[meteorite-list] Mexican Meteor Wrong in Wichita

[MARK BOSTICK]

Hello Pat,

I am limited on what I can say on a public list, and you made this go to two 
that are archived on yahoo. This is because I do not want to break any ebay 
rules.  I feel it is a meteor wrong.  I have seem a lot of meteor wrongs on 
ebay and there will be more.  I am not risking getting kicked off ebay for 
what I think is likely a meteor wrong.  I do not believe in policing 
possible meteor wrongs on ebay, which is different then investigating a 
possible one a few miles from me and sharing my thoughts.  So I can't give 
really give my complete thoughts in this manner.

The finder was well aware and had no problem with me reporting on it as I 
did and thought it a good thing.  In fact, I mentioned to the seller that I 
bet I will make more people think it is with my report and I think that is 
the case.  He replied by offering me a little money if it went high...and I 
turned it down.  If it was not for the location, you would have never seen 
an e-mail from me on it. I feel I have done what I can right now.

I also have spent most of my non-sleeping time the last two days with this 
and am getting to the point that I must move on.  I can answer questions off 
the list but not something that would take an hour or more like sharing all 
my thoughts and experience with this specimen.  Also if you have more then 
one or two questions....I likely can not be of help.  If you are serious in 
bidding on it then ask for my phone number.  The latter goes to anyone.  
Well okay, I may not give all of you my phone number but you should know who 
you are in that case.

I will add a couple more comments, and then hope that most you agree I have 
done my public duties.  As a Kansas Meteorite Society member, as an IMCA 
member and as a local collector.  And again I have not fully declared it a 
meteor wrong or meteorite, I feel I lack the information to do either.  You 
simply can not classify a meteorite or all meteor wrongs without cutting a 
piece off.  Or at least I can't.

The most experienced person I have heard an opinion from....this person set 
up at the first Tucson show and just retired....thinks it is slag.  I have 
no experience with slag as Kansas does not have steel mills and I have not 
gotten one a meteor wrong before, so I my mind never went there.  That seems 
to make more sense to me at this moment.  It explains the like triolite 
inclusions to me.

If you are thinking......it looks like a Sikhote...ask yourself...how many 
other irons look like Sikhote-Alin?  Understand Sikhote was a 100+ ton fall, 
with thousand of thousands of meteorites from it.  The physics, in my 
opinion is different.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com