[meteorite-list] Fossilized Fruit or meteorite

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:11:18 -0500
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Hi Larry,

Whatever it is, it's a weird cool thingmobob. I collect odd stuff like
that. Whenever I go to the beach, or hiking, I pick up weird rocks.
I have a whole drawer full of small odd rocks and thingmobobs that I
cannot identify. I even have one little bitty one that is covered in
black "crust" and has what looks like contraction cracks all over it.
But it's not attracted to a magnet and I found it at the beach, so
it's 99.999999% likely not a meteorite. But I kept it anyway because
it looks cool.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 3/2/12, Larry Atkins <thetoprok at aol.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
> http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/New%20Find%20March%201%202012/
>>
>> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4846 - Release Date:
> 03/02/12
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