[meteorite-list] Quick hello and thoughts on Shirokovsky

[meteoriteshow]

Hi Adam and All,

I agree with those remarks and would just add that it was still for sale during the last Sainte Marie aux Mines show in France with a great marketing presentation including PowerPoint slides and videos shown on a laptop to visitors. And I know some people who got cheated again this year, as they were not aware about the real story...

Kind regards

Frédéric Beroud
www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA #2491
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:45 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Quick hello and thoughts on Shirokovsky


> Hi List,
> 
> Just a quick note to say hello.  I am starting to get caught up on emails
> and am now receiving List postings.  Some really interesting topics have
> been posted lately, including the Shirokovsky objects.
> 
> My feelings have not changed regarding this pseudometeorite.  It looks man
> made to me and the way it was presented to the public leaves me suspicious.
> Some things that bother me are:
> 
> * Slices were sold without any external surfaces
> * Mass cut, prepared and labeled like inventory you would find in a hardware
> store,
>    not the way typical meteorite dealers do business.  As far as I know, not
> a single
>    complete stone, end-cut or complete slice was ever offered.  Why is this?
> * A website was created immediately with images trying too hard to sell the
> story.  It
>    looked like a well thought out marketing campaign to me not something
> that naturally
>    unfolded.
> * Was sold with fake scientific documentation when first announced.
> * Most faces are obscured in expedition photos, again not natural.
> * Was continued to be sold as a meteorite even after being discredited.
> * The nickel content is too high to show crystallization patterns.
> * People nobody ever heard of were involved in its distribution.
> * ...and a lot more troubling thoughts.
> 
> These circumstances lead me to believe there is a lot more to the story.
> Maybe I am too suspicious but this one just doesn't feel right to me.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Adam Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> Team LunarRock
> IMCA 2185
> 
> 
> 
> 
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