At best, I would say this is Libyan Desert Glass, at worst it is just manmade glass. Either way, it is a scam and eBay won't do anything to stop it. In order to be able to facet an over 5 carat stone, I have to imagine that the rough would have to have been at least 10 carats (not a faceting expert, just a guesstimate on my part). Well, then there is the part of a flawless meteoritic olivine of that size ...
Mendy Ouzillou -----Original Message----- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of tracy latimer via Meteorite-list Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] Cut pallasite gemstones on ebay There is someone selling faceted gemstones they claim to have cut from pallasites. I looked through their current and past offerings, and I have never seen such a rainbow of colors; AFAIK, olivine doesn't come in red and blue! Anyone know anything about this seller? or is he just trying to cash in on meteorite lust? http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-69-Carat-Faceted-oval-brilliant-cut-PALLASITE-Gems tone-from-meteorite-/182339823105?hash=item2a744ce601:g:6DMAAOSwkl5XexNU Incidentally, I asked if he knew what pallasite this offering had been cut from and he didn't know. It's a bigger than usual chunk of peridot, for a meteorite (if that's what it is). Best! Tracy Latimer ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
