[meteorite-list] Fw: Interesting item on eBay web site item#2171794657: answer

From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:09 2004
Message-ID: <20030424204401.34174.qmail_at_web12708.mail.yahoo.com>

"Looks very similar" does not qualify that it is Park
Forrest.

I concur with previous statements, looks like
sedimentary rock.

Not like Park Forrest.

You might want to take it to the Chicago Field Museum.
I am certain that there are plenty of fragments that
you or they can compare with.


Steve Schoner. AMS

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<mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hello all
>
> answer from the dealer:
>
>
> it was found in a parking lot behind several stores
> within 1/4 mile distance
> from the one than crashed through the house. I t has
> been weathered for
> 10-days which accounts for the rust. If you are an
> expert then can you
> e-mail me some pictures. This is highly attracted to
> a
> magnet. I would
> gladly refund anyone who purchased this item if it
> proved to not be part of
> the park forest meteorite. I'm not an expert but it
> looks very similar to
> other fragments that people have been selling.
>
> mr.Joe Vergoin
>
> regards
>
> matteo
>
> --- Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "meteorWRONG!"
> >
> > (sound the gong)
> >
> > Proof positive that some cannot recognize a true
> > meteorite, freshly fallen even if it falls in
> their
> > laps.
> >
> > Expect a lot of these showing up in the years
> > following the event.
> >
> > Steve Schoner
> > http://www.geocities.com/american_meteorite_survey
> > http://www.geocities.com/meteorite_identification
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Tom aka James Knudson
> > <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Is this real?
> > > Thanks, Tom
> > > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
> > > To: <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:12 AM
> > > Subject: Interesting item on eBay web site
> > > item#2171794657: Park Forest
> > > Meteorite Fragment w/Crust 2.8g
> > >
> > >
> > > > Does this look like PF?
> > > >
> > > > Title of item: Park Forest Meteorite Fragment
> > > w/Crust 2.8g
> > > > Seller: vergoin
> > > > Starts: Apr-23-03 20:00:54 PDT
> > > > Ends: Apr-28-03 20:00:54 PDT
> > > > Price: Starts at $0.01
> > > > To bid on the item, go to:
> > >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2171794657
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Item Description:
> > > > This meteorite fell on March 26th, 2003 at
> 11:50
> > > p.m. in a suburb of
> > > Chicago called Park Forest. Preliminary lab
> > results
> > > are showing this to be
> > > an L5 with two lithologies. One lithology
> > consisting
> > > of a so-called "black
> > > Chondrite" (heavily shocked) and the other
> > > lithologie containing shock
> > > veins. What makes this meteorite so interesting
> is
> > > not its classification
> > > but rather its history. It is not very often
> that
> > a
> > > meteoroid breaks up into
> > > thousands of meteorites over a well-populated
> area
> > > causing substantial
> > > damage. Payment Options: I accept Paypal, Money
> > > Orders, and Cashier Checks.
> > > No COD. FREE SHIPPING by USPS in the lower 48
> only
> > > and $5 shipping for
> > > Canada. Contact me within 72 hours after the end
> > of
> > > the auction or anytime
> > > if you have questions. Payment within 10 days or
> I
> > > will relist. Good luck
> > > and thanks for bidding.
> > > >
> > > > Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM
> at
> > > http://www.ebay.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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Received on Thu 24 Apr 2003 04:44:01 PM PDT