[meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?

From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:10 2004
Message-ID: <000c01c355c0$8cf71270$6400a8c0_at_Tettenborn>

Phil,

Brahin is a beautiful pallasite and right now extremely cheap. A must buy
for all new comers.

That said, many specimens are unstable and in a year can become crusted with
rust. Not pretty and very distressing. Please ask your potential seller if
they know how stable the piece is. If it has NOT been cut for over a year
or NOT recently ground and polished and is still nice and shiny then the
piece should be stable. Even after a year, however, I have seen pieces
start to rust.

This problem is Lawrensite disease and has been discussed at length in this
forum.

So, try and get a slice that is as stable as possible and regularly inspect
the slice for rust. You can also oil it up or even give it some of the
special rust inhibiters advertised. If you start to see rust then
immediately give it a stabilizing treatment. I can email you off list on
how to do this. You can also check the archives.

Cheers and good luck,

Mike Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Jones" <jediwebdude_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Brahin - legit?


> Hi John,
>
> I saw finmet's auction...thanks for the
> recommendation. The other two I was considering are:
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184965082&category=3239&rd=1
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2185076131&category=3239&rd=1
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil
>
>
> --- John Gwilliam <jkg_at_theriver.com> wrote:
> > Phil,
> > The Brahin you see listed on Ebay by the seller
> > "finmet" is genuine
> > meteorite. Like everything else the Russians get
> > their hands on, the price
> > of Brahin was driven almost into the ground by
> > saturating the market with
> > too many specimens at the same time. A good deal
> > for the collector....a
> > nice pallasite for less than $2.00 a gram.
> >
> > John
> >
> > At 08:20 PM 7/27/03 -0700, you wrote:
> > >I just joined the list, so forgive me if I am
> > asking
> > >something that has been previously discussed. I see
> > a
> > >number of Brahin pieces on eBay and am wondering if
> > >these are legitimately meteorite objects.
>
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >-Phil
> > >
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