[meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

[Matt Morgan]

Agreed Mike, you do take your chances on buying ANY meteorite. It aint 
like buying coins.
All I was trying to get at is you can't make blanket statements that 
this one doesn't rust, but that one does. It depends on where the piece 
came from and the preparation. I've spent 20-25/g on Imilac to have it 
rust in 6 mos because it wasn't prepared correctly.
Matt

meteoritehunter at comcast.net wrote:

>Then like Brenham or Brahin, "you pays your money and you takes your chances"?  Brenham and Brahin cost like 90% less than Fukang, so paying $1 or $2 gram and losing it is not like spending $20 or $25 gram on Fukang and not having a clue where your piece came from. How is a buyer going to know if it came from the center or the upper left quarter 4 centimers from the crust/rust surface? They wont know, until either it stays fine or rusts into nothing, worth nothing. 
>Mike
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>From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com>
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>>Or on the other hand, it can be completely stable. I have had 4 slices 
>>now for a few months that show no signs of rusting whatsoever. These 
>>were taken from an external chunk on the top of the mass. So just like 
>>Brenham, it depends where the piece came from and how it was finished.
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>>I have an Imilac slice right now that was rusting until I refinished it 
>>and stabilized it (purchased from a very well known dealer I may add). 
>>So no pallasites are free of rusting; they can't be in our oxidizing 
>>environment.
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>>Matt Morgan
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>>meteoritehunter at comcast.net wrote:
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>>>That tells me that it is a dangerous, unstable meteorite not worth buying and 
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>>spending thousands of $$$ to take the risk of it melting into a pile of nearly 
>>worthless olivine crystals. I will take Esquel, Seymchan, or Imilac any day, 
>>with no risk involved.
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>>>Mike Farmer
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>>>>Hello Mike
>>>>       Fukang has beautiful crystals of olivine and it looked very nice a 
>>>>few months ago .
>>>>Now it has rusted so I see no fresh metal . Maybe the interior is better but 
>>>>in Minnesota .
>>>>Nantan falls to dust in 6 months to a year here .
>>>>If I were to get a piece again I would keep it in a vacum sealed container 
>>>>.
>>>>   May your day do well Ken Regelman
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>>>>From: <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
>>>>To: "AstronomicalResearchNetwork" <AstronomicalResearchNetwork at comcast.net>; 
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>>>>Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:14 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite
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>>>>>Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specimen is very nice, and then you 
>>>>>say you are watching it rust everywhere. Those two statements are not 
>>>>>compatible. Either it is nice, or it is a rusting piece of crap. 
>>>>>Meteorites that rust on me are never considered nice.
>>>>>Mike Farmer
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>>>>>>The Fukang meteorite is a wonderful specimen as I have said .
>>>>>>I have had a specimen for some time and I live in Minnesota .
>>>>>>One of the worst climates for iron meteorites and I
>>>>>>have been watching my specimen Rust for the last 3 months.
>>>>>>It was not prepared in any way just hacked off by the original
>>>>>>owner of the Fukang meteorite . Just a thought when purchasing
>>>>>>specimens .
>>>>>>Ken Regelman
>>>>>>Astronomical Research Network
>>>>>>http://www.meteorites4sale.net/
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