[meteorite-list] Michigan meteorite

From: Swan Valley Bushcraft <snaponusa_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:31:48 -0600
Message-ID: <CACLjQckVxQhGUpTRp2o3Ec7EUw+nkRTs=6KZGQ2n1fVukAT04Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,

The story of this Michigan meteorite does fit the generic narrative of a
farm-raised meteorite. A noisy arrival. Warm to the touch. Life as a
doorstop. All perfectly reasonable, and in fact, expected.

The degree of external weathering is possible depending on the iron
chemical composition and the storage environment. I'll admit, I wondered
about it too, but there are plenty of rusty blobs of Sikhote-Alin around
that fell perhaps 10 or more years after this alleged event.

https://www.meteorite-times.com/accretion-desk/a-lost-can-of-pristine-sikhote-alin-meteorites/

Either way, it looks like this is a real iron meteorite. And Occam and I
would believe the initial story over a transplanted previously known iron.
The Roundup, Montana has a similar story but without the fall excitement.

Best,

Martin



On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 2:35 AM Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> I saw this as a headline on CNN homepage
> It even had billing over Elon Musk and Kavanaugh when I saw it.
>
> After reading the report on its being excavated in 1930 or thereabouts
> from
> a crater after a loud crash and being warm to the touch etc.
> I had to laugh!
> Now if you had collected a freshly fallen Siderite moments after impact
> would it look like it has been weathered for 10,000 years !
> No it wouldn't
>
> I have no doubt about its authenticity but the story is far fetched
>
>
> Paul Gessler
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Newport via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 1:00 AM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Michigan meteorite
>
> Hey list,
>
> > A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for
> decades
> > turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central
> > Michigan University.
>
>
> https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/meteorite-doorstop-michigan-trnd/index.html?no-st=1538726141
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