[meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 9 16:17:19 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F54217FD9A64F543892AC0F8BB0_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, all,

Does anyone else find it odd that a sphere of this size doesn't have the
Widmanstätten pattern exposed?

I know it's a relatively easy process, and it seems to me the small effort
would increase the beauty and value of it...

Just a thought...

Pete

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de
To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another Ebay fraud?
Date: 09 Aug 2005 19:53:11 UT

Hello Darren, Pete, Jörn and List,

"... my opinion this is a fraud. This sphere rather looks like some
terrestrial ore."


My guess is that what the seller is offering is a (partially corroded)
Nantan
(IIICD). "partially corroded" ... this would explain the lower than
expected
density of the item offered. We all know what the ultimate fate of most
Nantans
is, so the "big eye" or the interior of the sphere might be a corrosion
product.

Any further comments?

Best regards,

Bernd

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