[meteorite-list] [IMCA] Fake Nantan :o( // Auction Deals

[Darryl Pitt]

This is the future....makes total sense.

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BTW, immediately following this past Sunday's auction I visited a friend who was ill and just returned to NYC---and didn't have a chance to write to the following: a superb 8.24g specimen of Mayo Belwa (aubrite/fall) from The Natural History Museum (London) did not sell.  It did not even achieve a bid of $110/gram---including buyer's commission---and I can promise it will sell for far more in the future. 

As I've long said, there is always a deal lurking at the traditional Natural History auctions. 


All the best / Darryl





On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Blaine Reed wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I may have an answer to help sort out fakes without the cutting and etching.
> 
> I have enough experience with my XRF to easily sort out fake stuff from real meteorite (unfortunately, I have not yet had the time to piece together enough data to tell what exact kind of meteorite the item in question may be - that has turned out to be a far bigger job than I first anticipated). 
> 
> For those of you that want this done, I would be happy to run samples for $10 plus return postage. At this point I would simply be able to tell you if the sample is good or not (I probably would throw in a list of the major elements anyway), hence the "cheap" price. At this point, I am only attempting to cover my costs (X-ray tube wear, expense of trip to PO) not make a profit (I will be probably charging closer to $45 when i finally get my act together, but that would include a full report that has a picture of the sample, color graphs of the X-ray spectra returns, list of elements, etc). 
> 
> Not  really trying to advertise, but thought that this may be a functional alternative to cutting and etching.
> 
> Blaine Reed
> P.O. Box 1141
> Delta, CO 81416
> (970) 874-1487  
> 
> --- On Wed, 6/15/11, Shandriana at aol.com <Shandriana at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Shandriana at aol.com <Shandriana at aol.com>
> Subject: [IMCA] Fake Nantan :o(
> To: imca at imcamail.de
> Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 8:39 AM
> 
>  
> Hi Anne,  I just got word tonight that a Nantan that I sold around a year ago, turned out to be a fake  :o(  The buyer was told by many that it didn't look real. So he sliced it.  It had hole's and carbon looking matrix inside.  It had a strong attraction to a magnet but the matrix didn't look like iron, it was heavy as such.  If any remember seeing it, it looked like a potato.  I bought it for my collection. I replaced it with a 7.5 kg piece, then I sold the smaller one in good faith.  I'm refunding the buyer's money.  Now I'm looking at the other's I have...  This could be costly to me if they are also fake.  I'm halting sales till I slice and etch them...  I'd rather lose the money then know that I sold someone a fake.  Knowing it's out there in a collection, from me would hurt and set heavy on me, a lot more than losing the money  :o(
>  
> I wish you all the best at the Ensisheim show.  One of these day's I'll get over there...
>  
>                        Best wishes,  jim
>  
> Jim Shorten
> IMCA 6204
> Tombstone, AZ
> _____________________________________________________________
> 06-14-2011 (email 2)
> not only one~~ I saw many similar pieces.
> they are so cheap~~ I did not buy from them, but instead buying from you, because I do not trust those seller in China.
> Now, I know all those are fake~~
> I saw Gibeon look like potato shape, but just feel differently. Same 2 kg, they feel much heavier~~
> The skin structure is totally different too.
> Regards
> Albert
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> 06-15-2011 (email 3)
> sure, I will sent it back to you, no problem.
> if you have the same shape, chances are you will get the fake one.
> Now, I realized, iron meteorite will not have this kind of crust~~
> check Gibeon, Canyon Diablo, or Sikhote. You just will not be able to find this shape with no flawline at all~~
> Let me know your address. It will take $9.00 or so for shipping.
> Thank you very much for taken care of this.
> Regards
> Albert
> 
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