[meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Oct 8 03:05:59 2006
Message-ID: <4526B288.2050003_at_fascination.com>

Dear Dirk;
Nothing against non IMCA members but it would point a few would-be
buyers, nieve buyers in a different positive direction....Ah, never
mind, anyone willing to spend more than a few hundred thousand on a rock
would surely do their homework first.............wouldn't they?
I'd like to think.
Dave F.




drtanuki wrote:

>Ken and List,
> Great photo Ken! This is just the tip of the
>iceberg. The dangerous thing I see happening is
>foreign buyers buying the stuff in Thailand and
>elsewhere and taking it back to their countries to
>sell. Yes, I have seen several foreign buyers buying
>it in Thailand. Best, Dirk...Tokyo
>
>--- ken newton <magellon_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>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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