[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

From: Ken Newton <magellon.ken_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:53:30 -0400
Message-ID: <c626e3e81003261053u5fb9e676h6c037aa016f73de9_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Paul and all,
Oddly enough I do keep copies of many of the U.S. wrong auctions going
back about
7 or 8 years. Notable sellers of current suspect meteorites are listed here:
http://meteorite-identification.com/updates.html

Although many claim to have found their wrong in a 'crater', this is
the largest and best photo of an eBay craterwrong.

BTW, I would like to talk to the buyer If anyone knows who won this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310205380871

Best wishes,
ken

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Paul H. <oxytropidoceras at cox.net> wrote:
> In http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-March/062531.html ,
> Murray Paulson wrote:
>
> ?Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the
> "meteorite" looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old??
>
> The picture is at:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=180483766353
>
> The ?rim? of this hole is too high and complete to be a tree throw.
> Given that this hole is found in Nevada, I would hypothesize that it
> is a historic or modern prospect pit dug by someone looking for
> minable mineral deposits. These pits can be found all over Nevada,
> California, the western United States.
>
> The rock looks like a chunk of hematite that has replaced some
> sort of deeply weathered rock.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=180483766353
>
> Someone should archive this bEay page and figures and add them
> their collection of meteorwrongs and craterwrongs. The eBay page is:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Meteorite-Rare-Find_W0QQitemZ180483766353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a05abb851
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul
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Received on Fri 26 Mar 2010 01:53:30 PM PDT