Hi Mark, After discussion with several list members, I agreed that the motivation to offer fake moldavite is much different than fake indochinites. Given that either could be faked with about the same effort, why would anyone manufacture a fake indochinite that sells cheaply to start with? If I was buying perfect australite buttons, I'd be alot more weary.
When I received these, I examined them closely using every method at my limited disposal - using criteria I learned on a few websites pointed out to me by list members. I'm confident it's the real thing because I have a real one I bought from a trusted source and it's identical in character. If you want, I can mail you one of the ones I got from the Hong Kong moldavite faker. I'd be interested to hear another opinion on it besides my own. Contact me offlist if you want a piece of it. FWIW, I won't be purchasing any more tektites from this particular vendor - because of the moldavite issue, which I was unaware of at the time of the original purchase. Best regards, MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Mark Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mark Crawford <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are they or aren't they? > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 6:36 PM > Michael Gilmer wrote: > > I posted about some indochinites that I bought from a > vendor in Hong Kong. After doing some research on > > the seller, I discovered that he had been red-flagged > in the past for selling fake moldavite. Well, they arrived. > And they are real. > I don't want to sound over-cynical here, but you sound > like you're saying you bought material from a > known-faker, but you're now happy that what you bought > was genuine. > > Surely either the known-faker statement is inaccurate, or > the now-known-genuine claim is at best dubious? > > ? > > -- Mark's Meteorite Pages: http://meteorites.cc ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
