[meteorite-list] Not an answer they like

[Anne Black]

I like Randy's response best. And he certainly is the expert.
Thank you Randy, I think I will keep your response and use it next time I am asked, if you don't mind.

Anne BlackIMPACTIKA.comimpactika at aol.com


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From: Korotev, Randy via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: tracy latimer <daistiho at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 3:23 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not an answer they like

I send them this link.  Doesn't usually help, though.
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/thud/
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From: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com> on behalf of tracy latimer via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 14:28
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Not an answer they like

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
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