It is obvious that Shirokovsky was faked (man-made) in order to defraud the collecting community. The weight and dimensions were perfect for being created in a crucible. I remember when they announced it and everybody's faces inn posted images were obscured by frogman suits or they were looking the other way.
I never touched any of this stuff. It smelt like fraud from the beginning to me. The first pieces even had bar-coded labels on them, ready for distribution. I wonder if anything happened to these scam artists? Adam ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Gilmer <[email protected]> To: GREG LINDH <[email protected]> Cc: meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, April 26, 2011 12:32:49 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Real or not real. Hi Greg, I can think of two examples of mysterious specimens. One is Shirokovsky and the other is Mendota. Scientists are certain that both are not meteoritic, but yet, nobody can explain how either one was created. Such stones fall under the category of "We know what it isn't..." versus "we know what it is..." Best regards, MikeG --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 4/26/11, GREG LINDH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To all, > > Are there any stones that have been found that are unable to be > definitively identified as a meteorite? In other words, are there stones > (metal or stony) that the meteorite experts of the world examine closely, > and then just say, "We just don't know"? > > > Greg L. > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
