Suspect* Meteorites on the Web |
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| Washington U. Database of Wrongs Dept of Earth & Planetary Sciences provides 100+ 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 | ||
| Georgia's 'Emerson Meteorite' is finally analyzed. | ||
| Pseudometeorites from the U.K. and Ireland Meteorite Page. | ||
| Eaton Meteorite and Nininger - 1931. [CURRENTLY OFFLINE] | ||
| The Getafe rock (pseudometeorite) is analyzed. The Meteoritical Bulletin. | ||
| The BLECKENSTAD (pseudometeorite) | ||
| Kirkpatrick Basalt found during Anarctic Meteorite Search. | ||
| Austromet's Site has some nice wrongs. | ||
| Links to Other Sites About Meteorites by Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences is Excellent (Sect. on Meteor-wrongs) ! | ||
| Was I hit by a meteorite? - "meteorites melt in the atmosphere, not in your hand." | ||
| The Ruby Meteorite Humorous look at wrongs. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Statement Regarding Alleged Lunar Meteorite BCC9601 | ||
| 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. A museum near the Nakhon Phanom Chedi (a Buddhist memorial and temple in Thailand) houses these rocks claimed to be genuine meteorites. About half way down the page, you will find the photo of what is believed to be a Machu Pichu "meteorite". If you haven't the time to visit Washington State's only Paranormal Science Museum and see "Debris from the Air Force's first plane crash - a B-25 Bomber and what could be an artifact ['meteorite'] from a UFO the plane was carrying when it crashed," here is the news article containing a more revealing video. In Windyville, Missouri one will find Historic Lone Rock. "The rock is approximately 100 feet long, 60 feet wide and about 30 feet tall and rumored to have been a meteorite. The large rock was has been the site of Sunday school picnics and gatherings of all kinds. The Pocahontas Meteorite. The Tupelo Meteorite. Wisconsin cemetery 'meteorite'. The author has renamed her farm due to "THE STORY ABOUT A 'METEOR' THAT FELL ONTO MY GRANDPARENTS YARD NOT FAR FROM MY HOME." more. 'Meteorite' Park reports theft. |
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The owner asks, "Is it from Outer Space?" and "Do you want to purchase some?" Still another "Meteorite or not." Yet another called the "Hunter Stone" 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 ) Congrats to the author of this Illinois page. This is the way suspect* meteorites should be presented: "Wrong' till proven authentic. 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
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For Sale
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Not only does this site contain some 'wrongs' but some strange health misinformation from Bulgaria. 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." Self proclaimed meteorite hunter, self proclaimed 'museum curator' and 'witness' to many 'meteorites' falling from the sky and landing nearby, Mitchel Minor, sells the 'fruits' of his success with Mitch's Museum of Rocks. Mr. Minor offers lots of lab test results he calls 'satisfactory evidence', but his test results and 'classifications' are meaningless because the results have not been independently verified by an expert. And under his eBay ID "starchasersmeteorites", he continues to auction suspect meteorites classified by 'Museum Curator' Mitchel Minor. Please examine independent lab reports, buyer and expert opinions to decide for yourself. (Best viewed with Internet Explorer) MasFrank Meteorite "Spaceslag" claims to be outerspace slag, mined by Extraterrestrials, that has fallen to Earth.
( the site does not speculate as to how the slag actually escaped from an alien smelter
and wound up floating in space - no doubt a violation of Intergalactic Space Dumping Laws)
The owner has "inferred" that he is in the process of trying to have his mineral Update Nov-07 - Times are tough! Time to cut the 'slag'! The spaceslag, the name 'spaceslag', the website and domain name are bundled for bid starting at $9500. Too bad that Meteoritical Society certification didn't work out... Meteorite Taipei justifies his groups of rocks
in this manner: "Q: Why do I collect meteorites that are not classified? A: Unclassified meteorite-to-be's are expected to contribute more new knowledge to science than known ones." What? MT does not know that classifying meteorites is the ONLY WAY to 'contribute more new knowledge to science'?
Then again, as long as MT pretends he has "meteorite-to-be's" without actually verifying them, he can easily/cheaply have a large
pretend-to-be collection. |
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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? |