Hello all!
One of the members of the french speaking meteorite forum (
http://meteorites.superforum.fr/forum ), conceived an instrument based
on the magnetic susceptibility of the meteorites that can easily
distinguish between an H and an L chondrite.
It only needs a flat surface of 15 mm of diameter to work. It can be a
"window" cut or some flat area of the crust (not uncommon, right?)
So, even fully crusted stones can be tested!
Nice, isn't it?
It can even tell apart or "pair" stones.
The great advantage is that it is a non-destructive test.
As the member of the forum has the pseudo Darkangel, his instrument is
likely to be called "Darkometer" :)
Darkangel and his "Darkometer" will be at the Ensishein fair, performing
tests to demonstrate the utility of such device.
Cheers!
Saludos!
Sanscelerien
On 08-05-2011 21:36, Michael Blood wrote:
Re Mifflin,
I Bought a hand full of small specimens on ebay
that were nothing more than hot rocks. It pissed me off,
but I figured the guy was a dumb ass rather that fraudulent
and just threw them away. It wasn't worth going through
PayPal procedures.
Someone said the Joe Kerchner issue should be solved
By a photo in situ next to a GPS unit. Well, that is not how
All hunters process finds. One should not be REQUIRED to
Purchase a GPS unit and digital camera to find meteorites.
AND it is unreasonable to expect
Someone to PROVE innocence. Prove guilt if that is your
Thing, but asking someone to prove they are innocent is
Not how we do things in the ol' U S of A.
Michael
On 5/8/11 9:06 AM, "Adam Hupe"<raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote:
When purchasing artifacts, I learned that the more lengthy a seller's
explanation is, the more likely you are dealing with a fraudster. When the
story is long-winded as is the case with this bogus Mifflin, I immediately
become cautious. It is rare for dealers of genuine artifacts to go into more
detail than is necessary. The truth is much easier to tell than a lie and
doesn't require senseless backup explanations. In this day and age, why would
anybody deal with somebody they have never met and send cash to a P.O. Box
without first receiving the product?
Nobody likes to cut completely crusted stones so it is difficult to asses what
lays under a fresh fusion crust. A magnet might help a little bit. It really
is
a matter of trust and it seems this trust is being violated frequently these
days when it comes to falls.
It is not fair to the people in the field spending hundreds of hours finding
legitimate stones to have some con artist purchase pieces for 1/100th the cost
and
then passing them off as a different fall. The meteorite fall market is so
thin, one
counterfeit can do widespread damage. Now some collectors will question the
authenticity of their Mifflin pieces and other recent falls unless they know
the
exact circumstances of where the meteorite was found and by whom.
It is too bad a few Filthy, Greedy, Con-Artists have infiltrated this
semi-exclusive market which is based on trust!
The buck stops with the person that initially brought these phoneys to market.
Time to take out the trash!
Adam
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