[meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

From: Eric Hutton <bookman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:44:35 +0100
Message-ID: <002b01c9dfdd$7eb44680$4001a8c0_at_rmwo48926801>

I (Eric Hutton) am conected with the Federation of Astronomical Societies in
the UK, and we recently had an
unsolicited email asking is this a piece of a meteorite?

I have put up the three photographs received (some are not that clear)
here...

 www.meteoritehistory.info/image1.jpg
 www.meteoritehistory.info/image2.jpg
 www.meteoritehistory.info/image3.jpg

together with the text of the original email... What do people think?

If anyone want's to follow this up I can forward contact details. I don't
wan't to post there email
or contact details without asking first, maybe a small piece could be
chipped off for analysis.

Message follows...

Dear People,

 My neighbor, Mr Jarvis Njoroge (pictured) says that he retrieved a whitish
 rock in Kitengela, about 40 km south east of Nairobi, Kenya, from maasai
 herdsmen who say it fell from the sky.

 There're no other rocks of that type in the area. It looks burnt on the
 edges and is probably a shard of something bigger. Might it be a
 meteorite?

 I have pictures of it and will be happy if you could guide me on where
 to send them.

 Thanks for your time,

 Kariuki Kiragu,
 Nairobi, Kenya
Received on Thu 28 May 2009 05:44:35 PM PDT