Suspect* Meteorites on the Web |
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Washington U. Database of Wrongs Dept of Earth & Planetary Sciences provides 300+ photo gallery of wrongs - Excellent | ||
Cascadia Meteorite Lab - MeteorWrong Page has basic wrongs with great photos - Excellent | ||
Starbit's Test - Can you identify a meteorite from a wrong?. | ||
ASU's Center for Meteorite Studies article - Meteorite pieces more wrong than right - interesting and informative | ||
Steven Dutch's Leaverites: Meteo-Wrongs Page. ("Leaverites" means "Leave 'er right" there or Don't pick it up. Good info.) | ||
The MidWest Meteorite MeteorWrong Collection (lots of unidentified picts. Allow time to load) | ||
Is That Unusual Rock A Meteorite? - No Picts - but accurate relationship of dramatic bolide (fireball) and subsequent 'discovered' wrong. | ||
Putorana-Maybe the Best Meteorwrong - J. Tobin's article on Siberia's controversial mineral. | ||
Shirokovsky wrong - Special Statement by Meteoric al Society - June 2003 | ||
Elma Meteor-wrongs (Meteor-wrong fever in Elma Washington) - More info --- Thoughts | ||
Pseudometeorites from the U.K. and Ireland Meteorite Page. | ||
Eaton Meteorite and Nininger - 1931. | ||
The Getafe rock (pseudometeorite) is analyzed. The Meteoritical Bulletin. | ||
The BLECKENSTAD (pseudometeorite) | ||
Kirkpatrick Basalt found during Anarctic Meteorite Search. | ||
Was I hit by a meteorite? - "meteorites melt in the atmosphere, not in your hand." | ||
The BBC and Open University program, Stardate, has posted its promised Become a Meteorite Hunter guide. Part of this is identification information that includes the fact that industrial slag is commonly mistaken for meteorites. Also, Search 'meteorite'! | Geophysical Meteors A different type of meteorwrong! I don't agree with the authors' conclusion of geophysical meteors in most of the reports, however the events lacking any reported meteoritic evidence are very curious. The news accounts alone are worth the visit. | |
MegaCryometeors - Reports of huge ice chunks that fall from the sky. Prof. Jesus Martinez-Frias provides further research to this terrestrial phenomenon. |
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*Anyone can make a claim that they have found or own an authentic meteorite.
It is entirely another matter to offer satisfactory proof via verification by the
Meteoritical Society or a recognized classifying institution.
The links below lead to web pages of alleged "meteorite"
finders/owners which in the opinion of this author, for lack of proper independent
verification and/or circumstances associated with the alleged
"meteorite", cast doubt on authenticity. This does not mean that it is not a meteorite, only 'suspect' in the opinion of this author. |
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Is the Black Stone of Paphos a historical meteorite? Norbert Classen travels to Cyprus to discover the truth. The New Orleans' AudubonPark Meteorite of April 1, 1891. Color Photo , plaque photo |
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Surprisingly, lack of evidence can cause persons who are very familiar with meteorites to jump to a wishful conclusion, "So far we haven't found any good explanation of the crater except a meteorite." The crater at Eliastorp. ( Do you think that since the
'crater' is in the middle of a road, it's location might be a 'clue'? see- Did a Meteorite Slam Oakland? and Field Report ) Goran Lindfors boasts " It`s me Göran Lindfors from Sweden, with the worlds most beautiful Lunar and martian
Mars meteorites. If you read on the Washington university home -site with registered
Lunar samples = The evidence are fusion crust, glass with unsorted clasts (agree).
But the true is that none of them on the Washington university-list are in
hard shocked glass. I have much fusion crust on my pictures ! And of course are all mine in extreme
". Read what Randy Korotev had to say about this individual and his 'meteorites'. |
For Sale
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Not only does this site contain some 'wrongs' but some strange health misinformation from Bulgaria. Did you know there were male/female meteorites? (don't ask which is which!) This site (-You may have to site search "meteorites"-)offers "Meteorite Sets" (male/female - don't leave them alone in the same box) from Peru for only $125. What a deal! (not really - see Moqui)) Want to pay meteoritic prices for wrongs? Then shop carefully at the Treasures of the World (scroll down to 'Meteorites') because only 'suspect* meteorites' are listed. |
You Tube
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* This video by rayoloco5000 proudly exhibits his 'Martian meteorite' and other obvious wrongs. ** A North Carolina wrong? Sorry! *** Another 'What is it?' wrong.
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"The statement I make is that when science tells you that it is not a meteorite, all the graphs, and websites you build will not make it a meteorite. Do you have any idea how many people contact me with "Million Dollar Meteorites", none of which usually turn out to be meteorites. The fact that I refuse to pay them a penny does not dissuade them from believing that the rocks are just that, rocks." - Michael Farmer ANOTHER space cadet is convinced God has given him a piece of Mars to present
to the planet Earth. The problem: The "Conspiracy" is hindering his efforts and he needs your help
at Frass "Meteorite". Here is a link to independent test results (large PDF file) that you won't find on the Frass site. |
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THE Best Meteorwrong Award goes to The Emerald Meteorite |
BEWARE: Not all 'wrong' sites are listed. Some sites may appear legit but may not be. Be alert to self proclaimed experts who self 'classify' their 'meteorites' but are not
Meteoritical Society approved testing facilities or individuals. Do not let the cry of 'conspiracy' obscure a seller's omission of independent verification and classification. Just because a Google or Yahoo search may result with a site found on many web lists of science links, this is not necessarily evidence of the site being scientifically sound or being approved by the scientific community. Motives? Actions often reveal motives regardless of what is stated. For example: Would you find it suspicious of a person selling a '$100K diamond' not to let the item first be independently appraised? In order to explain this strange action, the seller implies that all the jewelers in the world have conspired against him because he claims to have 'exposed' a local jeweler's 'misconduct'. In other words, all the jewelers in the world (persons who have no financial stake in this item) are not to be trusted but the seller with the unverifiable 'diamond' for sale is to be trusted? What kind of transaction would you conclude this to be? What would you say is the motive? |