A guy sent me these photos.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qcnzxol29ypwi4q/AAAWTbYOJh-LTf1L7JRFaMTsa?dl=0
My guess: space junk. He'd be happy to sell it because he's got $1000
deductible on his home owner's insurance.
Contact me off line if you want his e-mail address.
If there has been discussion of this on the List, I missed it
https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/
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Randy L. Korotev
Research Professor, retired
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Washington University in Saint Louis
I just received an email from a farmer with an Admire, Kansas, snail-mail
address. He asks:
"A glass and metal laced boulder on my farm, sets on a pocket of powdered rock
that contains hundreds of spherules per teaspoon of dust. Could this boulder
be a piece of crust from the ill-fated young
I send them this link. Doesn't usually help, though.
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/thud/
From: Meteorite-list on behalf of
tracy latimer via Meteorite-list
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 14:28
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Someone just called this handy device to my attention, asking me if it might be
useful.
https://www.amazon.com/Outer-Space-Rocks-1-0-Meteorite/dp/B004WK985W/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Good thing it's out of stock. The reviews are good, though.
Randy Korotev
I have been contacted and sent photos by a person who has likely found another
12-lb "stone" of the Apache Junction iron in Apache Junction AZ.
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=54566
She wants to sell it.
If you want to negotiate with her, I'll send her email.
Please contact
See the field photo at the bottom of the MetBull writeup:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=81448
Yes, I suppose it could be faked.
There are two ordinary chondrites reported from nearby, 6 km and 13 km away.
Randy Korotev
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