Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Brian Cox
Golly, Gee Whiz that rusty rock on ebay sold for $500.. Jeepers.. Gary, Richard, et al, all you folks asked excellent questions and did give him a fair chance and were helpful. The mysterious crater looks like a pile of brush and tree limbs.look at the dozens of pine

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, The crater is typical in appearance of many mining prospects in gold rush country, and the stone itself appears to be hematite - there looks to be a nice seam of quartz running through it in some of the photos. If it is, it would actually make sense - the prospector who dug the hole

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Brian Cox
Gosh darn, Just to point something out with my detective skills ;-) ...flying monkeys feedback and feedback he has given show that he buys... Tactical Boots, since 10.5, desert boots size 10,,, knives and biker patches You can put the pieces together with what he has said

[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Paul H.
In http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-March/062531.html , Murray Paulson wrote: “Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the meteorite looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old?” The picture is at:

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Ken Newton
Hi Paul and all, Oddly enough I do keep copies of many of the U.S. wrong auctions going back about 7 or 8 years. Notable sellers of current suspect meteorites are listed here: http://meteorite-identification.com/updates.html Although many claim to have found their wrong in a 'crater', this is the

[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Possibilities, but probably not. The crater looks like what's left after a tree falls over and is removed. This find (or not) is courtesy of the Meteorite Men. Whaddya think?:

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread cdtucson
Phil, Some poor sod has it bid up to $325. Ouch! Looking at the size of the other trees, If this is from a fallen tree it would be huge. Could there have been a tree that much larger than the others there? Maybe But, The guy refused to file an end to show the interior. This in spite of the

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/25/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com wrote: From: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 9:46 AM

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Gary Fujihara
low bidding histories. Curiouser and curiouser... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/25/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com wrote: From: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread GeoZay
Possibilities, but probably not. The crater looks like what's left after a tree falls over and is removed. This find (or not) is courtesy of the Meteorite Men. Whaddya think?: The berm seems to be too high for an impact. I'd expect the material to have been thrown further from the pit

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Linton Rohr
, March 25, 2010 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater Phil, Some poor sod has it bid up to $325. Ouch! Looking at the size of the other trees, If this is from a fallen tree it would be huge. Could there have been a tree that much larger than the others there? Maybe

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Murray Paulson
Hi: Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the meteorite looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old? This one smells! P.T. Barnum said something about the likes of the bidders! Murray Paulson On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum

[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Shawn Alan
with emailing and 6 months we will see this on Meteorite Men II, or two, its a meteorite wrong and hes still not good with emails. At any rate I would to see how high this bid goes. Shawn Alan [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater Murray Paulson murray.paulson at gmail.com Thu Mar 25 14:54:01 EDT

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Greg Stanley
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater Hello Listers, I had contacted the ebayer and asked. Dear flying---monkey, Hi you had said a college had contacted you, did they contact you from seeing the meteorite on eBay or through emails

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
stanleygr...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Greg Stanley stanleygr...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater To: photoph...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 2:41 PM List: All I can say is ... WOW! he says I will say I am

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Linton Rohr
stanleygr...@hotmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater That's kinda why I pointed out the two bidders have low feedback numbers. I wonder if he's bidding against himself under two accounts to run up the price and add legitimacy