[meteorite-list] Fake Lunar and new Pallasite

From: Martin Altmann <Altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue May 10 07:21:12 2005
Message-ID: <001c01c55553$485b0ba0$68359a54_at_9y6y40j>

With all carefullness and expressing only my personal opinion:
I wouldn't buy this "Dho 025".
I took a cheap fragment for curiosness (1.345g at 150$/g) and I'm convinced,
that it isn't Dho 025 nor a lunaite at all. Much to vesicular.
The story, the seller told me about the provenience can't be true neither
(beside some unbelievable details):
They told to have it acquired from ebay in Feb 2002.
The finder of Dho025, who had that locality exclusevely, didn't sell it at
that time on ebay, nor does he know those people.
Furthermore he sold always thin slices only, but the piece I took is a fat
fragment, obviously not token from a slice.
The main mass, where it only could stem from, was in the possession of the
finder until it was sold in Tucson in 2004 and not in 2002.

The reason, why I couldn't warn yet (and care for getting my money back) is,
that I'm careful in blaming others to sell fakes and I wanted to show my
fragment to the finder first, who I'll met not before Ensisheim. (You may
bring your specimens there too). I only asked a certain person not to spread
this doubtful material in giveaways for free, until I'll have more cogent
informations - obviously without success.

Buckleboo!
Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark ford" <markf_at_ssl.gb.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Fake Lunar and new Pallasite




Well, looking at the sellers feedback, if it is fake DH025 then a lot of
famous collectors/dealers have been burned....




-----Original Message-----

From: Meteoryt.net [mailto:marcin_at_meteoryt.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:41 AM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fake Lunar and new Pallasite

Hi
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6531307
234&rd=1
Dhofar 025 :((
For me its piece of slag.

And looks like we have another Pallasite from Serge Afanasjev
PALLASOVKA
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6531312
877&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW


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