[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - New Illinois Iron Meteorite?

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:38:05 -0600
Message-ID: <45FEAE5D.8000301_at_fascination.com>

Dear Friends;
After the large episode of Earth Disasters last evening, I would also
expect to see a Tunguska Iron Meteorite coming along shortly, stay tuned!
 Media is a good and bad thing. Full of many unscientific half truths
though.
Dave Freeman

Sterling K. Webb wrote:

>Hi, All,
>
>Amazing resemblance to the Bloomington
>Object, don't you think? Same unlikely
>proportion of the three dimensions. Same
>sharp "regmaglypts." And just enough time
>to have worked up a reasonable facsimile.
>
>The drill is the same. Measure its density.
>Get it cut, etch a face. Get a bulk composition
>analysis. Step by step...
>
>Three irons in a row: the New Jersey Object,
>Bloomington (Illinois) Object, Illinois (Illinois)
>Object. Odd when you consider how rare
>the fall of an Iron is.
>
>I can't get the photos to show in their full
>original size, so can't say much about crust.
>
>
>Sterling K. Webb
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
>To: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>; "ken newton" <magellon at earthlink.net>;
>"Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - New Illinois Iron Meteorite?
>
>
>
>--- drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
><< Dear Ken, Michael and List,
> I concur with Ken. The "meteorite" appears to have
>been manufactured with a acetylene torch or forge and
>a sledge hammer or press. The "mass" has an unusual
>cross-section for a real iron meteorite and the
>thumb printing looks like hammer or press marks. Good
>job Ken in pointing out this suspect"meteorite". Best
>Regards, Dirk...Tokyo>>
>
>
>What Dirk and Ken said....
> Perhaps bogus was too strong but definitely a hoax.
>The "pseudo-regmaglypts" are rimmed, indicating these
>are not ablation features but ducted( as in ductile)
>and sheer features.
>
>Elton
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