[meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?

From: Göran Axelsson <axelsson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 9 14:50:39 2005
Message-ID: <42F8F9F8.6070706_at_acc.umu.se>

Short answer if the data is correct on weight and diameter : No!

Slightly longer answer :
No, it's too light. The density of the sphere is only 4.2 kg/dm3.
If it was Iron and nickel it should have a density of 7.8 kg/dm3.

To me it looks like a sphere of pyrrhotite or nickel ore, hard to
tell without holding it. Clearly an earth rock and not an iron meteorite.

I mailed the seller asking if it really could be an iron meteorite
and got a vague answer back.
"I sourced my meteorites from a local dealer for many years and I
sold to lots of shamans and reiki masters in the UK and USA indeed."
Freely translated as :
"I have no clue of what I'm selling, I was fooled by my local dealer".

  ;-)

/G?ran

Darren Garrison wrote:

>This can't possibly be the real thing, can it?
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5021584192
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