[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2007

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:38:55 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890706140138jab96cbfi80908026781c54c2_at_mail.gmail.com>

Don,
If you can't tell that the stone pictured is a meteorite (without any
doubt), you're an idiot.
Furthermore, do you truly believe it necessary to cut stones such as
this, that display beautiful fusion crust and a broken window into the
interior that undoubtedly reveals a common chondritic composition?
In my opinion, doing so would simply be pointless - unless one wanted
to cut off the broken bit to create a nice windowed stone, why cut it
at all. The classification would undoubtedly reveal it to be a common
chondrite, and we all know how many of those there are coming out of
NWA...aesthetics in this case are quite a bit more important than
whatever minuscule science could be gleaned from the H5 or L6 that it
most likely is.
Jason

Ohn 6/11/07, Don Rawlings <psc2410xi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is an unclassified "meteorite" really a meteorite without scientific
> verification? Or is it just a "probable meteorite"?
>
> Don.
>
> SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/11/2007 8:41:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> psc2410xi at yahoo.com writes:
> Good Lord...... another unclassifed meteorite as Picture of the day?
> Yawn.
>
> There should be a rule. No unclassifieds as Picture of the day.
>
> Don
>
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> Sorry you're disappointed Don but you know you don't have to view them if
> you choose not to!
>
> I post what collectors send me and if they want to share with others rather
> classified or not I see nothing wrong with it.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Michael Johnson
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> Don Rawlings
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Received on Thu 14 Jun 2007 04:38:55 AM PDT