[meteorite-list] Real or not real.

[Jeff Kuyken]

I have a stone from years ago that appears oriented but weathered. It was 
originally thought to be a planetary but that did not seem to pan out 
clearly. The problem was that the very qualified scientist could not say for 
sure what it was and could also not rule out other options like an Earth 
meteorite either. Further tests were just too expensive and the budget 
didn't allow for it.

The thing is that the stone was even taken along to one of the Annual Met 
Society meetings and passed around to various people along with a couple of 
well known planetary scientists from NASA looking at it. A couple suggested 
it is likely some sort of basalt but not one person could come up with any 
idea of where or how it formed. Basically they said to just wait and see if 
any other similar NWA's showed up over the years. I'm still waiting! ;-)

So yes... there are definitely stones out there that stump even the best.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:47 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Real or not real.


>
>
>  To all,
>
>  Are there any stones that have been found that are unable to be 
> definitively identified as a meteorite?  In other words, are there stones 
> (metal or stony) that the meteorite experts of the world examine closely, 
> and then just say, "We just don't know"?
>
>
>  Greg L.
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