[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

[joseph_town at att.net]

Rob,

We all get burned once in a while. We don't eliminate fire or passion. Your students probably won't buy questionable junk since they are your students. Offer a little buyer beware advice. It may be crass but every collector has to deal with tantalizing choices and reason doesn't always will out no matter how well informed they are.

Everyone has to learn to think beyond the imca box eventually.

Bill

  
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From: Impactika at aol.com
> In a message dated 10/6/2006 5:42:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
> rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> My biggest concern (I'm sure I've said  this before) is
> that one of my students comes to me with a lump of
> pumice  or similar and says "I bought this meteorite
> off ebay". If I have to tell  them its not a meteorite
> because the "5 billionaires" or similar have  conned
> them. How am I going to feel, having got them
> interested?
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>  
> Have you ever looked at Ken Newton's page on Ebay?
>             
> _http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=magellon_ 
> (http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=magellon) 
> It is very informative, and very entertaining. And he keeps it up to date,  
> so you should look at it often. I happen to know that he is preparing to add to 
>  it.
>  
> And you will find more information about scams being brought to our  
> attention on the IMCA website, _www.IMCA.cc_ (http://www.IMCA.cc)  ,  click on 
> "Collecting".
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> 
> Nail them up, I say! Nail some sense into them!
> 
> I know the sellers  names of the guys I trust but I
> don't want to be advertising them but what  else could
> I do? (OK, I tell them anyone with an IMCA no. is OK)
> 
> In  difficulty
> 
> Rob  McC
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> 
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