[meteorite-list] Smithville man almost hit by meteorite

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:09:40 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
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Jason said:

"...looks like a small, weathered iron meteorite that has been wire-brushed."

Ditto. Probably a Campo.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 4, 2010 6:20 PM
>To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Smithville man almost hit by meteorite
>
>Hello All,
>The meteorite photographed looks like a small, weathered iron
>meteorite that has been wire-brushed.
>Seeing as the "finder," Duncan, "is a self-employed painter, whose
>business had slowed down to the point he is struggling to make ends
>meet," and who is indeed planning to sell his rock, as per the
>article, I'd say this is likely just another hoax.
>Regards,
>Jason
>
>
>
>On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>> Question: How do you "almost confirm" something?
>>
>> Perhaps they should all research more about meteorites.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On 11/4/2010 5:34 PM, Thunder Stone wrote:
>>>
>>> Take a look
>>>
>>> Greg S.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=13448872
>>>
>>>
>>> Smithville man almost hit by meteorite
>>>
>>>
>>> SMITHVILLE, Tenn. ? A Smithville man witnessed something only 1,000 people
>>> have ever experienced.
>>>
>>> In August, while walking down the street in Smithville, Jimmy Duncan and
>>> his girlfriend, heard and then found a meteorite
>>>
>>> "My girlfriend and I were walking down the street and we heard an awful
>>> whistle," he recalled. ?"We looked around to see and all of a sudden, I
>>> heard a thump."
>>>
>>> The meteorite had hit the asphalt pavement, left a hole and then bounced
>>> onto the sidewalk.
>>>
>>> Duncan knew what it was, but had no idea how rare his experience actually
>>> was.
>>>
>>> Of all the meteorite findings around the world, just over 1,000 cases are
>>> called "falls" or situations where people witness the meteorite hitting the
>>> earth.
>>>
>>> "It missed me by about 10 feet," Duncan said.
>>>
>>> He brought the meteorite to the Tennessee Department of Geological Studies
>>> where State Geologist Ron Zurawski almost confirmed what Duncan already
>>> knew. ?It is a meteorite.
>>>
>>> "It's a bit of material left over from when the solar system was formed,"
>>> Zurawski explained. ?"In this case, it is several billion years old, about
>>> the same age as the earth, which is four and a half billion years old."
>>>
>>> Duncan is a self-employed painter, whose business had slowed down to the
>>> point he is struggling to make ends meet.
>>>
>>> He plans to sell the meteorite after he figures out how much it is worth.
>>>
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