[meteorite-list] Carancas Availability

2007-11-05 Thread Don Merchant
Can someone explain something here. How much of Carancas is available to collectors? I would assume that since it's fall in mid September (almost 2 months now) that there would be more availability in acquiring this meteorite. I see several on EBay but I am leery when reading auctions that

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas Availability

2007-11-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:02:17 -0500, you wrote: I see several on EBay but I am leery when reading auctions that state no guarantee the material is guaranteed to be of meteorite material as they were collected by towns people and then sold to some EBay sellers. Just look at the photos-- it is a

[meteorite-list] Carancas Availability

2007-11-05 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List. Just wanted to thank all that responded with their kind emails related to my question. I thank all of you. Sincerely Don Merchant IMCA #0960 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas Availability

2007-11-05 Thread Michael Farmer
Don, have you somehow missed the 1000 or so emails abotu Carancas since the fall? I came home with 300 grams, of which 100 grams was dust. There is not much to go around, we are now firming up the total material collected to be in the 10 kilogram range, including some kilos of dust! That does not