[meteorite-list] Rock testing...best place

From: Barry Hughes <bhughes_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:27:31 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTikdxoD0wIFTyauhuvQCUQro_Dynu3KZiVwb_aPF_at_mail.gmail.com>

I've already taken to the geology dept at Dodd Hall, Ohio State. The
guy there said he couldn't tell me it wasn't and to have it checked
out.
I've heard it's not a meteorite several times from several people with
the uncanny ability to tell from a picture, or possibly the odds of it
not being makes it so reassuring to do so.

Barry

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
<joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Barry,
> I hate to rain on your parade, but this is not a lunar and it's not a
> meteorite. ?You don't have to pay to have it identified, just take it to the
> closest university geology professor, and he'll tell you what it is. ?At
> least once ?a month, someone comes in the museum with their new lunar find.
> After I look at it and see it's not a meteorite, (it never is), I then tell
> them that the chances of them being the first person to ever find a lunar
> meteorite in all of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia is very
> close to zero. ?Whatever the smallest increment above zero is, that's your
> chance of being the first.
>
> If I'm wrong, you'll be the toast of the international meteorite community,
> as well as being featured on the cover of Nature, National Geographic, Time
> and Newsweek. ?You will also get to meet the President as you present your
> find to the Smithsonian.
>
> Good luck, I could be wrong, but don't get your hopes up.
>
> Phil Whitmer
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