[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

Dear Dirk;
Nothing against non IMCA members but it would point a few would-be 
buyers, nieve buyers in a different positive direction....Ah, never 
mind, anyone willing to spend more than a few hundred thousand on a rock 
would surely do their homework first.............wouldn't they?
I'd like to think.
Dave F.




drtanuki wrote:

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