[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

[Murray Paulson]

Hi:

Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the
"meteorite" looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old?
This one smells! P.T. Barnum said something about the likes of the
bidders!

Murray Paulson

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
<joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Possibilities, but probably not.  The crater looks like what's left after a
> tree falls over and is removed.  This find (or not) is courtesy of the
> Meteorite Men.  Whaddya think?:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Meteorite-Rare-Find_W0QQitemZ180483766353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a05abb851
>
>
> What are the chances of finding a rock in Newfoundland that looks just like
> a Newfoundland dog?  I also liked the Vincent rock:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/2-UNIQUE-ROCK-FORMATIONS-NFLD-DOG-SKULL-METEORITE_W0QQitemZ270551650886QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3efe229246
>
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> Phil Whitmer
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