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A Photo Gallery of Meteorwrongs
Why this rock is probably not a meteorite:
It's
vesicular
. Although there's a glassy coating, the object appears to be glassy throughout. The glass of a meteorite
fusion crust
is very thin.
What is it?
A cinder or piece of slag?
See also
:
Some Meteorite Realities
Prepared by
:
Randy L. Korotev
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
Please don't contact me about the meteorite you think you’ve found until you read
this
and
this
.
e-mail
:
korotev@wustl.edu
