[meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:40:21 -0400
Message-ID: <17143FA6F46648EEB484CEF3F596839E_at_DoriPC>

Michael,
A lot of times scientists used to working in labs with thin slices can't
tell an ordinary chondrite from a hole in the ground. They often specialize
in a narrow academic field and have no experience handling all different
types of meteorites. It's hard to beat years of hands on experience when it
comes to field grading meteorites. Plus, these stones have highly unusual
crust. I didn't think they were meteorites because of the weird crust, but
it's hard to tell just from looking at an out of focus photograph.

Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Mulgrew" <mikestang at gmail.com>
To: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Brien Cook"
<contact at briencook.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lisa Webber's is a meteorite


> Am I to understand that one of NASA's best has problems identifying a
> meteorite? Is anyone else concerned by that?
>
> Michael in So. Cal.
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Of course it is. Sadly the damage is done. I am in Germany and all I am
>> seeing is news reports now calling it a meteor wrong. What a cluster#+~>.
>> Michael Farmer
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Brien Cook <contact at briencook.com> wrote:
>>
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