Adam said - "...It *smelt* like fraud from the beginning to me..."
Was that pun intended or not? :) I have a slice of Shirokovsky and it's an odd looking material. But I bought mine long after the intial controversy and I knew I was getting a weird palla-wrong. So, do we know that some person or persons created it specifically to imitate a pallasite? Or, was it created by some fluke and then some keen scammer saw it and the rest is history? 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, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- ______________________________________________ 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
