[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

[drtanuki]

Ken and List,
  Great photo Ken! This is just the tip of the
iceberg.  The dangerous thing I see happening is
foreign buyers buying the stuff in Thailand and
elsewhere and taking it back to their countries to
sell.  Yes, I have seen several foreign buyers buying
it in Thailand.  Best, Dirk...Tokyo

--- ken newton <magellon at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Adam and All,
> I have had many email discussions with with these
> clowns. They know 
> exactly what they are doing.
> I prefer this photo:
>
http://home.earthlink.net/~wrongs/images/5_billionaires.jpg
> Best,
> Ken Newton
> #9632
>  
> 
> Adam Hupe wrote:
> 
> > The 5-billionaires group are a bunch con artists
> and idiots.
> >
> > Look at their latest "Duck Chondrule" offering,
> this is definitely one 
> > for the books:
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/Duck-chondrule-155g-8-Slice-STONY-METEORITE-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ230036197978QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> 
> >
> >
> > I don't think they have ever sold a real
> meteorite.  They know they 
> > are selling garbage and are trying to rip-off the
> public. Just look 
> > how hard they try to convince their audience that
> these are real 
> > meteorites.  They run a magnet with a sticky
> substance on it all over 
> > a supposed Nantan in one auction.  If this were a
> real iron meteorite, 
> > the magnet would jump out of there hands. In
> another auction, they 
> > zoom in on light colored objects claiming they are
> chondrules.
> >
> > This reminds me of the Shirokovsky pallasite
> webpage images complete 
> > with divers and a poor story where every stone
> weighed exactly 50 
> > kilograms, the size of a crucible. I remember you
> could not make out 
> > any the faces of the hunters on this web presence,
> I wonder why? This 
> > new group is brash enough to think that meteorite
> collectors are 
> > stupid enough to jump all over a $28,000.00 Earth
> rock.  Billionaires, 
> > give me a break, they should call themselves
> penny-aires because that 
> > is what a lot of their items are selling for
> except for one 
> > unsuspecting person who paid several hundred for a
> fake meteorite.
> >
> > I would love to run into this group in Tucson. I
> would buy them a 
> > round of Denver Death Cookies and extract a
> confession from them. By 
> > the way, I owe some Margaritas on a lost wager
> that I will make good 
> > on at the next show.
> >
> > Take Care,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
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