[meteorite-list] Not an answer they like

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Tracy,

Block their email address and forget about it. Not worth the hassle.
They'll keep it up until they find some other quack who validates
their belief. Then the rock will end up on eBay with a poorly-worded
description, blurry photos, and a Buy it Now price of $10k or more.

Best regards,

MikeG



On 3/18/21, tracy latimer via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> I've been fielding a lot of e-mails this week from someone who is certain
> that a meteorite nearly hit their house.  The picture they sent me is of
> what looks like a weathered lava bomb that likely washed free of an upslope
> location and rolled/fell/bounced into his yard.  They found it the following
> day after a "loud thump that shook the house", then picked it up and hosed
> it off, so don't have any pictures of it in situ, just a shallow hole with
> muddy splash marks.  I've told them several times that it doesn't look like
> a meteorite: vesicles, not regmaglypts; no fusion crust, nothing that
> identifies it as a likely meteorite, but they don't want to hear it.  Anyone
> who has dealt with a persistent "meteorite" finder, how did you eventually
> get them to listen to reason/experience -- or not?
>
> Best!
> Tracy Latimer
>