[meteorite-list] Misleading eBay item "Magic Gem from the Moon"

From: Az Keith's <arizonakeith_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:26 2004
Message-ID: <005801c1e32b$6b34b600$6401a8c0_at_ph.cox.net>

Hello List

I found is item listed on eBay and the seller "spacetraders" makes some
statements about tektites that I think are very outdated and somewhat
misleading.
The seller talks round things, Even using the prophet Nininger name.
What does the list think, Is my understanding of tektites all wrong?
Thanks for your time.

Keith Vazquez
Chandler Az

FANTASTIC FIRE PEARLS FROM THE MOON. Item # 1721579809

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1721579809

FIRE PEARLS Magic Gem from the Moon

The Agni Mani Teardrop from the Moon. Has a history of Power Violence and
Romance.
Kingdoms have been conquered, dynasties overturned, and fortunes won by
emperors, warlords, and adventurers in possession of one of these rare
jewels.
In the ancient Chinese Tang Annals going back more than 2,000 years the
stones are mentioned as Huoh Chuh;
In Indian records it was called Saimantakmani, the sacred gem of Lord
Krishna.
In Javanese history it is referred to as Kumbalageni;
and in Tibet was named Shamabala and worshipped by Buddhist priests.

These names all mean approximately the same thing,"FIRE PEARL" A designation
originated by Eastern Astrologers who claimed the stones were "teardrops
from the moon" that had plunged through space in fiery form. The lunar
particles were said to have been thrown off by the impact of a meteor
crashing into the moon.
An analysis was made by the Lucius Pitkin Company. metallurgical chemists
with offices in New York. This conclusively proved there were silicon, gold,
silver, copper and lead in the fire pearls. The lunar origin of the stones
was definitely established by Dr. harvey Nininger, Director of the American
Meteorite Association. In 1957 the Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical
Observatory in a long published report summed up by declaring, "Chemical
evidence suggests that tektites must come from an extra-terrestrial source,
among which the moon is an acceptable one. Recent discoveries have found
deposits of moon pearls, silicon beads "the orange sands" on the lunar
surface. You are buying 2 pieces 1 palm size worry stone and 1 small piece
for a pendant. The ones in the picture are samples not the exact tectites
Received on Sat 13 Apr 2002 04:40:15 PM PDT