How to Tell if it's Meteorite (VIDEO)
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Randy Korotev, Ph.D., research professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on lunar meteorites gets 700 queries a year from people who have found funny looking rocks. In this video, a variation on Kim's Game, also known as the Jewel Game (from Kim by Rudyard Kipling) he demonstrates ways to tell the difference between a meteorite and a terrestrial stone. For more information and to see a photo gallery of meteorwrongs, visit his web site at: http://meteorites.wustl.edu/what_to_do.htm
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