[meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:05:27 -0400
Message-ID: <BAY141-W284EACD5228B1D8263542AF81F0_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, all,
 
I've definintely seen similar objects - melted aluminum cans from a camp fire.
 
Cheers,
Pete
 


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> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:38:45 -0400
> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
> To: mail at mhmeteorites.com
> CC: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures
>
> The photo caption says it's not magnetic and is very light. So
> chances are (combined with the appearance), it's not a meteorite.
> It's an interesting little piece of metal that probably has a good
> story behind it, but I think it's terrestrial.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
> On 7/18/09, Matt Morgan wrote:
>> Hi Jim
>> Interesting object. It reminds me of a piece of bomb shrapnel. It does not
>> appear to be a meteorite, but maybe you could remove a tiny piece and do a
>> nickel test.
>> Matt
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk
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>> ReplyTo: jim_brady611 at o2.co.uk
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures
>> Sent: Jul 18, 2009 4:05 AM
>>
>> Hello list members
>> I've been contacted by a fellow in Dublin who found this
>> object years ago and has always been curious about whether it might be
>> a meteorite.He states that it is about 2cms long(roughly 7/8 of an inch
>> for our non-metric list members) and is light like aluminium.I have
>> asked him whether it was magnetic and he said 'no' .
>> Of course I should have asked him whether it was
>> attracted to a magnet, so I did and waiting for his reponse now.Because
>> this object is so small I've advised him that the best way to test may
>> be to file down a flat area and apply nitol to see if a pattern emerges.
>> Of course even this isn't 100% if it happened to be an ataxite.
>> I told him I thought it was unlikely that the object was
>> meteoritic in nature but that I would pose the question to the
>> meteorite list and see what the experts think.So if you could please
>> take a look and offer your opinions I'd appreciate it.
>> Jim Brady
>>
>> http://tr.im/sUQk
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