[meteorite-list] Meteorite-wrong pics

[joseph_town at att.net]

How about one of those old wrecking balls used to demolish buildings?

Bill


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From: dfpens at comcast.net
> George and all:
> 
> This ball was found only a foot or two under ground and dug up with a backhoe.
> 
> It is iron, 9 1/4 inch in diameter and weighs 110 lbs.  It is perfectly round.  
> Nothing else was found around it to my knowledge.
> 
> Dave
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "G. Nicula" <treasurehunter at chartermi.net>
> > Hi Dave, do you know how deep this object was buried?
> > 
> > George Nicula
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <dfpens at comcast.net>
> > To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:15 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-wrong pics
> > 
> > 
> > >I would like to show a picture of what a friend of a friend thinks might be 
> > >a meteorite but I know we are not permitted attachments in our emails to 
> > >the list.  Any ideas of how I can post a few pictures?
> > >
> > > The object which this person dug up (on a 20 acre rural plot in Illinois) 
> > > is very round, 9 1/4 inch in diameter and weighs 110 lbs.  That's pretty 
> > > much the density of iron, 7.87 g/cc or 492 lb/ft3.  It's surface is 
> > > rusted, but it is nearly perfectly round.  The rusted surface gives the 
> > > impression of thumbprints but it is simply rusted.  I think it's a 
> > > cannonball but am not certain that old cannonballs were this size and 
> > > weighed 110 lbs.
> > >
> > > I filed off a chink to do a nickel test but so far haven't the right 
> > > chemicals to do one.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Dave
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