Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Not All Lunar Meteorites Are Equal (UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

Sales of all non-equal Lunars and Martian Nantans are hereby suspended until further notice. On 9/8/17, Michael Mulgrew via Meteorite-list wrote: > Magic rocks 65M y.o. that cure diseases... what's not to believe? > > By the way, I have a bridge for sale if

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Not All Lunar Meteorites Are Equal

Magic rocks 65M y.o. that cure diseases... what's not to believe? By the way, I have a bridge for sale if anyone is interested. -Michael in so. Cal. On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list wrote: > Interesting if true David but in 20

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Interesting if true David but in 20 years of collecting I've come across this scenario many times where "authorities" and people new to meteorites think they have unique material...always it has turned out to be wrong once the respected scientists who regularly work on meteorites get

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Then your guy is smoking some really good weed.:) These Chinese crack me up. Michael Farmer > On Sep 7, 2017, at 2:02 PM, David Tann wrote: > > Mike, I didn't make it clear, a syndrome I suppose when you try to type a > quick email on a crowded commuter train in the peak

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Mendy, thanks for your advice. I'll consider what options I have as the next step. Sorry to bother all on the mailing list, on this particular matter, I will stop copying the whole list in from now. Best, David Sent from my iPhone > On 7 Sep 2017, at 16:19, Gmail

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David, Museums are not likely to want to test meteorites for authenticity for many reasons. First and foremost, doing so takes time away from research and classification of new material. Secondly, differentiating between two meteorites of the same classification is difficult if not impossible

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Are you joking? There are tons upon tons of Nantan. I've sold nearly a half a ton. I have a 92 kilo one sitting in Beijing and much more sitting in Tucson. Michael Farmer > On Sep 7, 2017, at 1:13 AM, David Tann wrote: > > Thanks, Mike, I'd go even further in saying sadly

Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Not All Lunar Meteorites Are Equal

Thanks, Mike, I'd go even further in saying sadly 99% of the "meteorites" circulating freely in and from China are terrestrial rocks! The real Nantan meteorites in private collection are extremely rare, a total of around 40 kg. There is also a rarer type of meteorites intertwined with and

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David. Sorry but I do mineral shows in china. Everyone has a nice stamped paper from one Chinese government source or another. Actually your piece certainly looks like Nantan meteorite. Sadly Nantan is nearly worthless. Michael Farmer > On Sep 6, 2017, at 11:55 AM, David Tann

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Thanks, Mike & Adam, for your valuable comments which I fully understand and much appreciate. Fake meteorites and scandalous traders were indeed acknowledged as a big problem in China, much like elsewhere. I do however have reasonable confidence in the authenticity of the meteorites as they

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Unfortunately, I have to agree, some people will buy anything. Look at this Lunar Nugget somebody purchased off of eBay" 1000gm 1kg IRON NICKEL METEORITE moon rock crystal meteor aerolite lunar nugget | eBay http://r.ebay.com/esLLJx __ Visit our

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Exactly. Sent from my iPhone > 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

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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 >

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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

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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

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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.

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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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It is funny that you mention Moroccans selling "lunar" material for about the same price as Eucrites. The total weight of all Eucrites can be measured in metric tons while real lunar meteorites can be measured at less than 200 kilograms. Eucrites and terrestrial rocks are definitely in mix

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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

[meteorite-list] AD - Not All Lunar Meteorites Are Equal

Dear List Members, Please take a look if you can spare a few moments at my no reserve NWA 5000 lunar meteorite auctions ending this evening and tomorrow night. I had an eBay customer message me that a dealer told him that all lunar meteorites are equal. I told him that is like saying all