new with meteorites, so when the pros get
online this will be an interesting education for me, too.
Cheers,
Pete
From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 01:39
-list@meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: RE: [meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?
Hi, all,
Hi, Darren,
I know there are huge volumes of papers on meteorite
composition, but I
don't recall reading any that refer to trace elements of gold and/or
palladium in any meteorite...
That said, I
Short answer if the data is correct on weight and diameter : No!
Slightly longer answer :
No, it's too light. The density of the sphere is only 4.2 kg/dm3.
If it was Iron and nickel it should have a density of 7.8 kg/dm3.
To me it looks like a sphere of pyrrhotite or nickel ore, hard to
tell
Hello Darren, Pete, Jörn and List,
... my opinion this is a fraud. This sphere rather looks like some terrestrial
ore.
My guess is that what the seller is offering is a (partially corroded) Nantan
(IIICD). partially corroded ... this would explain the lower than expected
density of the item
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To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?
Date: 09 Aug 2005 19:53:11 UT
Hello Darren, Pete, Jörn and List,
... my opinion this is a fraud. This sphere rather looks like some
terrestrial ore.
My guess is that what the seller is offering is a (partially
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:46:16 +0200, Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I mailed the seller asking if it really could be an iron meteorite
and got a vague answer back.
I sourced my meteorites from a local dealer for many years and I
sold to lots of shamans and reiki masters in the UK and USA
-list] Another Ebay fraud?
Hello Darren, Pete, Jörn and List,
... my opinion this is a fraud. This sphere rather looks like some
terrestrial ore.
My guess is that what the seller is offering is a (partially corroded)
Nantan
(IIICD). partially corroded ... this would explain the lower than
- Original Message -
From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:46:16 +0200, Göran Axelsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I mailed the seller
This can't possibly be the real thing, can it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5021584192
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