[meteorite-list] New meteorite from Georgia???

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:33 2004
Message-ID: <005d01c32a11$9b7bd360$82c143d8_at_malcolm>

Hello list, I had my first experience with this strange phoneme. I looked at
a meteorite for a guy in my town. It was a piece of slag, and I told him
that. He said "Bull S_ _T, look at the compression rings, as he pointed to
some layering. I asked, what are Compression rings, he said they where
caused by the impact with the ground. I lost all credibility with him since
I did not know enough about meteorites to know about compression rings!!! Oh
well, maybe someday I will know more.
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_cox.net>
To: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com>; almitt <almitt@kconline.com>;
<j.divelbiss_at_att.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New meteorite from Georgia???


> I have been dealing for many years and was one of the first to
> have a meteorite web site. Therefore, I have had people contacting
> me to report "meteorites" they have found - and, in many cases,
> "witnessed falls" they have collected for a very long time. In well
> over 10 years of this, there have been weeks when I had as many
> as three different people in a single week contact me. Of ALL those
> contacts, there have been exactly ZERO true meteorites brought
> or mailed to me or sent to testing labs by the "finder." Zero, folks.
> One REALLY had me totally convinced and the tester at UNM
> convinced, as well, until he tested it. Looked EXACTLY like a true
> iron (in this case, from Mongolia). Meteorite NOT, however.
> So, if people are auctioning "meteorites" that have not been
> tested by a meteorite lab (I especially love those lab reports from
> labs that know nothing about meteorites), then, you would do
> better to open a side bet and ALWAYS BET it is NOT a meteorite.
> Now, one of these days, someone is going to bring me the real
> thing, that is for sure, but so far, even if the real thing shows up
> tomorrow, I would be rich if I had someone to bet with consistently
> that what I am having brought to me or mailed to me or just refer
> to testing labs is a meteorwrong.
> Best wishes, Michael
>
> on 6/3/03 8:30 AM, Steve Schoner at steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > Know the source!
> >
> > That is the only way.
> >
> > Steve Schoner
> > http://www.geocities.com/meteorite_identification
> >
> >
> > --- almitt <almitt_at_kconline.com> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> By bidding on the item or other items people have
> >> that haven't been tested, proven, it
> >> rewards those putting on non-meteorites and opens
> >> the flood gates for many more. If
> >> every other specimen is a meteorwrong, how
> >> effectively will be be able to sell items
> >> in the future.
> >>
> >> --AL
> >>
> >>
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> I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't
> always agree with them.
> George Bush
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