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Re: Odd meteorite on Ebay-Earlier post

 
>  I guess you could still email the seller your opinion 
>  of his meteorite (as I have done).

Yeah, I think that's the right course of action anyway.   While we're all
very sensitive to the selling of fake stuff, technically the item still 
hasn't been
analyzed as being a meteor-wrong (which it will undoubtedly turn out to 
be).  Until it is conclusively judged to be fake, the seller is probably 
mostly
only guilty of ignorance, poor-or-no research, and believing too quickly 
in the fact that it does bear a vague resemblance to a meteorite, at least 
from
a layman's point of view.  I suspect that this guy has already gotten an 
earful from 
many of us, and has very quickly learned an ENORMOUS amount about 
fake-and-real
meteorites from our little community in the last few days, in much the same 
way that a 
young child quickly learns an enormous amount about cats by trying to carry 
one home by its tail.  If, however, this guy CONTINUES to try to sell these 
things 
under false pretenses, THEN the gloves should come off.   Just my $0.02.
Gregory

 

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