[meteorite-list] Another eBay "meteor"

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:37 2004
Message-ID: <3E0DD4DB.6020308_at_fascination.com>

Dear Listees;
I suppose I could offer up another deluxe meteorwrong....
2.87 billion year old banded iron meteorwrong...magnet sticks to it, 40%
iron...
has a nice story...imagine a horse corral in the old west, the rusty
iron crust on a puddle of horse urine has sort of a metallic sheen to
it, anaerobic bacteria manufacturing iron to protect itself from the
oxygen in our atmosphere...back 2.87 years ago the same anaerobic bugs
were making iron to protect themselves from our rapidly changing
atmosphere that was becoming enriched in oxygen...
We will never visit an equine enclosure and be the same!
Best Saturday,
Dave F.

almitt wrote:

>Hi Anne and all,
>
>Ken did a really good job on this "ebay auction" and gives a lot of good information
>as well as links on meteorites and meteorwrongs. I would really like to see this ran
>once every couple of months to educate the masses out there, though you are bound to
>have some buyers and sellers slip through the cracks once in a while. All my best and
>wishing everyone a great, peaceful and very Happy New Year!
>
>--AL Mitterling
>Mitterling Meteorites
>
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Received on Sat 28 Dec 2002 11:44:11 AM PST