[meteorite-list] CALIFORNIA-REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST - Final

[ken newton]

Dave and List,
I don't know what his expert would say because I didn't ask or relay 
that info (sorry).  You not only confirmed Norm's observations (that it 
was petrified wood) but added "not a palm wood". So, I (for one) have no 
reason to doubt your expertise that it came from Utah!

List members Joe Kerchner and Pete had also contacted him. Their helpful 
comments caused him to reconsider his meteoritic conclusions. The seller 
was grateful for being spared the ordeal of selling an item "falsely."

I think Norm phrased it well, "Everyone, please be advised that, in 
general, professional geologists and geological academicians know less 
about meteorites than list members!" Equally importantly, as in this 
case, the List members show a willingness to respectfully share that 
knowledge with others, great or small. But that is what the List is all 
about, isn't it?

Best,
Ken Newton
 

Dave Freeman mjwy wrote:

> Dear Ken, List;
> Inquiring minds want to know, did my call of So. Utah/Henry Mountains 
> stand the location test with the neighborhood wood expert?   I would 
> brim with happiness to learn that one.
> Woodly,
> Dave F.
>
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