[meteorite-list] what could this be?

[JKGwilliam]

Interesting guess Norm, I thought the same thing when I saw the picture.  I 
even went to one of my display cabinets and pulled out a piece of petrified 
palm to compare to the picture and it is very similar

JKG

At 08:54 PM 5/25/2005, Norm Lehrman wrote:
>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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