[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....

[MexicoDoug]

"A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late 
today in
the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it 
is."

"are honest....but I just don't get it."

Hi Darryl,

Either you run with it or you give it back.  But posting the pictures 
of the etch pattern should be pretty good evidence of some of the 
larger transported falls.

Lots of explanations could account for the meteorite (the prior owner 
died and the rock stayed on the porch --- it's happened before 
...etc.), but if we listen to Jefferson, while it would be easier to 
believe they are lying, the facts are what must be established.  What 
do you have to lose?  If you don't want to risk time and money, just 
see if they'll fax a release giving you permission to have it analyzed 
and just for your own protection slip in that they represent in good 
faith that the meteorite is their property and presented to you as an 
unknown for verification (which you mention is what gives them the 
right to have it analyzed since meteorites can be valuble)...

Good luck, if it's a scam, bring it on.  Let's see those pix...After 
all, no obvious match on the etch is great news no matter how you 
*slice* it.  If the etch matches a large widely distributed fall, but 
they insisted and you wanted out,you could always offer to take a nice 
slice to pay your expenses in case it turns out to be common.  Does 
that make sense?

Kindest wishes
Doug






>>
>> A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late 
today in
the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it 
is.
>>
>> This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it 
on the
embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment.  
The wife
said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both 
times he
rescued it from the garbage.  It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 
4.236 kg.
How do I know it's a medium  octahedrite?  I could make out a feint 
pattern
underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face.  Yes, roughly speaking, 
this fellow
found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard.
>>
>> The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me 
to have
a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could 
be a
problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem 
fazed.  While
I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he 
and his
wife are honest....but I just don't get it.
>>
>> Any thoughts here?   Northeastern New Jersey.  End piece.  Medium
octahedrite.  4.2 kg.
>>
>> I'll get a pic posted tomorrow.
>>
>> All best and thanks / d,
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>>
>> Visit the Archives at 
http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
>> Meteorite-list mailing list
>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

______________________________________________

Visit the Archives at 
http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list mailing list
Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list