Negros Occidental High School principal Mario Amaca said an expert on stones from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is unsure if the object that crashed into the school grounds was a meteorite.
Amaca said the DENR expert did an examination of the stone this morning, June 14, but he cannot determine if it is a meteorite through its features or characteristics alone.
He said he will wait for a representative from the National Museum to come to Bacolod and examine the stone.
The stone was presented to members of the media on June 11, but it was kept for a week by the wife of a school security guard, who saw a falling flaming object that crashed near the guards’ barracks in the afternoon of June 4.
Because of its color, many believed that it is a meteorite, and Amaca had an expert from the DENR examine it Monday.
Meanwhile, Amaca believes the National Museum can determine if it is a meteorite or not since it has various kinds of meteorites to compare the NOHS stone with. — MML
