[meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock

From: Spaceguard Centre <mail_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:53:09 +0100
Message-ID: <4A1F07C5.20306_at_spaceguarduk.com>

Eric,

I suggest that you contact Dr Paul Baki of the Department of Physics,
University of Nairobi - pbaki at mail.uonbi.ac.ke. He might be able to
help, and he's "in country".

Jay Tate
The Spaceguard Centre
http://www.spaceguarduk.com

Eric Hutton wrote:
> I (Eric Hutton) am conected with the Federation of Astronomical
> Societies in the UK, and we recently had an
> unsolicited email asking is this a piece of a meteorite?
>
> I have put up the three photographs received (some are not that clear)
> here...
>
> www.meteoritehistory.info/image1.jpg
> www.meteoritehistory.info/image2.jpg
> www.meteoritehistory.info/image3.jpg
>
> together with the text of the original email... What do people think?
>
> If anyone want's to follow this up I can forward contact details. I
> don't wan't to post there email
> or contact details without asking first, maybe a small piece could be
> chipped off for analysis.
>
> Message follows...
>
> Dear People,
>
> My neighbor, Mr Jarvis Njoroge (pictured) says that he retrieved a
> whitish
> rock in Kitengela, about 40 km south east of Nairobi, Kenya, from maasai
> herdsmen who say it fell from the sky.
>
> There're no other rocks of that type in the area. It looks burnt on the
> edges and is probably a shard of something bigger. Might it be a
> meteorite?
>
> I have pictures of it and will be happy if you could guide me on where
> to send them.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Kariuki Kiragu,
> Nairobi, Kenya
>
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