[meteorite-list] Fake Buddha Statue

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:29:25 -0400
Message-ID: <CEF4C3F793234E328355B69077E2056C_at_DoriPC>

Steve, it's a Chinga.

Phil Whitmer
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From: "Steve Arnold" <meteorhntr at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:20 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fake Buddha Statue


> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/space-buddha-statue-fake-fraud_n_2015587.html?ncid=webmail8
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> Of course it is a fake. If it is a Nantan, it would have rusted away into
> a million flakes about 997 years ago it if it was really carved 1,000
> years old. Even if it wasn't a Nantan, I would guess it still would have
> rusted to an extreme state in less than 100 years time, unless it maybe
> was a very nickel rich ataxite.
>
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