[meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon?

[tracy latimer]

I've seen a lot of bad fakes on eBay.  98% of the time, the giveaway is the color -- the fakes are usually that horrible Jolly Rancher apple-green.  Often the striations are nonexistent or poorly formed as well.  Maybe 10% of the sellers have what appears to be authentic Moldavite material.  The others are selling fakes; I suspect a lot of the woo-ish sellers are merely reselling the fakes that were palmed off on them without verification.

The fakes are getting better, and "Leon's getting LARRRRGER!!!"

Best!
Tracy Latimer

> From: veomega at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:15:01 -0500
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] New type of fake moldavite coming soon?
> 
> My buddy Justin at The-Vug just put out a new article on
> Fakeminerals.com about a new type of fake moldavite that has been
> recently spotted in China:
> 
> http://www.fakeminerals.com/?p=146
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the material people are already familiar with,
> or if it is indeed a new type, but it's impressive looking.
> 
> - Yinan
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