[meteorite-list] What do you think of that?

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:04 2004
Message-ID: <001401c3df9d$c6d2a920$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Wow, I am speechless.
You go Matteo. Long live Italy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
To: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What do you think of that?


> The same I task of meteorites found in America, for me
> is all imported from the desert and strangely found in
> USA deserts, and strangely I am not the only one to
> think them but also persons of some laboratories....
> that strange eh? However I will report several to the
> European dealers - all serious ones to 100% at the
> moment, while for the moment the only problems that I
> have had have been alone with
> Americans - about what some personages think about
> they.
>
>
> Matteo
>
>
> --- David Freeman <dfreeman_at_fascination.com> wrote:
> > Half the meteorites I see posted from European
> > amatures are fraudulent.
> > I SUSPECT ALL with low credentials. Even here in the
> > United States.
> > Unless they are found by Marines... ;-)
> > Dave Freeman
> >
> > M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
> >
> > >why....is not possible find a iron meteorite in
> > Spain?
> > >Or is type the question italian meteorites,
> > impossible
> > >to find? If this is a Sikhote alin well, for me the
> > >Taza is all sikhote's find in desert see is many
> > many
> > >similar, or Etter for me is a NWA put in
> > USA....hard
> > >give a confirm....
> > >
> > >Matteo
> > >
> > >--- "Jerry A. Wallace" <jwal2000_at_swbell.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems wrote:
> > >>
> >
>
>http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2219315732&category=3239
> > >
> >
>
><http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2219315732&category=3239
>
> > >
> > >>>Kind regards,
> > >>>
> > >>>*Bernhard "/Rendelius"/ Rems*
> > >>>
> > >>Well, Bernhard, I had the same initial reaction to
> > >>the pictures that
> > >>Dave F. did; it sure
> > >>looked like some Sikhote Alin schrapnel.
> > >>
> > >>But aside from that, judging from their eBay ad
> > text
> > >>description, it
> > >>appears that there
> > >>are none of the standard descriptors nor expected
> > >>phrases present in the
> > >>ad that would
> > >>lend credibility to their claim of having found a
> > >>meteorite, with one
> > >>exception which I
> > >>will expand on below.
> > >>
> > >>Some descriptors and/or phrases that should be
> > >>present in an ad that
> > >>would help ensure
> > >>authenticity are:
> > >>
> > >>* ... burned down the barn, the store, the
> > outhouse,
> > >>etc.
> > >>
> > >>* ... frightened- Mama, the horse, the goat, the
> > >>pig, etc.
> > >>
> > >>* ... killed the cow, the dog, the mailman, etc.
> > >>
> > >>* ... too hot to touch for three days.
> > >>
> > >>* ... set the field, the woods, Charlie, etc., on
> > >>fire.
> > >>
> > >>* ... glowed real bright green, red, blue, etc.,
> > all
> > >>night.
> > >>
> > >>* ... melted the shovel, pick, car, cat, etc.
> > >>
> > >>* ... picked that little sucker up out of the
> > bottom
> > >>of the ten foot
> > >>deep crater that it made.
> > >>
> > >>There are, of course, any number of other
> > >>descriptor/phrases that lend
> > >>virtually
> > >>infallible authenticity to what would otherwise be
> > >>'questionable
> > >>meteorites'. But
> > >>the ones above will give a good start to novices
> > >>unfamiliar with what to
> > >>look for
> > >>in the eBay ads.
> > >>
> > >>The one item in the eBay ad description that had a
> > >>ring of truth to it
> > >>was the
> > >>mention that it was found only twenty minutes
> > after
> > >>falling.
> > >>
> > >>I can easily imagine the following scenario
> > (you'll
> > >>have to excuse me
> > >>for not
> > >>illustrating this with people from the towns of
> > >>Palencia and León in
> > >>Spain; I
> > >>have to go with what I'm familiar with):
> > >>
> > >><Zeb and Luke are rocking on the front porch of
> > >>their shack high in the
> > >>Ozark
> > >>mountains, in the cool of the evening, imbibing
> > >>their nightly refreshment.
> > >>NOTE: Setting not important- same thing can and
> > does
> > >>happen anywhere in
> > >>the world.>
> > >>
> > >>ZEB: "Looky thar, Luke, a shootin' star!"
> > >>
> > >>LUKE: "Yep. Shore nuff, Zeb, 'nother one o' them
> > >>rascals."
> > >>
> > >>ZEB: "Looks like it landed jes' over that hill
> > >>yonder. Let's go git that
> > >>sucker."
> > >>
> > >>LUKE: "Alrighty. I'll jes' grab the jug to take
> > >>along. Nice night fer a
> > >>stroll ennyhow"
> > >>
> > >><Down the road and behind the hill twenty minutes
> > >>later.>
> > >>
> > >>ZEB: "Yep. Thar she lies, Luke. Rat thar in the
> > >>smack dab middle o' the
> > >>trail."
> > >>
> > >>LUKE: "Wal, whatcha wanna do with this one, Zeb?"
> > >>
> > >>ZEB: "Wal, I reckin we can do what we done with
> > all
> > >>them others, Luke.
> > >>Let's
> > >>take 'er back to the shack, take some o' them
> > >>deegital pichers of it and
> > >>git the little sucker listed on eBay as quick as
> > we
> > >>can."
> > >>
> > >>LUKE: "Sounds like a plan to me, Zeb. Can always
> > use
> > >>that extree money these
> > >>thangs bring in. Need 'nother snort?"
> > >>
> > >>ZEB: "Yup."
> > >>
> > >>[With apologies to Arkansas Steve Arnold and other
> > >>Southerners likely to
> > >>take offense.]
> > >>
> > >>West Texas Jerry
> > >>
> > >>>**
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
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