[meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:46 2004
Message-ID: <20031110073718.15212.qmail_at_web10301.mail.yahoo.com>

Other answer from the seller:

I have sent material to a scientist in the northwest,
i will suspend any additional auctions on this
material until i get more info. from him. One emailer
tells me it's supposed to be a chondrite, i did polish
2 pieces and it appears to have a metallic inside
surface, where did the carbonaceous rating come from?
there is only limestone beaches in the area &
limestone is made of carbon - i wonder if that
affected the test?
Bernie m-m

Now he sand a piece for analyzed, not when I have find
the pieces....
Regards

Matteo


--- Charles Viau <cviau_at_beld.net> wrote:
> I had a very nice, polite conversation with this
> dude Bernie. He is a
> nice person, who hasn't a clue about how meteoritic
> science works, does
> not really care, and wants to make a buck selling
> absolute crap using
> material from a few books he recently read. Just
> ignore it all.
>
> CharlyV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]
> On Behalf Of fcressy
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 3:32 PM
> To: magellon; Dave Harris;
> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite
>
> Hello all,
> I believe that the Chicxulub crater is buried by a
> couple thousand feet
> of Tertiary sediments so wouldn't expect to find any
> material in beach
> sands in the Chicxulub area. I think the closest
> area where K/T
> impactite material is exposed is along the
> Mexico/Belize border. I guess
> the material offered still could be of meteoritic
> origin but certainly
> is not material from the K/T boundary, or as stated,
> from "the Big One".
>
> My 2 cents,
> Frank
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: magellon <mailto:magellon_at_earthlink.net>
> To: Dave <mailto:entropydave_at_ntlworld.com> Harris ;
> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chicxulub Meteorite
>
> Dave,
> A better example is here: (more ridiculous excuses)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
>
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2200664192>
> &item=2200664192
> I wrote Mr. Shomin and asked how he got the
> material.
> he wrote: "I took a trip to cancun, then took a car
> trip to Chicxulub -&
> used
> a magnet for final separation fron beach sand, then
> did a nickel test at
> home.
> Magnification reveales more detail like shiny metal
> flakes & metal balls
>
> from heat - most samples have native soil stuck to
> it, my results are
> open
> to the jugdement of others with better equipment.
> While i do have a
> 2 week return policy if any customer would complain
> i would refund at
> any time.
> Fair? If you can get a hold of better equipment i
> would be willing to
> send
> you a free sample for evaluation. Bernie M-M"
> I suggested (1) tell the truth to the bidders and
> (2) send a sample to
> NEMS
> to first verify if was meteoritic.
> He added the addendum but didn't send any to NEMS.
> (He indicated it was because he had less than a
> gram)
> Sorry, he should have done this before putting any
> up for sale.
> So there is no meteoritic verification, much less an
> actual Chicxulub
> meteorite
> as advertised.
> Secondly, Steve Schoner found this article saying
> that drill samplings
> show that
> the meteorite was probably a carbonaceous
> chondrite.
> Even this small sample was fossilized. There is no
> proof that
> any original meteorite still exits other than the
> iridium layer.
> http://www.nature.com/nsu/981126/981126-1.html
> Best,
> ken newton
> #9632
>
>
>
> Dave Harris wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I would be grateful for a bit of input re this eBAy
> item below.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
>
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=220066
> 3512> &category=3239&item=2200663512
> What has impressed me is that there is no Frass
> rant, or BCC rant or Mo
> Yousef insistance. This is a good start for a
> scientific discussion as
> already we haven't got our backs up over this!
> thoughts please!!!
> very best
> dave
> IMCA #0092
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Received on Mon 10 Nov 2003 02:37:18 AM PST