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Re: Odd meteorite on Ebay-Earlier post

Hi Al and others,
    What you said is very true, but when it gets right down to it, analysis
has to be done.  I bought a possible meteorite one time, took a chance on
it.  I sent the scans to the best dealers i know, who are on this list.  One
dealer said "it looks like Glorittia" (sp?), another dealer said "it looks
good to me" and the last dealer said "only way you can be sure is to have it
checked" and he told me where to send it.  It was slag.  But you are right,
the people you mentioned would know a meteorite it they could get their
hands on the specimen and slice it open, or in some cases, without slicing
it open.

Joel


-----Original Message-----
From: almitt <almitt@kconline.com>
To: J. Warren <warr@arn.net>
Cc: Mikestockj@aol.com <Mikestockj@aol.com>;
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Odd meteorite on Ebay-Earlier post


>Hi Joel and list,
>
>Although I agree with some of what you say as far as a buyer checking out
or
>having knowledge of whether or not what he/she is getting is a meteorite, I
>disagree with your assessment of their being no experts on the list.
Certainly
>Mike Jensen, Matt Morgan and many of the other dealers (myself included)
are
>qualified to make a determination as to whether a specimen is a meteorite
or
>not. I can't speak for the bulk of the dealers here but I myself go through
two
>or three hundred specimens a year trying to determine if the perspective
owners
>have a rite or wrong. After I get through the examination stage and I think
I
>have a good candidate then it goes into my lab for chemical testing.
>
>My collection has almost every type class of meteorite in it that can be
obtain
>and I have these excellent references to compare to. I would bet that I
could
>identify most meteorites and I keep my eyes and mind open to some new forms
that
>we may never have seen,  before I discount it as a meteorite. True you can
only
>make an educated guess with a picture of a specimen on ebay but I would
guess we
>have many talented dealers more than capable of making a good determination
if a
>specimen is or isn't.
>
>--AL
>
>

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