Dear List Members, I noticed a lot of recent traffic to my email from people who think they have a real meteorite. They know it is real because it looks just like the piece they saw on a web-site or TV. They are contacting me through eBay which I find objectionable. I just say, "that is great, you need to go find a credible source to confirm it and then we can talk and please do not use eBay for non-business related inquiries."
I no longer offer to help as these leads never pan out and the finder doesn't want to believe what you tell them anyway. They think their ordinary rock or slag is worth millions and their ticket out of a bad economy. There is a serious increase in such inquiries and I find them to be a complete waste of time so I no longer provide references to credible laboratories. I find it best to ignore such inquiries as there is no way to win in such circumstances. You will always be the bad guy or gal when you tell them it is not a meteorite. Best Regards, Adam ----- Original Message ---- From: Spaceguard <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 4:59:13 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] A query I received the following today. Does anyone have any ideas, or can anyone help Mr Bartley? Jay Tate The Spaceguard Centre http://www.spaceguarduk.com "hi, I found your site and believe the work you are doing is extremely important. There was an impacts site in my area of Alabama , USA. I have , on several occasions, tried to contact the professor at Auburn University that investigated the impact site to verify a few potential meteorites with out success. The department head took a quick look at a few samples that I had taken to Auburn for review. He stated he was extremely sure they were real. As a novas, I tried to cut one to see what it was made of. After wearing out several hack saw blades, I obtained a diamond saw wheel and was able to cut into the sample. To my surprise there was a pocket of compressed air inside. Really wished it had been inside a vacuum chamber. By chance to you have any contacts in the US that may be willing to review some of the samples to see if there could be any value to science. Keep looking for potential NEOs. Richard W. W. Bartley, Sr 132 Bartley Lane Grady, Al 36036 334-546-9734" ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
