[meteorite-list] Re: Eagle Butte Iron Meteorite Item # 1066468831 (fwd)

From: Tracy Latimer <tracyl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:25 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.1020306103909.22354B-100000_at_netra.lib.state.hi.us>

This is the text of an email message I sent to the Crawfords, the people
who are selling the Eagle Butte meteorites. We'll see what their response
might be.

Tracy Latimer

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 20:26:55 +0000
To: ktac_at_telusplanet.net
Subject: Re: Eagle Butte Iron Meteorite Item # 1066468831


I just got the Eagle Butte sample last week, thanks to the vagaries of
mailing across international borders. Unfortunately, to my eye, it seems
you may have been fooled in your collecting by industrial slag, as the piece
you sent me does not resemble any of my other iron meteorites, but it DOES
resemble a slag meteorwrong I picked up in Ohio. I have also heard from
people with whom I correspond on a meteorite newsgroup; several of them have
also bought these meteorites and feel their identity is questionable.

I cannot comfortably post feedback without being sure of what I have bought,
so I am sending the sample to Dr. Carleton Moore at the Center for Meteorite
Studies at Arizona State University for analysis. Upon his confirmation, I
will happily post positive feedback. If the sample should turn out NOT to
be a meteorite, I will forego any negative comment should you choose to
offer a refund to anyone who has bought an "Eagle Butte Meteorite" from you
in error. I am sorry to have to be so cautious, but there seems to be brisk
trade in rocks of mistaken identity.

Sincerely,
Tracy Latimer




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Received on Wed 06 Mar 2002 03:42:13 PM PST