[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

From: ken newton <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Oct 6 13:06:06 2006
Message-ID: <45268CFB.5020005_at_earthlink.net>

Adam and All,
I have had many email discussions with with these clowns. They know
exactly what they are doing.
I prefer this photo:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wrongs/images/5_billionaires.jpg
Best,
Ken Newton
#9632
 

Adam Hupe wrote:

> The 5-billionaires group are a bunch con artists and idiots.
>
> Look at their latest "Duck Chondrule" offering, this is definitely one
> for the books:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Duck-chondrule-155g-8-Slice-STONY-METEORITE-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ230036197978QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
>
> I don't think they have ever sold a real meteorite. They know they
> are selling garbage and are trying to rip-off the public. Just look
> how hard they try to convince their audience that these are real
> meteorites. They run a magnet with a sticky substance on it all over
> a supposed Nantan in one auction. If this were a real iron meteorite,
> the magnet would jump out of there hands. In another auction, they
> zoom in on light colored objects claiming they are chondrules.
>
> This reminds me of the Shirokovsky pallasite webpage images complete
> with divers and a poor story where every stone weighed exactly 50
> kilograms, the size of a crucible. I remember you could not make out
> any the faces of the hunters on this web presence, I wonder why? This
> new group is brash enough to think that meteorite collectors are
> stupid enough to jump all over a $28,000.00 Earth rock. Billionaires,
> give me a break, they should call themselves penny-aires because that
> is what a lot of their items are selling for except for one
> unsuspecting person who paid several hundred for a fake meteorite.
>
> I would love to run into this group in Tucson. I would buy them a
> round of Denver Death Cookies and extract a confession from them. By
> the way, I owe some Margaritas on a lost wager that I will make good
> on at the next show.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Adam
>
>
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