[meteorite-list] New Zealand Police Have 'Meteorite' Fragment

[stan .]

i doubt it would be aerogell. the stuff is ridiculously friable and it 
absorbs moisture like a sone of a gun. if it was recovered immediatly after 
a fall that owuld be one thing, but just the morning dew is enough to make 
aerogell turn into a puddle of 'goo'




>From: Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>

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>On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:39:13 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>

> >"It is very light...almost weightless and (the farmers) have never seen

> >anything like it before," said police southern communications centre

> >supervisor Paul Visser.

> >

> >Visser said the object was about 10cm long, 5cm wide and deep, and too

> >light to be rock, with an "unknown texture".

>

>Strange description.  Have there been any uses of aerogel on anything that 

>could

>have reentered the atmosphere?

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