[meteorite-list] www.venusmeteorite.com - what are your opinions on this claim

From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:46:29 -0600
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20070216102550.024433f8_at_levee.wustl.edu>

Dear Mr. Gregory:

At 02:34 13-02-07 Tuesday, you wrote:
>Simply put, what testing can definitively differentiate a rock from
>space and a rock from the earth?

Answer: The presence of nuclides that are the products of reactions
with cosmic-rays - nuclides that can only be produced in space (that
is, on a body with no atmosphere). Do a Google search on "cosmic ray
exposure age" and there's lots of info.

>If anyone can provide me with photos of rocks with identical
>characteristics to the photos on the venusmeteorite.com website or
>the photos I'm enclosing, I will gladly transfer $250 to your
>account. Trust me, you'll be saving me a ton of money and we can put
>this baby to bed.

I don't want the $250, but I have seen photos of rocks (one in
particular) that look remarkably (!) like the alleged Venusian meteorites:

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m079.htm



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Randy L. Korotev
Research Associate Professor
Washington University in Saint Louis
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Received on Fri 16 Feb 2007 11:46:29 AM PST