How about a specific gravity test?
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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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
Thanks Yinan for the heads-up. I frequent the Vug, but haven't been
there in a while and missed this article. :)
Yes, that is an impressive forgery. If they can fake such a large
piece, then they can also fake a much smaller piece. Their greed and
ambition betray them, because such large
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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
on them without verification.
The fakes are getting better, and Leon's getting LAGER!!!
Best!
Tracy Latimer
From: veom...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:15:01 -0500
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon?
My buddy
MikeG, list,
As a man who has earned much of his living in the art and collectible resale
business.
This is actually much worse news than people may realize.
If these things are actually made of real glass then the testing of them for
H2O will be difficult because all of the water was removed
that were palmed off on them without verification.
The fakes are getting better, and Leon's getting LAGER!!!
Best!
Tracy Latimer
From: veom...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:15:01 -0500
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon
Thank you Yinan,
However this is not new.
Several years ago (4-5-6 years???) one of my customers had the occasion to
go to Hong Kong. While there he saw moldavites being sold in many shops,
of course they were the apple-green type, and very very cheap, so he bought a
couple of them for me,
My buddy Justin has been doing fakeminerals for a while. He might be open to a
fakemeteorites and fakefossils site but those are not his areas of expertise.
If people are willing to help with content, I can talk to him about doing a
fakemeteorites site/blog.
- yinan
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On
Reported this 2 or 3 years ago from Tokyo show, lots of large flawless green
moldavites selling mounted in jewelry very cheap compared to what real ones of
that size would cost.
Just molten glass.
That is why i prefer meteorites.
Michael Farmer
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On Aug 1, 2011, at 1:10 PM,
Unless these guys have gone to a lot of work making a special glass,
I would think the fakes could be easily be distinguished from the
real things by composition. Moldavites have less than 1% sodium as
Na2O whereas green bottle glass has 13-14%. Similarly, green bottle
glass (soda-lime
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Sent: Mon, August 1, 2011 2:04:13 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon?
Thanks Yinan for the heads-up. I frequent the Vug, but haven't been
there in a while and missed this article. :)
Yes, that is an impressive forgery. If they can fake
Doug
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From: Randy Korotev koro...@wustl.edu
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Sent: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 4:41 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon?
Unless these guys have gone to a lot of work making a special glass, I
would think
the source (or a known reliable
dealer/collector).
Regards, Aubrey
www.tektites.co.uk
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:15:01 -0500
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Subject: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite
coming soon?
My buddy Justin at The-Vug just put
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