[meteorite-list] Italian iron?

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 18:29:49 2005
Message-ID: <002401c5987a$de18da90$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

If you have received this month's Meteorite Magazine, there is an article in
there about John Wasson, and he says that he often receives pieces of campo
from people who swear they found it themselves. I would be extremely
skeptical until you get it cut and etched, then classified.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Bartels" <jan_at_meteorieten.com>
To: <mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it>
Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Italian iron?


> Yup...it's a true meteorite alright but for me it just looks like a
> (new)Campo.
> He bought it from an unknown mineral dealer who doesn't know to much about
> meteorites.
>
> Chiao!!
> Jan
>
>> But its confirmed is a meteorite.....any information
>> where have buy etc...?
>>
>> Matteo
>>
>> --- Jan Bartels <jan_at_meteorieten.com> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Thanks so far Bernd and Matteo,
>>>
>>> It was also hard to imagine for me there was one
>>> avalable this size!!
>>> I guess he just got himself a fake Italian but
>>> still....it's a real piece
>>> of spacejunk alright for little money, so still a
>>> good deal i think!!
>>>
>>> Thanks you guys....
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> > Jan wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> A friend of mine came up to me today with
>>> >> the story he bought a 450 grams Italian iron
>>> >
>>> > I wonder whether it's a piece of the Barbianello,
>>> unusually Ni-rich,
>>> > ungrouped ataxitic IAB-IIICD iron - *very*
>>> unlikely though but who
>>> > knows. Unlikely because there are only 860 grams
>>> and the main mass
>>> > weighs 479 grams.
>>> >
>>> > Any comments? ... Matteo?
>>> >
>>> > Best wishes,
>>> >
>>> > Bernd
>>> >
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