[meteorite-list] Need a little help with suspected meteorwrong.....
From: Mark Miconi <mam602_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:39 2004 Message-ID: <006801c194dd$10386860$04f20541_at_fwlr1.az.home.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C194A2.637C7C40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A while back someone posted an alert about a guy in Texas selling a = meteorwrong. Well I contacted the seller as he was told that it was a = chondrite by a freiend of his and he was using the term all wrong. He replied and thanked me for the info and the website I sent him = to(Walters site I believe) as he realized he might not have real = meteorites. He said in his auction and again in his email to me that he = found these samples in an old creek bottom in Texas. WELL today one of the samples showed up in my mailbox. It looks like a = piece of rusted iron, however it is NOT magnetic in the least. It is = very heavy, but even to my eyes there is no way this is the real thing.=20 I am looking for someone on the list that I can send this thing to for a = more accurate assessment of what it might be. It is definitely not a = meteorite, at least to me. But I would like to be nice enough to at = least send this guy some idea of what it really is. I will cover the postage to and from whomever, I have a digital camera = and can send pictures, and would wish to return as much of the sample = back to this guy. Seeing how I do not know this guy from Adam, I am not = about to shell out any real funds to pay to have it tested, I figure = there are enough of you with enough knowledge to ID this piece without = it having to cost any of us to do so. I did what we have all been talking about doing with sellers on Ebay = with meteorwrongs...I sent him a nice letter, politely told him that it = was possible the identification was wrong, sent him to one of the many = websites offered by you all and HE DID PULL HIS AUCTIONS. He did = surprise me with the sample though, I did not believe he would ever send = it though he did mention he might, he did not seem to mean it at the = time. So who can help me out? I thank everyone in advance and hope we can at = least educate one seller, it is a first step...we will never get = everyone of the meterowrong sellers to do what this guy did, but I would = like to at least offer him some info. Thanks again and Bright Blessings to all... Mark M. ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C194A2.637C7C40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A while back someone posted an alert = about a guy in=20 Texas selling a meteorwrong. Well I contacted the seller as he was told = that it=20 was a chondrite by a freiend of his and he was using the term all=20 wrong.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>He replied and thanked me for the info = and the=20 website I sent him to(Walters site I believe) as he realized he might = not have=20 real meteorites. He said in his auction and again in his email to me = that he=20 found these samples in an old creek bottom in Texas.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>WELL today one of the samples showed up = in my=20 mailbox. It looks like a piece of rusted iron, however it is NOT = magnetic in the=20 least. It is very heavy, but even to my eyes there is no way this is the = real=20 thing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am looking for someone on the list = that I can=20 send this thing to for a more accurate assessment of what it might be. = It is=20 definitely not a meteorite, at least to me. But I would like to be nice = enough=20 to at least send this guy some idea of what it really is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I will cover the postage to and from = whomever, I=20 have a digital camera and can send pictures, and would wish to return as = much of=20 the sample back to this guy. Seeing how I do not know this guy from = Adam, I am=20 not about to shell out any real funds to pay to have it tested, I figure = there=20 are enough of you with enough knowledge to ID this piece without it = having to=20 cost any of us to do so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I did what we have all been talking = about doing=20 with sellers on Ebay with meteorwrongs...I sent him a nice letter, = politely told=20 him that it was possible the identification was wrong, sent him to one = of the=20 many websites offered by you all and HE DID PULL HIS AUCTIONS. He did = surprise=20 me with the sample though, I did not believe he would ever send it = though he did=20 mention he might, he did not seem to mean it at the time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So who can help me out? I thank = everyone in advance=20 and hope we can at least educate one seller, it is a first step...we = will never=20 get everyone of the meterowrong sellers to do what this guy did, but I = would=20 like to at least offer him some info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks again and Bright Blessings to=20 all...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark M.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C194A2.637C7C40-- Received on Fri 04 Jan 2002 12:02:51 AM PST |
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