[meteorite-list] Fossilized Fruit or meteorite

From: Larry Atkins <thetoprok_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:08:07 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CEC6BEEFE056D3-22E0-D2A8_at_webmail-m158.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Mike, List,

I'd like to see inside but but I've not yet windowed it. I'm in no
hurry to damage it, just in case it's special. I can say that in hand
you can see there are small chondrule like features and chunks of
darker rock. There are also some dark, metallic looking things. The
pictures do it no justice. The thing that cast's doubt in my mind is
the fact that there is no attraction whatsoever to the super magnet.

It's probably petrified fruit or a dino egg, or a concretion, or any
one of the other things people have suggested. The odds of it being a
rare meteorite are infinitely small, this I'm well aware of.

Thanks!

Sincerely,
Larry Atkins
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IMCA # 1941
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: Paul Gessler <cetuspa at shaw.ca>
Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 2, 2012 11:53 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fossilized Fruit or meteorite


Wow, Paul has a valid point. That is definitely not a meteorite, but
it could be something very interesting nonetheless. :)

Are you going to window it?

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On 3/2/12, Paul Gessler <cetuspa at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Larry:
>
> I don?t think that is a meteorite. But the ?flow? lines looked 
puzzling
> until I remembered my experience with finding fossilized fruits
> on the Queen Charlotte Islands in BC. Canada
>
> I think it is a fossilized fruit of some sort.
>
> Spinifructus antiquus
>
> take a look here: sort of like a fig
>
> 
http://www.plantworlds.com/images/800px-Spinifructus_antiquus_fruits_01[1].jpg
>
> Still a cool find.
>
> Paul Gessler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Atkins
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