[meteorite-list] [meteorite_sale] Iron Meteorite for sale

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 17:36:56 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890705031736w56b04575t207c509b3090e640_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Bob, Lists,
Beware of a seller calling himself Bob Frankline, who is attempting to
pass off a Chinga (currently on the Labenne webside, weight 499g) as a
Mauritanian/NWA iron of any weight (he stated that it weighed 1091g).

I did some sleuthing; the picture that was sent to me sure looked like
a Chinga, so I searched for Chinga meteorites on google and the third
hit was, well, it showed me the very same picture that I'd been sent
of his "1091g Mauritanian meteorite."

See here for the picture that he sent to me:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/JUtas/wals.jpg

and here for the Labennes' site and the identical image:

http://www.meteorites.tv/index.html?lang=en-us&target=d428.html

The seller stated that it had been "analysed in polytechnique de Vincent
Bordeaux,in France when [he] was on transit to Cameroon from Mauritania."
I tend to be trusting with such things, but this was an odd story, so
I asked for more pictures/information, etc.

He said that he would prefer to leave it uncut, but that it had aready
been analysed with the following results:

Chemically it contains 26.7%Ni,76%martensite and 24%taesite,0.072ppm Ge
0.177ppm Ga and finally it is 11.7ppm Ir.

Load of crap, as you can see, both the data and the fact that it was
analysed without being cut.

So...beware of a 'Bob Frankline' or old material being passed off as a
'new NWA iron.' If the story's suspicious, or the irons doesn't look
like a desert iron, just me mindful...

Regards,
Jason


On 5/2/07, frankline bob <bobfrank2005 at gmail.com > wrote:
> Hello Janson,
> I would not want to temper with this whole fragment.
> I want to sell it in it's natural form.
> This meteorite was analysed in polytechnique de Vincent
> Bordeaux,in France when i was on transit to Cameroon from Mauritania.
> Thanks.
> Frankline.
>
>
>
> On 5/1/07, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > Hello Again Bob,
> > Could you please send a picture of the cut surface? Doesn't have to show the micro-etch - I know that would be hard to capture, but just something to give a rough idea.
> > Also, could you please send a little more on the history - such as where you had it analysed, etc?
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/1/07, frankline bob <bobfrank2005 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Janson,
> > > See picture attached.
> > > Structurally it's microsrstucture is plessite-like,It
> > > lacks the troilite crystals and very smooth.
> > > It is highly attracted to a magnet also.
> > > Chemically it contains 26.7%Ni,76%martensite and 24%taesite,0.072ppm Ge
> > > 0.177ppm Ga and finally it is 11.7ppm Ir.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/30/07, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello Bob,
> > > > Pictures would be much appreciated - do you have any more information on it as well?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jason
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/24/07, bob_frank2005 <bob_frank2005 at yahoo.co.uk > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I'm Bob Frankline an American resident presently on a volunteer mission
> > > > > at the Shisong Catholic Hospital(NW) of Cameroon.I have an iron
> > > > > (ataxite) meteorite,very rich in Nikel(Ni) and weighs 1091gms.It was
> > > > > found in 1997 in Mauritania and i happened to have bought it while i
> > > > > was in that Country.It is very nice looking.I'm offering it at a
> > > > > reasonable price of $800.If you're interested please do get contact
> > > > > with me.contact me at bobfrank2005 at gmail.com for photo.
> > > > > Thanks Frankline
> > > > >
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Received on Thu 03 May 2007 08:36:56 PM PDT