[meteorite-list] Mars Connection to Seaton Beach 'Find'

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:32:28 -0500
Message-ID: <lvcfr2dmc691bnq93o8uhb6f9jmssr957a_at_4ax.com>

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:56:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>>
>> Sounds like BS to me. A shiny, metallic Martian?
>
>The article didn't say it was metallic. Shergottites
>tend to have a glossy fusion crust. But I'm a skeptic
>until I see confirmation from a reputable laboratory.

Looking back over the article, no, it didn't directly say "this rock was
metallic", but I assumed from the article that the metal-detector enthusist that
found it, later consulting other metal-detector enthusists, had found it using a
metal detector.
Received on Wed 24 Jan 2007 02:32:28 PM PST