[meteorite-list] FW: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - May 8, 2010

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi All,

Flanged buttons of this type are limited to tektites, which undergo a
vastly different formation process than meteorites.  There are no
meteorite flanged buttons, or if there is, I have not seen in during
my experience of handling thousands of meteorites and seeing photos of
tens of thousands of meteorites.  Nor I have ever read anything in the
scientific literature that allows for meteorite flanged buttons of
this type.

This is either a meteorwrong, or a million-dollar find of the century
- I'd bet on the former.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 5/8/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Why would you even think that's a  meteorite? I think Darren called it.
> It's a snap fastener.
>
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> Phil Whitmer
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