[meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite

From: meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jan 7 12:17:42 2006
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Then like Brenham or Brahin, "you pays your money and you takes your chances"? Brenham and Brahin cost like 90% less than Fukang, so paying $1 or $2 gram and losing it is not like spending $20 or $25 gram on Fukang and not having a clue where your piece came from. How is a buyer going to know if it came from the center or the upper left quarter 4 centimers from the crust/rust surface? They wont know, until either it stays fine or rusts into nothing, worth nothing.
Mike
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com>
> Or on the other hand, it can be completely stable. I have had 4 slices
> now for a few months that show no signs of rusting whatsoever. These
> were taken from an external chunk on the top of the mass. So just like
> Brenham, it depends where the piece came from and how it was finished.
>
> I have an Imilac slice right now that was rusting until I refinished it
> and stabilized it (purchased from a very well known dealer I may add).
> So no pallasites are free of rusting; they can't be in our oxidizing
> environment.
>
> Matt Morgan
>
> meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net wrote:
>
> >That tells me that it is a dangerous, unstable meteorite not worth buying and
> spending thousands of $$$ to take the risk of it melting into a pile of nearly
> worthless olivine crystals. I will take Esquel, Seymchan, or Imilac any day,
> with no risk involved.
> >Mike Farmer
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >From: "AstronomicalResearchNetwork" <AstronomicalResearchNetwork_at_comcast.net>
> >
> >
> >>Hello Mike
> >> Fukang has beautiful crystals of olivine and it looked very nice a
> >>few months ago .
> >>Now it has rusted so I see no fresh metal . Maybe the interior is better but
> >>in Minnesota .
> >>Nantan falls to dust in 6 months to a year here .
> >> If I were to get a piece again I would keep it in a vacum sealed container
> >>.
> >> May your day do well Ken Regelman
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> >>To: "AstronomicalResearchNetwork" <AstronomicalResearchNetwork_at_comcast.net>;
> >><Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >>Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >>Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:14 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fukang meteorite
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Please clarify Ken, you say the Fukang specimen is very nice, and then you
> >>>say you are watching it rust everywhere. Those two statements are not
> >>>compatible. Either it is nice, or it is a rusting piece of crap.
> >>>Meteorites that rust on me are never considered nice.
> >>>Mike Farmer
> >>>-------------- Original message ----------------------
> >>>From: "AstronomicalResearchNetwork"
> >>><AstronomicalResearchNetwork_at_comcast.net>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>The Fukang meteorite is a wonderful specimen as I have said .
> >>>>I have had a specimen for some time and I live in Minnesota .
> >>>>One of the worst climates for iron meteorites and I
> >>>>have been watching my specimen Rust for the last 3 months.
> >>>>It was not prepared in any way just hacked off by the original
> >>>>owner of the Fukang meteorite . Just a thought when purchasing
> >>>>specimens .
> >>>>Ken Regelman
> >>>>Astronomical Research Network
> >>>>http://www.meteorites4sale.net/
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