[meteorite-list] The 'Ødegaard 54kg meteorite': Iron slag says NHM, Norway

[Bjorn Sorheim]

Sterling, List
The geologist says it is rather iron slag from
trying to make iron from iron ore, not bog iron.

To me the stone may look like something like
a local plutonic rock from one of the images.
It is a great astonishment to learn that it
has only a volume of 9 litres, still it looks
like it is ~40cm  in length. Try to calculate that...

But the depressing thing and main point about the
story is that you have an astronomer, who have
very little or no deeper knowledge about rocks and
-meteorwrongs- specifically. And in the last ten
years he have made the whole norwegian press,
+ radio/tv (he was on national TV with this) believe
he is an expert in meteorites.
He is an absolute beginner, especially compared to
most on this list. I am not even shure he has begun learning
about meteorites, cause what he says about stones
supposed to be meteorites never make sense. It looks like
he has no interest in them. It's being in the news with a
sensational story that matters to him, I'm sorry to say...

Bjørn Sørheim

Bjørn Sørheim

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Bjorn, List,

As I posted, it was an obvious piece of bog iron, with all the
characteristics. Bog iron was still "refined" by progressive
melts up into the 18th century until cheap modern iron
and then steel became available.

This was true everywhere that it could be found. There
was a flourishing bog iron industry in Colonial America,
and I have no doubt it was still being done on homesteads
in Norway through the same time period, which is why
the metallurgist said it was 2-3 centuries old or more.
I imagine he recognized it as incompletely refined bog
iron.

Such a meteor-wrong could be as easily found in New
Jersey or New England as in Norway or Denmark. It is
common find (in smaller, unrefined pieces) anywhere
with well-watered acidic swampy meadows. It is created
by "iron-excreting" bacteria!


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: The 'Ødegaard 54kg meteorite': Iron slag says NHM, Norway




Supposed to be Norway's 2nd largest meteorite, was just
old iron slag.
KJR Ødegaard was 99% certain it was a meteorite. Would
eat 'grey stones' if it was not!

I might recommend him staying with his heavy stars in the future.
At least norwegian press should stop using 'meteorite expert' about
him and his rock evaluations.

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www.kvinnheringen.no/nyhende/article5346528.ece

www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Meteoritt-var-ikke-fra-himmelen-1174890.html

Bjørn Sørheim