Good point except for one problem: The TKW on the Met.Bulletin is rarely correct. So many more fragments, and masses are usually found well after the meteorite is classified and listed on the Met. Bulletin. And the information on the Met. Bulletin is rarely updated. Example: Saint-Aubin is still listed with a total weight of 472kilos, but the main mass is over 4 tons. And look at Tatahouine, Seymchan,.......
Anne [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: John higgins via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> To: Michael Gilmer <[email protected]>; Meteorite List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 7:23 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Who sold their collection to a pawn shop? Hey Mike, Check out the Dar El Ghani 995 and examine the listed weights for the stone. Take into account the two photographed specimens in the encyclopedia of meteorites. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=6535 https://www.ebay.com/itm/46-5-G-Dar-al-Gani-995-Meteorite-Specimen-Main-Mass-Black-Fusion-Crust-DaG-995-/264951405461?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Main mass of 46.5g and the bulletin says the type specimen weighs 11.2g . The tkw is listed as 56.12 This is a physical impossibility since the Pawn Shop shows a tkw of 57.62, more than the Meteoritical Bulletin shows exists, and that is not accounting for cutting loss and the 2 photographed specimens. Maybe the meteorites were purposely stripped of the provenance to hide something. Maybe they are stolen? Clearly someone is trying to get rid of them really fast. Buyers should be cautious, and the collection they are sourced from should be identified fast!!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/46-5-G-Dar-al-Gani-995-Meteorite-Specimen-Main-Mass-Black-Fusion-Crust-DaG-995-/264951405461?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 Have a great day, John Higgins Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 10:02 PM, Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list<[email protected]> wrote: This eBay seller, Loyalty Pawn, has been offering some higher-end meteorites lately - many of them. These are not the typical meteorites you see occasionally offered by this type of seller. This is obviously somebody's collection being sold piecemeal. Does anyone know who this collection used to belong to? There are no hints to provenance in the listings. https://www.ebay.com/itm/613-Grams-Large-Howardite-NWA-3078-Meteorite-MAIN-MASS-Endcut-w-Crust/264959075664 Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Meteorites, Ice Age Fossils, Minerals, and Artifacts --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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
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