[meteorite-list] new Utah fall?

Linton Rohr lintonius at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 16 01:27:10 EDT 2009


Greetings listees,
I have purchased some land in Utah, and am making plans to move there, and 
therefore have developed an interest in obtaining some Utah meteorites. (As 
good an excuse as any, right?) There are 19 meteorites listed in the 
Bulletin, only 6 of which have TKW's exceeding 1kg. I received search 
results from E-Bay today fitting that description, but I am highly skeptical 
of the ad. Check it out:
http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbay&gbh=1
First of all, the account of the fall sounds a bit dubious in spots. And no 
photos are available, due to "camera problems". The recovered specimen had a 
glow the size of a golf ball, but is only described as being 9mm. Is that 
the longest dimension? No weight given. The other, unrecovered one, appeared 
to be the size of a basketball. And he'll lead us right to the search area. 
All this for only $1600. Small unphotographed specimen of undisclosed weight 
included. ;^) Any takers? By the way, I inquired, seeking more info and 
evidence, but have had no reply at this point.
I've only been collecting 2 or 3 years, but I haven't seen an ad quite like 
this until now. Any thoughts from those of you more experienced?
Thank you for your input.
Linton Rohr 




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