why....is not possible find a iron meteorite in Spain? Or is type the question italian meteorites, impossible to find? If this is a Sikhote alin well, for me the Taza is all sikhote's find in desert see is many many similar, or Etter for me is a NWA put in USA....hard give a confirm....
Matteo --- "Jerry A. Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems wrote: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2219315732&category=3239 > > > > <http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2219315732&category=3239> > > > > Kind regards, > > > > *Bernhard �/Rendelius�/ Rems* > > > > Well, Bernhard, I had the same initial reaction to > the pictures that > Dave F. did; it sure > looked like some Sikhote Alin schrapnel. > > But aside from that, judging from their eBay ad text > description, it > appears that there > are none of the standard descriptors nor expected > phrases present in the > ad that would > lend credibility to their claim of having found a > meteorite, with one > exception which I > will expand on below. > > Some descriptors and/or phrases that should be > present in an ad that > would help ensure > authenticity are: > > * ... burned down the barn, the store, the outhouse, > etc. > > * ... frightened- Mama, the horse, the goat, the > pig, etc. > > * ... killed the cow, the dog, the mailman, etc. > > * ... too hot to touch for three days. > > * ... set the field, the woods, Charlie, etc., on > fire. > > * ... glowed real bright green, red, blue, etc., all > night. > > * ... melted the shovel, pick, car, cat, etc. > > * ... picked that little sucker up out of the bottom > of the ten foot > deep crater that it made. > > There are, of course, any number of other > descriptor/phrases that lend > virtually > infallible authenticity to what would otherwise be > 'questionable > meteorites'. But > the ones above will give a good start to novices > unfamiliar with what to > look for > in the eBay ads. > > The one item in the eBay ad description that had a > ring of truth to it > was the > mention that it was found only twenty minutes after > falling. > > I can easily imagine the following scenario (you'll > have to excuse me > for not > illustrating this with people from the towns of > Palencia and Le�n in > Spain; I > have to go with what I'm familiar with): > > <Zeb and Luke are rocking on the front porch of > their shack high in the > Ozark > mountains, in the cool of the evening, imbibing > their nightly refreshment. > NOTE: Setting not important- same thing can and does > happen anywhere in > the world.> > > ZEB: "Looky thar, Luke, a shootin' star!" > > LUKE: "Yep. Shore nuff, Zeb, 'nother one o' them > rascals." > > ZEB: "Looks like it landed jes' over that hill > yonder. Let's go git that > sucker." > > LUKE: "Alrighty. I'll jes' grab the jug to take > along. Nice night fer a > stroll ennyhow" > > <Down the road and behind the hill twenty minutes > later.> > > ZEB: "Yep. Thar she lies, Luke. Rat thar in the > smack dab middle o' the > trail." > > LUKE: "Wal, whatcha wanna do with this one, Zeb?" > > ZEB: "Wal, I reckin we can do what we done with all > them others, Luke. > Let's > take 'er back to the shack, take some o' them > deegital pichers of it and > git the little sucker listed on eBay as quick as we > can." > > LUKE: "Sounds like a plan to me, Zeb. Can always use > that extree money these > thangs bring in. Need 'nother snort?" > > ZEB: "Yup." > > [With apologies to Arkansas Steve Arnold and other > Southerners likely to > take offense.] > > West Texas Jerry > > > ** > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
