[meteorite-list] Is Shirokovsky a meteorite?

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:46 2004
Message-ID: <3ED657C6.6020809_at_dlc.fi>

Well, I have a quite strong feeling, we have the first man-made
pallasite in Shirokovsky...;-

Just a quess, but anyway, I have some quite unbeliveble pieces
in minerals, made in Russia in good old times...

If so, this piece could be called a "pallasite", but the story about
frozen lakes and divers should be removed from the description.

I have been tried to find these "trough ice" -cases, and this far
Bjurbole is the only known one. So the whole case sounds a bit
oddy to me.

Anyway, listing the item "as is" with the story with no evidence
is not a very correct way. Perhaps a "synthetic pallasite"...?

take care,

pekka

Sharkkb8_at_aol.com wrote:

>
>
>> The seller is IMCA member #8645. In an earlier auction of this material
>> he was informed that the jury was still out on this material. The
>> description states that it IS a pallasite classified by the Vernadsky
>> Institute of Moscow. At the same time he states it is being sold "as
>> is".
>
>
>
> A number of meteoritical scientists at the very top of the
> classification food-chain have stated (unofficially, not yet
> published) that their analyses establish that Shirokovsky is NOT a
> meteorite, and to my knowledge a number of dealers have been making
> refunds. The Meteoritical Society has not issued a final report to
> make it absolutely official and close the case, but it seems to be
> only a question of time. This seller is going to have to refund this
> piece anyway, so I would think that the IMCA would be well within its
> rights to insist (or at least strongly advise) that the seller add a
> sentence or two to his auction text (there's still plenty of time),
> essentially saying what I just did. It technically is not deemed a
> meteorwrong but apparently it will be soon enough, and surely the
> seller would want to see the big picture and be forthright here, if
> for no other reason than to be able to maintain credibility in the
> future.
>
> Gregory

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