[meteorite-list] what could this be?

[Norm Lehrman]

Harlan & all,

My best guess is that it might be a fragment of
petrified palm or cycad root. There is a pattern of
dark circular features at the bottom edge that look
like vascular tissues.  

Note that the analytical report pictured says "<2 ppm"
iridium, which is to say iridium was absolutely
undetectable with the technique employed, despite the
seller's verbage to the contrary.  I guess they are
not familiar with the "less than" symbol.

The part of the newspaper article you can see in one
of the photos says that the rock is mostly white
calcite.  Hardly a meteorite candidate, but apparently
good enough to suck in several bidders!

Cheers,
Norm
(http://TektiteSource.com )

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