Comments on: Meteorite recovered in driveway in UK only days after landing https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/#comment-1116152 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:58:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73825#comment-1116152 Jay-
That, is a great story!
(have a squarish slice of an iron-nickel specimen that I bought in 1995, weighs like’ 10 grams or so. IIRC it came from Arizona)

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/#comment-1116148 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:31:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73825#comment-1116148 Pumice and slag often are the worst offenders.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/#comment-1116102 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:10:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73825#comment-1116102 Thanks Edward,
When I went to college, I took the astronomy 101 course and showed the professor one of the fragments. I brought in my favorite piece with the fused crust, loaned it to him for a few days and he made the remark that it had iron.

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/#comment-1116095 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:15:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73825#comment-1116095 Jay,
Finding a meteorite is rare. Congratulations to you and your uncle. This expert gets so many false sightings that he has a webpage so that people can weed themselves out before calling him:
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/what_to_do/

“I’m sorry, but you have not found a meteorite. Yes, your rock is funny-looking and different from other rocks in the area where you found it, but it does not have a fusion crust or regmaglypts, so why do you think it is a meteorite at all?“

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/meteorite-recovered-in-driveway-in-uk-only-days-after-landing/#comment-1116069 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:12:32 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73825#comment-1116069 That is funny. When I was fourteen I found strange rocks at my uncle’s place in R.I. I took them back home, showed them to a local astronomer and he said they were meteorite fragments. He sent a couple of samples to two local universities and they were confirmed.

The fragments were dug up by my uncle’s father-in-law while putting in the base housing in Newport R.I., back when the 7th Fleet was located there. He found a big rock, smashed it with his steam shovel and hauled it home. He took the fragments and used them for his concrete stairs and porch. Right now two of the bigger fragments are on display next to my fireplace.

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