I've seen a lot of bad fakes on eBay. 98% of the time, the giveaway is the color -- the fakes are usually that horrible Jolly Rancher apple-green. Often the striations are nonexistent or poorly formed as well. Maybe 10% of the sellers have what appears to be authentic Moldavite material. The others are selling fakes; I suspect a lot of the woo-ish sellers are merely reselling the fakes that were palmed off on them without verification.
The fakes are getting better, and "Leon's getting LARRRRGER!!!" Best! Tracy Latimer > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:15:01 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon? > > My buddy Justin at The-Vug just put out a new article on > Fakeminerals.com about a new type of fake moldavite that has been > recently spotted in China: > > http://www.fakeminerals.com/?p=146 > > I'm not sure if this is the material people are already familiar with, > or if it is indeed a new type, but it's impressive looking. > > - Yinan > ______________________________________________ > 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
