This same seller fleeced $400.00 out of some poor collector last week:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lunar-Meteorite-from-KREEP-Basalt-to-Lunar-Granite-0-4g-Moon-Breccia-Granite/222713435793?hash=item33dac15691:g:-EMAAOSwv~RZ04Hn
It is a bad sign when undocumented stones are starting to outnumber
official material.
I have seen the same thing happen in other collectable markets.
What next, witnessed falls again?
Adam
On 11/26/2017 4:17 PM, drtanuki wrote:
Adam and List,
There is also a seller from Taiwan selling fake Lunar KREEP. Buyer beware!Help this
guy by "liking" his post! Thanks!
jacwon_7
https://www.ebay.com/sch/jacwon_7/m.html?item=222713434677&hash=item33dac15235%3Ag%3AReUAAOSw2oJZ04cE&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Best Regards,
Dirk Ross...Tokyo
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From: Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list <[email protected]>
To: metlist <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 9:04 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Terrestrial Breccia Being Offered Up As Lunar
Some more terrestrial breccia lacking any kind of fusion crust or
flight-markings being added to the huge pile being sold as lunar:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lunar-Meteorite-Breccia-37g/263346210852?hash=item3d50a84824:g:zzwAAOSwEEBaGyPN
This demonstrates the need to have every piece tested and made official.
To me it is obvious this is not a lunar specimen but it is close enough
to fool many. Remember, a COA is worthless without official scientific
data to back it up. A recent national auction demonstrated that there
is simply no secondary market for undocumented, untested and unofficial
material.
Material like this only undermines collector confidence which is at an
all time low right now because of the amount of undocumented crap being
dumped onto the market. Fake Martian material is making a comeback as well.
Adam
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