[meteorite-list] Anyone visit the NJO today?

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:34:49 -0800
Message-ID: <93aaac890701282134q5c457699i7aa06b38c7abd867_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Sterling, All,
I've seen many fresh irons, and this does not look like one in the least,
save the fact that it's not rusty.
It appears to be rough and gouged in many places. Assuming that it's a
meteorite, we're either dealing with a late explosive breakup or shrapnel
from a crater. There is no evidence for either of these.
I said that it wasn't a meteorite before. I stand by that statement.
Regards,
Jason


On 1/28/07, Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'll gladly grant that I do not a huge amount
> of hands-on experience with irons and have only
> looked at 40 or 50, but I have to say that the
> surface of this object has the oddest geometry.
> I've been staring at the reasonably good photo
> in the article (URL below). It does not resemble
> any aerodynamic sculpture I've ever seen.
> I call on the more expert (and there are lots
> of you!), does this look meteoritic in its surface
> features to you?
> Because I don't want to be a Lazy Listoid
> that just dumps stuff on others, I went to Google
> Images for "iron meteorite" and cruised through
> the first 600 pictures or so, looking for its like.
> Didn't see it. Lots of nice irons, but nothing
> with surface features like this.
> From what I can gather, Delaney gave it the
> nickel test (it passed) but was not allowed to
> cut or window or etch. It seems to have been
> informally accepted into the Meteorite Club,
> by the press anyway.
> If it's real, how did it get these surface features?
> Anyone have any iron similar in its sculpture?
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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