[meteorite-list] Fake Buddha Statue

[Steve Arnold]

List,

So, I was visiting Robert Beauford today at this store here in 
wonderful Eureka Springs, where it is a bit rainy, but yet still a 
beautiful fall day, shopper abounding, and the leaves are turning on 
the hillsides around our quaint village.  Robert read me the not quite 
completed draft of the response to my post (below) here on the list, 
mentioning why this piece was "not a fake" and I found his reply to be 
an amazingly poignant retort.  A few minutes later he mentioned how now 
he had to decide if he will actually hit "send" or hit "delete"?  I 
sincerely hope he sends it, because I was indeed wrong in my statement, 
and the topic deserves more discussion.

I won't rehash all that Robert stated, as I hope he will send it and 
you all can read it in his words, but obviously, the work is a genuine 
meteorite and it is a genuine hand made work of art,  thus not a "fake 
meteorite piece of art." Now, the question is left as when was it made, 
and possibly who made it and where?  When it made has nothing to do 
with it being a fake, unless of course someone is trying to pass it off 
as being something it isn't, and that does not seem to be the case.

Anyway, I stand corrected on what I stated.  My intention was to say 
that I felt there is no way it was 1,000 years old.

Carry on...

Steve Arnold
Host of Science Channel's TV Series Meteorite Men
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Co-Founder of America's Meteorite Store: Meteorites & More, 28 1/2 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Arnold <meteorhntr at aol.com>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thu, Oct 25, 2012 12:20 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fake Buddha Statue


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/space-buddha-statue-fake-fraud_n_2015587.html?ncid=webmail8

Of course it is a fake.  If it is a Nantan, it would have rusted away
into a million flakes about 997 years ago it if it was really carved
1,000 years old.  Even if it wasn't a Nantan, I would guess it still
would have rusted to an extreme state in less than 100 years time,
unless it maybe was a very nickel rich ataxite.  



Steve Arnold
Host of Science Channel's TV Series Meteorite Men
       www.ScienceChannel.com
Co-Founder of America's Meteorite Store: Meteorites & More, 28 1/2
Spring St., Eureka Springs, AR 72632
President Palladot Inc, Extra-terrestrial Gemstones
       www.Palladot.com
Facebook:  MeteoriteMan  
Facebook:  SteveArnoldMeteorite
Facebook:  Meteorite Men
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