[meteorite-list] www.venusmeteorite.com - what are your opinions on this claim

[Randy Korotev]

Dear Mr. Gregory:

At 02:34 13-02-07 Tuesday, you wrote:
>Simply put, what testing can definitively differentiate a rock from 
>space and a rock from the earth?

Answer: The presence of nuclides that are the products of reactions 
with cosmic-rays - nuclides that can only be produced in space (that 
is, on a body with no atmosphere).  Do a Google search on "cosmic ray 
exposure age" and there's lots of info.

>If anyone can provide me with photos of rocks with identical 
>characteristics to the photos on the venusmeteorite.com website or 
>the photos I'm enclosing, I will gladly transfer $250 to your 
>account. Trust me, you'll be saving me a ton of money and we can put 
>this baby to bed.

I don't want the $250, but I have seen photos of rocks (one in 
particular) that look remarkably (!) like the alleged Venusian meteorites:

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m079.htm



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Randy L. Korotev
Research Associate Professor
Washington University in Saint Louis
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences