[meteorite-list] Roxburgh Meteorwrong Exposed

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 16 15:49:03 2004
Message-ID: <200406161948.MAA00828_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3573097

Roxburgh 'Meteorite' exposed
The New Zealand Herald
June 71, 2004

Dunedin-based scientists say the famed Lawrence meteorite - a
heavy, hollow object found in a long-drop hole in Roxburgh - came
from inner, rather than outer, space.

Auctioneer Kevin Hayward, who planned to sell Jim Nettleton's rock
next month, said experts from the Otago Museum and the University of
Otago's geology department yesterday determined that Mr Nettleton's
prize find was formed in iron-rich ground. It's now worth far less
than the owner thought.
Received on Wed 16 Jun 2004 03:48:51 PM PDT