[meteorite-list] New Zealand Police Have 'Meteorite' Fragment

[Darren Garrison]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:39:13 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>"It is very light...almost weightless and (the farmers) have never seen
>anything like it before," said police southern communications centre
>supervisor Paul Visser.
>
>Visser said the object was about 10cm long, 5cm wide and deep, and too
>light to be rock, with an "unknown texture".

Strange description.  Have there been any uses of aerogel on anything that could
have reentered the atmosphere?