Re: [meteorite-list] New Barwell acquisition

2013-09-04 Thread Bofang Li
Hi Martin, Congratulations! I had visited the Leicester City Museum several times, when I was studying at University of Leicester in 2005 and 2006. The museum located at the New Walk road connected to the University road. I still have the photo of the Barwell meteorite mainmass which I took from

Re: [meteorite-list] Stone fragment from XinJiang Crater is officially confirmed not a meteorite!

2013-08-17 Thread Bofang Li
Hi Mike and all, Yes, I agree with you, but the fake-meteorite-boom started since 2010 and become worse and worse recently. Not only some cheaters selling fake meteorites, but also some reputable Chinese collectors use their purchased NWAs to claim they were found in Chinese desert or Gobi areas

Re: [meteorite-list] Stone fragment from XinJiang Crater is officially confirmed not a meteorite!

2013-08-17 Thread Bofang Li
Hi Martin and all, Personally, I think the fall happened on June 15, Yuncheng city, Shanxi Province should be a real one. My reasons are as the following: 1, the name of the witness (finder), the name of the village (including district name, city name) were all enlightened to the public. In

[meteorite-list] Stone fragment from XinJiang Crater is officially confirmed not a meteorite!

2013-08-16 Thread Bofang Li
Hi Listees, Today I got the info from Dr. Zhao Xuchao (PhD from IGGCAS, MetSoc member) that the stone fragments collected near the Xinjiang crater (formly called fallen on July 31th), have confirmed not the meteorite by Professor Lin Yangting (IGGCAS, member of the Nomenclature Committee). The

[meteorite-list] Test, I just applied a new email

2013-05-26 Thread Bofang Li
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