[meteorite-list] Couple Find Possible Meteorite in Their Yard inCalifornia?

[Jerry]

slag maybe but definitely not meteoric
Jerry Flaherty
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>

> http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/green_4266___article.html/meteorite_piece.html

>

> Piece of the heavens

> Couple find possible meteorite in their yard

> By PATRICK THATCHER

> Victorville Daily Press

> December 31, 2007

>

> It's not everyday that a little piece of the heavens drops right into

> your front yard, just inches from your front door.

>

> That's what Kay and Rick Green of Hesperia believe happened to them.

>

> "We are pretty sure it is a meteorite," Green said. "I've seen them at

> gun shows and this looks like those. We had been walking right past it

> for a couple of days before we even noticed it sticking just a little

> bit above the ground."

>

> Green had recently filled in a hole at the location where the supposed

> meteorite had landed and, although he noticed something just barely

> peeking above the ground, he and his wife didn't think anything of it at

> first.

>

> Then he decided to dig it up.

>

> "I thought it was a tiny piece. I was surprised to see how big it was."

>

> What he dug up was a solid piece of material about the size of a head of

> cabbage, bearing the characteristics of a meteorite. Green put it on a

> scale, and it weighed a little more than 5 pounds.

>

> Without using expert analysis but referring to Web sites that are used

> for meteorite identification, Green determined that the object that

> landed in his yard has a number of meteorite characteristics, most

> notably a strong magnetic pull. Other characteristics are its heavy

> weight for its size, its coloring and contours.

>

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