[meteorite-list] Anyone visit the NJO today?

[Gerald Flaherty]

Very curious indeed. I'm not convinced by a long shot.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone visit the NJO today?


> Hi,
>
>    I'll gladly grant that I do not a huge amount
> of hands-on experience with irons and have only
> looked at 40 or 50, but I have to say that the
> surface of this object has the oddest geometry.
> I've been staring at the reasonably good photo
> in the article (URL below). It does not resemble
> any aerodynamic sculpture I've ever seen.
>    I call on the more expert (and there are lots
> of you!), does this look meteoritic in its surface
> features to you?
>    Because I don't want to be a Lazy Listoid
> that just dumps stuff on others, I went to Google
> Images for "iron meteorite" and cruised through
> the first 600 pictures or so, looking for its like.
> Didn't see it. Lots of nice irons, but nothing
> with surface features like this.
>    From what I can gather, Delaney gave it the
> nickel test (it passed) but was not allowed to
> cut or window or etch. It seems to have been
> informally accepted into the Meteorite Club,
> by the press anyway.
>    If it's real, how did it get these surface features?
> Anyone have any iron similar in its sculpture?
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:53 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Anyone visit the NJO today?
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>
> http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070128/NEWS03/701280423/1007/OPINION
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