[meteorite-list] A "guy with meteorites article"
From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Oct 30 01:39:04 2005 Message-ID: <20051030063902.72885.qmail_at_web26209.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> For sure the 2 pieces he have in the hand show in the photo is 100% not meteorites..I hope he not have see this is meteorites or is good he not help people with meteorites. Matteo --- Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_charter.net> ha scritto: > I don't know about other browsers, but in Windows > Explorer, the pictures cover half of the text of > the article. One of the photos shows two "possible > meteorites". One is an Odessa iron. The other, > though, is a "stony iron" meteorite found "in his > yard". That one may or may not be the one that he > thinks is worth $200. > > > > http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051029/NEWS01/510290309/1002 > > > > When night falls and most folks are thinking about > retiring to the warmth of their beds, Beech Bluff > resident Malcolm Wilcox is sitting on his deck > staring at what he calls a "busy sky." > > "The other night I saw a fireball," he said. "It was > the biggest I've seen in my life." > > A retiree, Wilcox has taken up a new hobby - sky > watching. > > In addition to his love for Civil War history, > Wilcox is an amateur astronomer and has started > going > to different sites in West Tennessee to investigate > meteorites. > > A meteorite is defined as a mass of rock or metal > that has survived the friction of Earth's > atmosphere to reach the surface, according to the > School Discovery Web site. > > Wilcox, 65, treasures a meteorite that he collected > when he was 16 in Odessa, Texas, in 1956. > > To some, Wilcox's meteorite may look like just any > old rock. > > But the weight of the jet-black object might just > turn a skeptic into a believer. > > "Back then, I didn't think anything of it (his > meteorite), and I traded a lot of them," Wilcox > said. > "And now this is my only one like it." > > Sky watchers who are seeking to confirm a meteorite > may think they could turn to NASA (National > Aeronautics and Space Administration) for > confirmation - think again. > > The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is a division > of NASA, does not travel to confirm meteorite > strikes. > > "If we did that, we would never get any other work > done," said D.C. Agle, a JPL spokesman in > Pasadena, Calif. > > "But if someone finds something they have confidence > in, they should contact a local science museum > or university," he said. > > Wilcox uses his telescope at night from his deck to > watch the activity in the sky. He also keeps a > Bounty Hunter brand metal detector and magnet on > wheels handy for when he's out in the field. > > "There's money in meteorites," said Wilcox as he > held up a Stony Iron meteorite, which he believes > would be valued at $200. > > He's been researching meteorites for the past six > months and keeps two meteorite books on hand that > he calls his "bibles." > > Wilcox believes he's good enough to spot a > fraudulent meteorite claim by checking for a few key > factors. > > "Iron and nickel contents are a good sign that it's > a meteorite," he said. "And if a person sees a > meteor falling, then there should be a scent of > sulfur." > > Let the sky watching begin. > > Visit talkback.jacksonsun.com to share your > thoughts. > > - Tajuana Cheshier, 425-9643 > > > Originally published October 29, 2005 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it Received on Sun 30 Oct 2005 01:39:01 AM PDT |
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