[meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites

From: dave carothers <carothersdl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:24:20 -0500
Message-ID: <EBC85684FC674AB0A3CE726CC37B6429_at_your291etg47cr>

Ken

You ask: "Can anyone explain this dogged type thinking? That the owner's
rock HAS TO BE a meteorite despite the fact that every expert contacted has
told them differently. I just don't understand the thinking but I want
to."

I can only reply that people who think like this have rocks in their heads.

Regards,

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Newton" <magellon.ken at gmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites


> >Perhaps many meteorwrongs actually were meteorites!
>
> I seem to encounter misguided individuals who tenuously believe such
> dribble on regular basis. Russell T Wing is the exemplar of
> meteorwrong 'wingnuts' just as Harvey Nininger is to meteorite
> enthusiasts. Here is an example from Wing's book:"This entire
> experience seemed incredible and unbelievable. How could a small
> collection of stones - not over 100 - and over half of them picked up
> out of my rock garden in 1969, produce 25 earth-type quartz meteorites
> when never before had a quartz meteorite been known! ... But in this
> investigation, the unthinkable thing seems to be the common thing. And
> again, after thinking things over, my unbelievable collection of
> quartz meteorites needed to balance it off; they simply could not be
> alone. There must also be many other kinds of meteorites here if my
> quartz ones were authentic."
>
> And Wing goes on to 'discover' 'authentic' meteoritic petrified wood
> and meteoritic fossils, etc. The wingstars were everywhere! All you
> have to do is look! Yikes!
>
> Can anyone explain this dogged type thinking? That the owner's rock
> HAS TO BE a meteorite despite the fact that every expert contacted has
> told them differently. I just don't understand the thinking but I want
> to.
>
> kn
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM, James Balister <balisterjames at att.net>
> wrote:
>> On the meteorite men Jeff and Steve showed a meteorite that was non
>> magnetic and seemed to have no iron at all. Anyone know if it had nickel
>> in it? How did they determin it was a meteorite? Has anyone ever heard of
>> wingstars? Could that stone be a wingstar? Wingstars have always
>> interested me because they are oriented and look just like a meteorite
>> but lack ni/fe. Perhaps many meteorwrongs actually were meteorites!
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