards, Jim Wooddell http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org --- On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Jeff Kuyken <[email protected]> wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> > To: "meteorite-list" <[email protected]> > 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. >> ______________________________________________ >> 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
