RE: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?

[Charles R. Viau]

I heard recently that some major pieces or Brahin were recently discovered within the last few years. I picked up a 1 kilo from finmet last year when there were some real big chunks on Ebay.   The other information I got, and this may be hearsay, is that the Brahin strewn field is supposedly also very near, or even partly inside the ‘no admittance’ zone circle drawn around Chernobyl since the nuclear disaster there years ago. Supposedly, the diameter of this hot zone has been reduced recently as it is not as dangerous as previously thought to be. This is allowing prospectors into the area again where new finds are being made.  Again, I have no real authoritive source for this, it is what I have heard from other newsgroups and friends.   Can anyone shed more light on this?   Charles   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?   jediwebdude: I see a number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if these are legitimately meteorite objects. Well, it's a little difficult to say "yes" to every possible specimen at any given moment, from so many different dealers, but I can't remember seeing an ebay Brahin offering recently, which appeared to be questionable.  Pallasites are so unique in appearance that it would be prohibitively difficult to fabricate or substitute something (which makes the Shirokovsky situation all the more remarkable). Always a good idea to look for the "IMCA" logo in a meteorite dealer's auction  -  the International Meteorite Collector's Association is a largely-self-policing organization, and its members are dedicated to authenticity.        Gregory