Tell them to have it classified by a laboratory, and then ignore them. Chances are these types won't even listen to a laboratory, but it takes the onus of reply off of you.
-Michael in so. Cal. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:17 PM tracy latimer via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > I've been fielding a lot of e-mails this week from someone who is certain > that a meteorite nearly hit their house. The picture they sent me is of > what looks like a weathered lava bomb that likely washed free of an upslope > location and rolled/fell/bounced into his yard. They found it the > following day after a "loud thump that shook the house", then picked it up > and hosed it off, so don't have any pictures of it in situ, just a shallow > hole with muddy splash marks. I've told them several times that it doesn't > look like a meteorite: vesicles, not regmaglypts; no fusion crust, nothing > that identifies it as a likely meteorite, but they don't want to hear it. > Anyone who has dealt with a persistent "meteorite" finder, how did you > eventually get them to listen to reason/experience -- or not? > > Best! > Tracy Latimer > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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