[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:10:31 -0500
Message-ID: <A1D17A7F-0ED1-40EB-BC8D-498D79950F42_at_dof3.com>

Hi,

I'm not inclined to disagree....it doesn't add up.


On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:

> Scam.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>
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>> Folks,
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>> I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature.
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>> A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is.
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>> This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard.
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>> The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honest....but I just don't get it.
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>> Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg.
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>> I'll get a pic posted tomorrow.
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>> All best and thanks / d,
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Received on Mon 13 Feb 2012 11:10:31 PM PST