[meteorite-list] Illegal Buzzard Coulee on eBay?

[tett]

Darren,

It looks legit to me.  Being that the guy is from Lloydminster, which is 
just around the corner from the strewn field, he could have very easily 
acquired it.

And is is not illegal unless he tries to sell it out side of Canada 
without an export permit.  That said, he does state that he will ship to 
the US and the UK and I doubt that he has an export permit in hand.

Cheers!

Mike Tettenborn

Darren Garrison wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:03:52 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> 
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170302418033
>>
>> Is it bogus?  Is it Buzzard Coulee?
>>
> 
> As best as I can tweak the horrible photo, it does look like a meteorite-- there
> are bright spots that look like blebs of metal, plus a couple of larger yellow
> spots that could be large melted chondrules exposed through the fusion crust.
> I'm also seeing in the upper-right something that COULD be flow lines, but then
> again coud be nothing at all.  Might be a bit weathered, but again, it is a
> terrible photo.  But it is a zero-feedback seller and they say it is "estimated
> to be 4 trillion years old", so I wouldn't trust trying to buy from them even if
> they dropped 2 zeroes off that figure.
> 
>> Anyone want to wager how long it will be before eBay pulls this
>> auction?
> 
> Slightly after Sheol has a snowstorm.  Ebay doesn't give one of these:
> 
> http://www.space1026.com/site_images/620portfolios_rats_ass.jpg
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