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Grassy Creek Carolina meteorites?



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: From: Tim Heitz 
: To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
: Subject: Re: Carolina meteorites
: Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 4:35 PM
: 
: Hello John,  
: 
:   The so called meteorites were bought at the Grassy Creek Rock &
: Gem show in North Carolina last summer. The man who sold these 
: had said that they came from an area in western North Carolina, near
: Maiden, in Catawba county.   He had said that the original find was 
: probably 75 to 100 years ago. John,,,,are we talking about the same 
: so called meteorite?
: 
: Tim
: 
:   
: 
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: : From: John Sinclair 
: : To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
: : Subject: Carolina meteorites
: : Date: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 11:02 AM
: : 
: : Hi, my name is John Sinclair and I am a gem, mineral & meteorite dealer
: in
: : NC.  There is an area here in NC that is called "Iron Station" and it
has
: : pieces of iron ore scattered over a several mile area, concentrated in
: some
: : places.  There has been several people that have sold these as "NC
: : meteorites".  They have no crystal structure and no trace of nickel. 
: They
: : have never had a name or location attached to them.  The dealers in
: : question that were selling these as meteorites were told at one show
"to
: : stop selling them or pack up and leave the show " by the show chairman.
: : They have finally come to the conclusion that what they have been
selling
: : as "NC meteorites" are a classic example of "meteowrongs", only after
: : selling bucketfuls to many collectors all over the Southeast for lots
of
: : money. It was real nice for them to buy litttle rocks for a few dollars
: per
: : pound and then sell them for several hundred per pound, while it
lasted.
: : 
: : John
: : 
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