[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:42 -0700 Message-ID: <B7E7D154-37A0-4DEF-95CD-D7F9765201F3_at_meteoriteguy.com> Scam. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote: > > > Folks, > > I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. > > A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. > > This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard. > > The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honest....but I just don't get it. > > Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg. > > I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. > > All best and thanks / d, > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 13 Feb 2012 11:02:42 PM PST |
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