[meteorite-list] Questionable Bediasites on ebay

[Anne Black]

That does not even look like La Criolla.
Compare with this picture in the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5630390

That is why the Encyclopedia was created in the first place!  so people 
could compare pictures on Ebay or elsewhere with pictures of the real 
stuff.

Anne M. Black
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-----Original Message-----
From: jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 1:57 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Questionable Bediasites on ebay


Helo Brian, All,
Yep, it's John Bryan Scarborough.

And those aren't the only catch of the day -- I can see only the top
and right edges of this slice, but they're desert-varnished.  No
fusion crust.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LA-CRIOLLA-L6-METEORITE-23-5g-CRUSTED-FULL-SLICE-WITNESSED-1-6-1985-RIKER-BOX-/271075445904?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1d5b0c90

I'd guess NWA.

It's a shame, but this material will probably resurface later from
credible sources.  Folks don't seem to be learning.

Regards,
Jason




> From: Brian Burrer <brimane at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:02 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Questionable Bediasites on ebay
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
>
> Greetings list,
> I have noted a couple of recent ebay listings for Bediasite that
> appear fraudulent. They look like Indochinites.  I contacted the
> seller, "lonestar*meteorites", to ask for more images of his Bediasite
> inventory during the first listing.  This query was met with anger.
> Now a second listing has appeared and this stone also has surface
> morphology consistant with Indochinites and inconsistant with
> Bediasites.  I would not feel comfortable making purchases from this
> seller.
> Happy hunting,
> Brian
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