[meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato Meteorite is Just a Rock

From: Moni Waiblinger <moni2555_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:29:25 -0700
Message-ID: <COL106-W34B22CE34F747A9B03A807CD7F0_at_phx.gbl>

HI Michael and Muenchen!

Have a fantastic time and greet every one there from the good old USA!?

Yes, you can tell very easy from Bob's images that he just took yesterday evening.
And yes several people did see the images from Peter J. (cams.seti.org) and Brien Cook's images and
knew it was a meteorite.

According to Bob though it looks similar to a tar covered piece of slag.
He of course knew also from their images that they were meteorites!

Have a good German beer for all of us and sell lots of meteorites!
Enjoy, Moni


> From: mike at meteoriteguy.com
> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:55:31 +0200
> To: bolidechaser at yahoo.com
> CC: Petrus.M.Jenniskens at nasa.gov; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato Meteorite is Just a Rock
>
> Come on guys, how could you not tell if this is a meteorite? I can tell from the photos it looks just like most Park Forest stones.
> Of course after buying and selling and finding thousands of different meteorites I guess a lot of practice comes into play.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Oct 25, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Met with Petrus Jenniskens tonight in Novato at the at the original find site in order to re-examine the "N01" stone (which had been returned to the finders). This was my first opportunity to examine this stone. I had my small microscope with me and I took some snap-shots down the eye-piece (see below).
> >
> > I will not comment on these images, preferring instead to honor Peter's request to "keep tuned" and allow him to make the first (second?third?) announcement. But I do want to thank the Rivera Family for inviting Peter and myself for dinner tonight. The food and wine were delicious, and the conversation was enthusiastic and jubilant (and not just because the Giants won game 1 of the World Series). A photo of Luis Rivera appears on the front page of today's local newspaper (Novato Advance):
> >
> > http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Meteorite-Discovered-in-Novato-Yard-175158691.html
> >
> > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-60.jpg
> > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-63.jpg
> > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-68.jpg
> > http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2012/n1/novato1-72.jpg
> >
> > Images courtesy of Bob Verish.
> >
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Received on Thu 25 Oct 2012 11:29:25 AM PDT