The Nageswarans have not decided what to do with their meteorite,
despite plenty of advice from family and friends. But they said they
want to make sure that the rock, which they have locked up at a bank,
serves an educational purpose.
SO TEST THE DAMN THING! Who is advising this family?!! It is
aggravating that people who appear to want to do the right thing
[e.g. serve an educational purpose] have either not been told of
the importance of short-lived isotope testing, or have not heeded
the message.
And just as a reminder, it has yet to be proved that this object is
even a meteorite! Four gentlemen passing around a metallic lump for
ten minutes does not constitute a conclusive analysis, regardless of
how many papers they've published on meteorites.
--Rob
Exactly, Rob! Irons just cannot be identified with certainty by a visual
inspection only. Too many industrial products look like legitimate irons. I do
not trust a positive identification without a proper lab report.
Besides of that, given how the object looks in the pictures it is paramount
that
shortlived isotopes prove this is a fresh fall and not an eBay fall.
- Marco
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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
website: http://www.dmsweb.org
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