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Meteorite Identification & MeteorWRONGs

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1. The chance of finding a meteorite is exceedingly small.
2. The chance of finding a lunar or Martian meteorite is even smaller.
3. If you found a rock near a road or railroad track, then it is not a meteorite.
4. If you found it in a stream bed, along a river, or any other place where there are lots of rocks, then it is almost certainly not a meteorite.
5. If it has a thick rind or coating, then it is not a meteorite.
6. If the inside of the rock is the same color and shade as the outside, then it is probably not a meteorite.
7. If it is glass, glassy, or has conchoidal fractures, then it is not a meteorite.
8. If it is angular, with sharp edges or points and no smooth sides, then it is probably not a meteorite.
9. If it has a lot of vesicles (gas bubbles, holes), then it is not a meteorite.
10. If it has internal swirls or coarse surface flow features, then it is not a meteorite.
11. If a rock has a pattern that radiates from the center, then it is not a meteorite.
12. If a rock consists mostly of hematite, magnetite, or some other iron oxide, then it is not a meteorite.
13. If a rock has layers, laminations, or any kind of planar or parallel linear features, then it is not a meteorite.
14. If a rock contains obvious quartz, then it is not a meteorite.
15. If a rock attracts a magnet but you cannot see shiny metal grains on a sawn or broken surface, then the rock is not a meteorite.
16. Not all dimples are meteorite regmaglypts.
17. If an “expert” tells you that your rock is not a meteorite, then: Believe them.
18. If an “expert” tells you that your rock IS a meteorite, then seek another opinion.
19. If there is no fusion crust, then neither you nor I can identify a rock as an achondrite just “by looking” at it.
20. Learn when to accept the truth and move on to your next adventure.

Sourced from: Randy L. Korotev
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
www.sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite

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