RE: [meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite

[Charles Viau]

I had a very nice, polite conversation with this dude Bernie. He is a nice person, who hasn’t a clue about how meteoritic science works, does not really care, and wants to make a buck selling absolute crap using material from a few books he recently read.  Just ignore it all.   CharlyV   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fcressy Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:32 PM To: magellon; Dave Harris; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite   Hello all, I believe that the Chicxulub crater is buried by a couple thousand feet of Tertiary sediments so wouldn't expect to find any material in beach sands in the Chicxulub area. I think the closest area where K/T impactite material is exposed is along the Mexico/Belize border. I guess the material offered still could be of meteoritic origin but certainly is not material from the K/T boundary, or as stated, from "the Big One". My 2 cents, Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: magellon To: Dave Harris ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite   Dave, A better example is here: (more ridiculous excuses) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2200664192 I wrote Mr. Shomin and asked how he got the material. he wrote: "I took a trip to cancun, then took a car trip to Chicxulub -& used a magnet for final separation fron beach sand, then did a nickel test at home. Magnification reveales more detail like shiny metal flakes & metal balls from heat - most samples have native soil stuck to it, my results are open to the jugdement of others with better  equipment. While i do have a 2 week return policy if any customer would complain i would refund at any time. Fair? If you can get a hold of better equipment i would be willing to send you a free sample for evaluation. Bernie M-M" I suggested (1) tell the truth to the bidders and (2)  send a sample to NEMS to first verify if was  meteoritic. He added the addendum but didn't send any to NEMS. (He indicated it was because he had less than a gram) Sorry, he should have done this before putting any up for sale. So there is no meteoritic verification, much less an actual Chicxulub meteorite as advertised. Secondly, Steve Schoner found this article saying that drill samplings show that the meteorite was probably a  carbonaceous chondrite. Even this small sample was fossilized. There is no proof  that any original meteorite still exits other than the iridium layer.  http://www.nature.com/nsu/981126/981126-1.html Best, ken newton #9632       Dave Harris wrote: Hi folks, I would be grateful for a bit of input re this eBAy item below. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2200663512 What has impressed me is that there is no Frass rant, or BCC rant or Mo Yousef insistance.  This is a good start for a scientific discussion as already we haven't got our backs up over this! thoughts please!!! very best dave IMCA #0092 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list