"A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say."
"A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say."
I put to you a possibility how the petrified wood got to the moon
There have been very large meteor impact in the past on earth which could have ejected mater into space from the impact, it is possible that is how it got to the moon or then again ,they didn't land on the moon
A few years ago we had a shower of "falling stars". It was a very special but fleeting event and seemed to be very close to the house. The next morning I was tending to animals in the paddock and came across a stange rock. it is dark grey and has masses of tiny holes, like an "Aero Bar". I still have it, no expert has looked at it to tell me what it is. I'd like it to be a rock from the heavens but until it's confirmed, well, it's just another curious rock. What puzzels me is if the Dutch thought the Americans gave them a moon rock, surely there would be documentation with it. Was it switched? Was it always a fake? There's more to this story, I'm sure!!
A few years ago we had a shower of "falling stars". It was a very special but fleeting event and seemed to be very close to the house. The next morning I was tending to animals in the paddock and came across a stange rock. it is dark grey and has masses of tiny holes, like an "Aero Bar". I still have it, no expert has looked at it to tell me what it is. I'd like it to be a rock from the heavens but until it's confirmed, well, it's just another curious rock. What puzzels me is if the Dutch thought the Americans gave them a moon rock, surely there would be documentation with it. Was it switched? Was it always a fake? There's more to this story, I'm sure!!
Can we please have a photo of your rock ! If it is rock rather than metal it is quite rare, perhaps a Carbonaceous chondrite
I've just taken a pic, not sure how to add it here as I've saved it in "My Documents" will keep trying... copy/paste doesn't work here...have sent an email to the helpdesk...
Last edited by Kindred Spirit; 01-09-2009 at 11:55 PM.
A few years ago we had a shower of "falling stars". It was a very special but fleeting event and seemed to be very close to the house. The next morning I was tending to animals in the paddock and came across a stange rock. it is dark grey and has masses of tiny holes, like an "Aero Bar". I still have it, no expert has looked at it to tell me what it is. I'd like it to be a rock from the heavens but until it's confirmed, well, it's just another curious rock. What puzzels me is if the Dutch thought the Americans gave them a moon rock, surely there would be documentation with it. Was it switched? Was it always a fake? There's more to this story, I'm sure!!
Those rocks look like they are right out of an old Sci-fi movie.
Just dont poke the jelly stuff inside those rocks with a stick.
Mmmm.. well I hope that works.. Yipppeeee! For DavidU...I doubt these are anything special, they're just special to me!
Thanks, thats odd looking rock, it looks like gas expanded magma, you should show them to a Uni geology department.
I can't see any ablation of the surfaces. Is that red/orange tint in the photo's acurate?
Don't worry about the stipulation that they only form under hot, wet conditions. That is a common misconception which I'm sorry persists even in 'respectable' sources. They form quicker under these conditions but will form almost anywhere given enough time. There is certainly heaps of it around here.
They commonly form under sand dunes as the B horizon of a dune podzol (excuse me using old soil terminology but I've forgotten the new term). There were sand dunes across northern Tas during the last glacial maximum. The A horizon, being unconsolidated, has likely eroded away leaving bit of laterite near the surface.
Hehe... I like the cow theory! though I don't have cows, horses maybe... I think they are called "road apples"!
Thankyou to all for the interest, I will show them to someone at the Uni, or a local geo-nut. The colour is distorted in the pic, I would describe them as gun grey with a hint of purple, in daylight. Though we have red, basalt soil, it may have stained them a little and it's more noticable in a photo. I am about 12 km or so as the crow flies, from the nearest beach, so the beach theory is plausible. As for "laterite", well the scoria link is also likely, though my specimens are harder than scoria and local scoria is a bright orange.
Thanks again for the interest, I'll post a verdict when I get one!
Hehe... I like the cow theory! though I don't have cows, horses maybe... I think they are called "road apples"!
Thankyou to all for the interest, I will show them to someone at the Uni, or a local geo-nut. The colour is distorted in the pic, I would describe them as gun grey with a hint of purple, in daylight. Though we have red, basalt soil, it may have stained them a little and it's more noticable in a photo. I am about 12 km or so as the crow fries, from the nearest beach, so the beach theory is plausible. As for "laterite", well the scoria link is also likely, though my specimens are harder than scoria and local scoria is a bright orange.
Thanks again for the interest, I'll post a verdict when I get one!
well I hope that works.. Yipppeeee! For DavidU...I doubt these are anything special, they're just special to me!
