[meteorite-list] Dhofar 025 Real or Phony

From: Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 27 04:40:05 2005
Message-ID: <000d01c5aae4$53a4c5a0$6389fea9_at_9y6y40j>

Hi Don,

I bought a crumb and I was more than skeptic too.
Beside that it looked to vesicular, the story the seller told can't be true.
She stated that her husband acquired a chunk through ebay at a time were the
finder sold it exclusively
and indeed he never sold fragments or endcuts but only thin slices. My
specimen was fairly thick, had no cut faces,
thus wasn't broke off from a slice. The main mass of Dho 025, was sold
later, can't stem from it.
I planned to show it to the finder, Serge Afanasjev from cometshop, who else
could judge better and to the lunar master, Norbert Classen, but I have to
confess, that my piece got lost in my chaotic strewnfield (Perhaps the cat
kicked it behind the piano).
I also told Illinois-Arnold, that it might be not a good idea to use his
piece to fabricate giveaways, but he didn't care.
So I suggest, that you or any other who took a substantial fragment, may
send it to the IMCA-Europe-chief Norbert Classen,
who also will meet the finder Afanasjev on the end of October at the Munich
show.

Cheers!
Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan_at_rochester.rr.com>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Don" <dmerchan_at_rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 3:40 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Dhofar 025 Real or Phony


> Hi List.
> I know we talked about this around 8 months ago. Several collectors
> purchased a Lunar meteorite named Dhofar 025 from an ebay seller named
> floridacoaster. There was no COA and I was told by floridacoaster that her
> husband- (passed away and Dhofar 025 was in his meteorite collection she
was
> selling with help from her son) -bought Dhofar 025 back in February 2002
> from a dealer on ebay. These pieces that were sold by floridacoaster were
> all fragments. Last I heard was Dhofar 025 was never sold in fragments but
> only in slices. There are some of you out there that purchased Dhofar 025
> from floridacoaster. Has any one had it checked out by a lab? Can anyone
out
> there set the record straight. I my self was caught up in buying a
fragment
> thinking "what if this is the real thing" A neo magnet has no problem
> attracting it. It also looks very much like the close up pics of Dhofar
025.
> I would be willing to send my specimen out to a trustworthy expert if no
has
> allready done so. Steve Arnold from Chicago, I know you purchased a piece.
> What else have you found out? Thanks Don Merchant---emflocater
>
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