[meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

From: Mark Ford <mark.ford_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:57:42 +0100
Message-ID: <29A9DB45B84970458190D7D39BD42C49606E02_at_gamma.ssl.atw>

..and flint placed in a camp fire will crack and even explode and can
actually fly many feet into the air, that may explain a) the falling
from the sky bit and b) the fire scorching on one end. - Flint would be
my bet!

Mark

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Ford
Sent: 29 May 2009 08:54
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

Hi Eric,

As a part time flint knapper [and] a meteorite collector - I would say
it's a piece of flint!?

Best
Mark



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Eric
Hutton
Sent: 28 May 2009 22:45
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

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

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