Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?
Phil, Brahin is a beautiful pallasite and right now extremely cheap. A must buy for all new comers. That said, many specimens are unstable and in a year can become crusted with rust. Not pretty and very distressing. Please ask your potential seller if they know how stable the piece is. If it has NOT been cut for over a year or NOT recently ground and polished and is still nice and shiny then the piece should be stable. Even after a year, however, I have seen pieces start to rust. This problem is Lawrensite disease and has been discussed at length in this forum. So, try and get a slice that is as stable as possible and regularly inspect the slice for rust. You can also oil it up or even give it some of the special rust inhibiters advertised. If you start to see rust then immediately give it a stabilizing treatment. I can email you off list on how to do this. You can also check the archives. Cheers and good luck, Mike Tettenborn Owen Sound, Ontario - Original Message - From: Phil Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit? Hi John, I saw finmet's auction...thanks for the recommendation. The other two I was considering are: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2184965082category=3239rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2185076131category=3239rd=1 Thanks, -Phil --- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, The Brahin you see listed on Ebay by the seller finmet is genuine meteorite. Like everything else the Russians get their hands on, the price of Brahin was driven almost into the ground by saturating the market with too many specimens at the same time. A good deal for the collectora nice pallasite for less than $2.00 a gram. John At 08:20 PM 7/27/03 -0700, you wrote: I just joined the list, so forgive me if I am asking something that has been previously discussed. I see a number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if these are legitimately meteorite objects. Thanks, -Phil __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?
jediwebdude: I see a number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if these are legitimately meteorite objects. Well, it's a little difficult to say "yes" to every possible specimen at any given moment, from so many different dealers, but I can't remember seeing an ebay Brahin offering recently, which appeared to be questionable. Pallasites are so unique in appearance that it would be prohibitively difficult to fabricate or substitute something (which makes the Shirokovsky situation all the more remarkable). Always a good idea to look for the "IMCA" logo in a meteorite dealer's auction - the International Meteorite Collector's Association is a largely-self-policing organization, and its members are dedicated to authenticity. Gregory
RE: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?
I heard recently that some major pieces or Brahin were recently discovered within the last few years. I picked up a 1 kilo from finmet last year when there were some real big chunks on Ebay. The other information I got, and this may be hearsay, is that the Brahin strewn field is supposedly also very near, or even partly inside the no admittance zone circle drawn around Chernobyl since the nuclear disaster there years ago. Supposedly, the diameter of this hot zone has been reduced recently as it is not as dangerous as previously thought to be. This is allowing prospectors into the area again where new finds are being made. Again, I have no real authoritive source for this, it is what I have heard from other newsgroups and friends. Can anyone shed more light on this? Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit? jediwebdude: I see a number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if these are legitimately meteorite objects. Well, it's a little difficult to say yes to every possible specimen at any given moment, from so many different dealers, but I can't remember seeing an ebay Brahin offering recently, which appeared to be questionable. Pallasites are so unique in appearance that it would be prohibitively difficult to fabricate or substitute something (which makes the Shirokovsky situation all the more remarkable). Always a good idea to look for the IMCA logo in a meteorite dealer's auction - the International Meteorite Collector's Association is a largely-self-policing organization, and its members are dedicated to authenticity. Gregory
Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?
Hello to all, at the moment Id buy Brahins from a reliable seller, usually all IMCA members are that...;- Also Finmet on eBay have sure pure and fresh pieces. (Not an AD.) The point of view is, there is still 150 kg:s of Shirokovsky pseudo left, and if you are not familiar with Brahin and the seller is unknown, it seems to me, there is a possibility to have a piece of this stuff, not a big one, but anyway. Just my thoughts, but if I had 150 kg:s Shirokovsky in my garage...well, before to build a nice statue with that material, I sure may had some other thoughts too...;- take care, pekka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jediwebdude: I see a number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if these are legitimately meteorite objects. Well, it's a little difficult to say "yes" to every possible specimen at any given moment, from so many different dealers, but I can't remember seeing an ebay Brahin offering recently, which appeared to be questionable. Pallasites are so unique in appearance that it would be prohibitively difficult to fabricate or substitute something (which makes the Shirokovsky situation all the more remarkable). Always a good idea to look for the "IMCA" logo in a meteorite dealer's auction - the International Meteorite Collector's Association is a largely-self-policing organization, and its members are dedicated to authenticity. Gregory -- Pekka Savolainen Jokiharjuntie 4 FIN-71330 Rasala FINLAND + 358 400 818 912 Group Home Page: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin Group Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
