[meteorite-list] "Object that fell into N.J. home is meteorite"

[Darryl Pitt]

Thanks for posting this article.....which exasperates.



SCIENTIFIC METHOD AT RUTGERS?

There is very little about the New Jersey object that resembles a  
freshly fallen meteorite.  It's shape is so ambiguous---at best--- 
that the only possible way to determine whether it was a freshly  
fallen meteorite is for a a little destructive analysis.  The  
parameters used for the identification: density, magnetic properties,  
markings and coloration are wholly insufficient in the determination  
of the origin of such an object.

While it may ultimately be among the most unusual freshly fallen  
meteorites known to exist, such an assessment cannot and should not  
ever have been made by simply passing it around for a casual analysis  
and singing kumbaya.

Best/ darryl



On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Tom Randall (KB2SMS) wrote:

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