[meteorite-list] meteorite or not?

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi List,

I suspect that these rocks are industrial slags that were dumped into
a nearby river.  Over time, the slags become smoothed (tumbled) by
river action and some enterprising individual stumbled across them and
decided to start selling these odd rocks.  At first, it is possible
that the seller(s) did not know the true nature of these specimens,
but after several years of being told they are fakes, they should know
better.  Now they are intentionally selling these slags as meteorites.

There is probably a big foundry or factory near a river that is
dumping this stuff and there is no telling what trace poisons or
hazardous compounds might be present in these slags.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 7/13/11, m42protosun <m42protosun at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi list,
> when I started collecting meteorites I had bought such item fron an IMCA
> member as "NANTAN". The reality is that it is "Mekong River Iron" . The
> simple negative  Ni-Test shows that it  contain not yet more than 0.00001
> ppm Ni metal, a MUST of iron containing meteorites.
> m42protosun
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorite or not?
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:05:33 +0200
> From: Dan Furlan <danfurlan at gmail.com>
> To: met-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>
> I'm not 100% sure but i don't think this item on ebay is a meteorite
> 120738890611
>
> link to item:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-6LB-Original-Iron-Meteorite-Specimen-China-/120738890611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c994373
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