All:
I would say it's not that cut-n-dry. I have found highly weathered meteorites that do not look like the ones Sterling has posted. I agree that the ones Mike posted they are most likely slag and definitely are not from a fall, but you never know. I like to keep an open mind. Most of the meteorites I find on Lake Beds have no fusion crust, are often fractured or broken so they have sharp edges. Even a few are very weakly attracted to a magnet due to oxidation. I found one and it looked just like a piece of dark red jasper. When it felt heavy and stuck to a magnet, I knew it was a meteorite. Good luck Mike and keep at it. Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > From: sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net > To: mike.han...@gmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:31:16 -0500 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports > > THIS is a meteorite that has been on the > ground awhile, years, decades, centuries, > millennia? but is only partly degraded. > It's lost its gloss but it's perfectly plain > what it is: > http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/astro/cosmos/M/Meteorite > > THIS is a meteorite that just fell only days > before some sharp-eyed fellow picked it up: > http://meteoriteguy.com/lamanchaspainfall/lamancha555a.JPG > > What you are holding in your hand is SLAG. > > I mean, I don't want to be overly blunt here, > but that's not the kind of rock you want to > expend effort on finding. Toss it in the question > mark barrel and go find one like the two pix > above. You'll be a lot happier... > > > Sterling K. Webb > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hankey" > To: "meteoritelist" > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:23 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports > > > I’ve gotten about six strange rock reports so far which is great! It > shows the locals know meteorites could be on the ground and they are > keeping an eye out for them. I have been able to identify most of the > rocks I’ve seen so far, but this one in particular I’m not sure about. > If anyone knows what this rock is please let me know. It is very hard > and magnetic seemed like a lot of metal in it. It is pretty weathered > and hard to tell if it has a crust on it or not. > > http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gideon-rock1.jpg > > http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gideon-rock2.jpg > > http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gideon-rock3.jpg > > http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gideon-rock4.jpg > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list