[meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At MysteriousNewport Tower *except for a meteorite)

[mark ford]

Hi Charlie.

Good work there, well done for taking the time to go see the site. 

Hopefully common sense will prevail, and it will be looked at by a lab.
Seems at the moment they just have a brown rock and nothing more. As for
them visually seeing 'evidence of melting', after 3000 years in damp
soil??? I would think this must be a mistake?

Do you know if they do any kind of tests than a visual, like a streak
test, magnet test etc etc?

We had a similar thing here in England UK, in the 1970's with the
Danebury meteorite, it was found buried in a Neolithic pit at Danebury
hillfort, it was supposedly classified by Oxford University as a
weathered chondrite, but no photos or write-ups can be found and the
original mass is missing, so not sure if it was a 'mistake' or not -
(The whole event Just has striking similarities to what you have been
looking at...)

Best
Mark Ford
BIMS


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Charlie Devine
Sent: 27 November 2006 12:41
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dig Turns Up Little At MysteriousNewport
Tower *except for a meteorite)

I spent 2 days at the Newport Tower dig, but was unable to examine the
"meteorite", as by then it was in the mayor's office for "safe keeping",
and the mayor was nowhere to be found.  Whether it be meteorite or
meteorwrong, it belongs to the city of Newport.
I did explain to Jan and Ron Barsted, the directors of the dig, the
steps necessary to get it classified and officially recognized, should
it be the real thing.  As a result it will be taken to Arizona State
University for identification.  Jan Barsted is a faculty member at ASU.
Here are the 2 photos I posted last week, should anyone care to comment
based on photos alone:
http://www.chronognostic.org/photo_tour.php?date=20061018&id=26

http"//www.chronognostic.org/photo_tour.php?date=20061018&id=27

C. Devine

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