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Re: New Campos

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Strope <jim@catchafallingstar.com>
To: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 2:14 PM
Subject: New Campos


> Here is my thoughts on the new Campo issue.
>
> First of all I don't think the phrase "flooding the market is accurate".
> The only "new" campos listed for sale at the present time are on my
website
> and Mike Farmer's website.  They are the same Campos on both websites as
we
> went together and picked the cream of the crop on a recent shipment into
> this country.  We bought them from the source.
>
> They are selling very well and those who have bought them are extremely
> happy to get such a Killer display piece for 1/2 the cost of Gibeon.  In
my
> opinion, they resemble Sikhote-alin more than they do Gibeon.  Having said
> that, I feel that the only reason that they are as cheap as they are is
> because of the stigma that the Campo name has.  I would love to call them
> something else.  They would be worth twice as much.
>
> I have looked at a lot of them and although I did not have them tested at
a
> lab, I do believe that they are Campos that have not been subjected to the
> rusting that the original find was.  These have come from the side of a
hill
> and are burried deep.  They have not been laying in water all these years
> like the original find.
>
> My impressions come from numerous discussions with the supplier and visual
> inspection of many kilos.  I was in Denver when they were unpacked and
sold
> like hotcakes.  I was in Tucson last month when they were picked up in
> Customs and Mike Farmer and I went through them.  Call them what you will
> but the fact remains that they are unbelievable specimens.  Get them now
> while you still can.
>
> Jim Strope
> http://www.catchafallingstar.com
>
>
>
> Meteordealer@aol.com wrote>>>>>>>
> I have a question regarding these new thumbprinted Campos that are
flooding
> the market. Have any of them ever been tested and confirmed to be paired
> with
> Campo or is it just assumed that they are because they were found so close
> to
> the Campo strewnfield? Given the huge difference in appearance between the
> two i think it may be possible that they are two separate falls and not
> related at all. I would be interested to hear someone else's opinion on
> this.
>
>
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