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

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:56:35 -0700
Message-ID: <C68768F3.5798%mlblood_at_cox.net>

I,m not sure who said this could be Ireland's first meteorite....
But isn't Bovedy ( April 25, 1969 Bovedy (L3) Londonderry, N. Ireland
THROUGH STORE ROOF - from:
http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers2.html
The first Ireland meteorite?
        Michael


On 7/18/09 9:05 AM, "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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