[meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are they or aren't they?

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Mark,

Here is a link to some photos of the indochinites.

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/tektites/

Best regards,

MikeG

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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Mark Crawford <mark at meteorites.cc> wrote:

> From: Mark Crawford <mark at meteorites.cc>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites?  Are they or aren't they?
> To: michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 6:36 PM
> Michael Gilmer wrote:
> > I posted about some indochinites that I bought from a
> vendor in Hong Kong.  After doing some research on
> > the seller, I discovered that he had been red-flagged
> in the past for selling fake moldavite. Well, they arrived.
> And they are real.    
> I don't want to sound over-cynical here, but you sound
> like you're saying you bought material from a
> known-faker, but you're now happy that what you bought
> was genuine.
> 
> Surely either the known-faker statement is inaccurate, or
> the now-known-genuine claim is at best dubious?
> 
> ?
> 
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