Exactly.
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> On Sep 6, 2017, at 8:52 AM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
> wrote:
>
> People are suckers and if they want to buy crap then let them. In china most
> people want cheap. Well real good meteorites aren't cheap. So they buy fakes
> and are happy with low prices.
> Michael Farmer
>
>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list
>> wrote:
>>
>> It reminds me of the China Syndrome when hundreds of terrestrial stones were
>> sold to collectors as meteorites on eBay. Anything that was dark and
>> rounded including iron ore was sold to unsuspecting collectors as meteorites
>> fleecing them out of thousands of dollars. Some of them even included old
>> looking collection ID cards.
>>
>> Link to China Syndrome:
>> http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_content=view=26=114
>>
>> It was just a matter of time before fraud spread into all sectors of
>> meteorite collecting. First it affected irons, then Pallasites, then falls,
>> then Martians and now Lunar material. The worst part is some dealers are
>> using the IMCA's good name to distribute untested, unproven and in some
>> cases fake material completely bypassing protections put in place by
>> following Meteoritical Society protocols which IMCA members are supposed to
>> adhere to.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 9/6/2017 7:03 AM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>>> That's worth about $50
>>> Michael Farmer
On Sep 6, 2017, at 1:36 AM, David Tann wrote:
Gents,
This 2800g IAB Nantan Meteorite was discovered in 1958 in Nantan, Guanxi,
Southwest China. The fall was observed and clearly recorded in Chinese
historical literature, it happened on 7 June 1516 over an 8 km length of
area. Anyone interested please get in touch.
David
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> On 5 Sep 2017, at 17:54, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
> wrote:
>
> I agree fully. Great time to buy.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
>> On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list
>> wrote:
>>
>> Just like Martians were a few years ago when the self-pairing and
>> piggy-backing reached an all time high at around 2012/NWA 7000. And
>> before that, it was falls when some less than honest dealers were
>> substituting NWA material in place of the real thing. I remember
>> Claxton, which I acquired from Michael Blood later selling for less than
>> a $100.00 gram due to a lack in collector confidence.
>>
>> No meteorite is immune from less than honest business practices. Many
>> collectors will not touch anything that post dates 2012 and are very
>> leery of falls.
>>
>> On the bright side. There is no better time to purchase genuine lunar
>> material with good provenance and laboratory confirmation since the
>> price is sure to go up just like the Martians that were dumped a few
>> years ago.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>> On 9/5/2017 8:30 AM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>>> You are pissing in the wind. Lunars are about worthless now. Moroccans
>>> have dropped the price to less than that of eucrites. I want just in
>>> Morocco. I saw kilos and kilos is lunar.
>>> Michael Farmer
On Sep 5, 2017, at 9:22 AM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list
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