[meteorite-list] FW: Illinois meteorite

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:48:00 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890703191748n35e0eb38y6e4abfcf7987a913_at_mail.gmail.com>

Elton, All,
Oh, give it a rest - read the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites,
page 54, first paragraph.
...Every writer that I know of has stated that irons do possess fusion
crusts - Buchwald, Nininger, Norton, the list goes on.
Hell, I would've thought that the pictures of Tim Heitz's Chilean iron
would have shown you....in case you haven't seen them, here:

http://www.meteorman.org/Oriented.htm

In any case, do what you want - hold your ground, etc - but I wouldn't
expect anyone to believe you when you claim to know better than these
such well regarded researchers in the field of meteoritics.
We know you don't think irons have fusion crusts. Just about everyone
else does. Get over it.

That said, I would say this object is probably not an iron meteorite,
though I must say it's better looking than the last two iron
'meteorites' to come along.

Jason


On 3/19/07, Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com > wrote:
> Sigh...So we are back again to Irons having "fusion"
> crust. Sorry I don't see the "fusion" crust. Crust
> or no, this aborted art project does not have the
> hallmarks of being a meteorite.
>
> The statement that said this will be the 3rd Iron from
> Illinois sure came across as a meteorite announcement
> that just foregone formality of investigation. The
> Vision Rock was also not a scam or hoax in the owner's
> mind.
>
> I guess we old timers are so cynical we'd demand a
> bacteria count on the milk of human kindness.
>
> Elton
> --- Michael L Blood < mlblood at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > ------ Forwarded Message
> > From: "Barb Otto" < barb at craigmillwork.com>
> > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:09:34 -0600
> > To: <mlblood at cox.net>
> > Subject: Illinois meteorite
> >
> > Michael,
> > Please forward this message ... And thanks for
> > helping me til I have no
> > problems posting myself.
> >
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Nobody said that this is definitely a meteorite. The
> > man who found the piece
> > simply found it in his backyard while he was moving
> > soil. He brought it to a
> > rock shop because he thought it may be a meteorite.
> > He is NOT claiming that it fell through his roof,
> > crashed through a window
> > or anything like that.
> > The only reason that I told him it could be a
> > meteorite and that it was
> > worth testing is that it appears to have crust.
> >
> > So, please relax. This no scam, no hoax, nothing of
> > the sort.
> >
> > Bob Evans
> >
> > ------ End of Forwarded Message
> >
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Received on Mon 19 Mar 2007 08:48:00 PM PDT