Op 6-3-2011 19:35, George Roberts schreef: > Looks like an iron meteorite. I've seen lots of them and they mostly look like > this except this one went through the roof of a house so it has a few unusual > markings (mostly the shiny groove). Otherwise the pitting both small and large > looks like a meteorte and the material (looks like a soft metal namely iron). > The "post" coming out of the side could just be from an ancient collision or > maybe from a crystalized piece with stronger crystals. I am *very* familiar with meteorites (I collect them) and this is not looking like a real meteorite (iron or otherwise) to me. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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