[meteorite-list] A Bunch of Irregular Stones I Found (+How I Think They May Have Originated)

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:14:36 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kb9HC3PPiB8VLmLsaDqR8pT7EbLLQwgqN814_ZDvyU_0w_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Peter

I'm afraid all the pictures I can get to work from your links are all
typical of terrestrial industrial slag and not meteorites.

Graham

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Peter Richards <pedrichards at gmail.com> wrote:
> -This stone seems to have a feature which suggests a (modified) layer
> of the stone was once in a malleable state, and, also, under pressure,
> appearing as if it has been folded back (on the left side of the
> stone, note what was revealed is duller in texture, and more grey than
> the glassy outer surface)::
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67498324 at N08/8580370971/in/set-72157633060844363/
> -This has a surface with a "bubbly" appearance, suggesting liquid
> material collected before concretizing:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67498324 at N08/8580364375/in/set-72157633060844363/
> -Here is a shot of the collected masses from a vicinity about the size
> of a very small house:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/67498324 at N08/8580374795/in/set-72157633060844363/lightbox/
> The location where these were collected, incidentally, is due north of
> the location where many of the heavier Park Forest fragments were
> found, and well within the constraints, of course, of known strewn
> field dispersion, which has led me to believe these may have been a
> part of the same fall, and undetected for a number of reasons,
> including the commonality of gunshots in the area (especially true ten
> years ago if I understand correctly), and rather poor air quality
> which might have led people living nearby to remain oblivious of any
> new arrivals such as these would have been, according to my theory.
> Some are very dense, and others are less so. I understood that there
> were two main types of material recovered in Park Forest, and wonder
> whether any additional variety prospectively found here might
> represent the remains from an asteroidal impact, or something of that
> sort.
>
> Peter Richards
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Received on Fri 22 Mar 2013 07:14:36 PM PDT