Between a rock and a hard place
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:58 pmASU have provided a very nice report on their meteorite identification open house. There's a brief video here too.
People from across US enjoy ASU's meteorite-ID event, even if not all get the verdict they want
Clutching hopes, dreams and minerals, about 50 people waited to approach Captain Fireball. Did they own interesting and valuable meteorites? Or just another rock?
With the speed and finality befitting his nickname, Captain Fireball — aka research professor Laurence GarvieLaurence Garvie is a research professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, which is part of ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences., collections manager of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University — crushed dreams like a metal lump shattering a window.