[meteorite-list] Help, your opinion needed

From: jwb7772_at_netzero.net <jwb7772_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jul 8 23:15:20 2005
Message-ID: <20050708.201443.17465.17502_at_webmail10.lax.untd.com>

In 1957 I witnessed a fireball come down from the very start(I was looking in the right place) to it's finish. In fact it came so close I thaught it might hit me, but it slightly arked up and flew over head at about 50 feet between me and a telephone poll, droping multi colored teardrops behind it. It skimed the tree tops two blocks away and landed. It was the most AWSUM thing I have ever seen, at that time. Well some years later I searched the area and found what looked like a cinder rock. It was all burned and even had a yellow-green crust in spots. It was not magnetic but was quite heavy. So I kepted it all of these years thinking it was not a meteorite.
     Well today I cut it open to find bright metal, looks like nickel, and a few white clats (moon type?)
     So maybe it could me a meteorite. I also thought impactasite, but from whare? It has mostly a gray color and sections are of a olive drab green color and look quite glassy. And in the holes there seems to been a green glassy shine. If anyone has any idea as to what it sounds like please let me know your thoughts. If anyone is interested enough I would be happy to send you a few pictures. Thanks Jim
Received on Fri 08 Jul 2005 11:14:35 PM PDT