[meteorite-list] A question about crust.

From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:39:02 EST
Message-ID: <c95.1bd19bcd.34686e06_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 11/10/2007 11:46:41 P.M. Central Standard Time,
h3chondrite at cox.net writes:
I agree. Any chips that are deep enough to show matrix should be
listed, at best, as 99%, and drop in value from there. Like so many
other terms in the business of meteorites ( e.g. fusion crust,
oriented ) the claim of 100% crusted if often misused.


Best,
John

Hi John and list, There has been a trend to call everything crusted on
eBay. Search meteorite and crusted in eBay and you will have some fun looking at
stones that are hardly dark color fragments let alone crusted at all (even a
spot). All the descriptive terms of meteorites are being diluted to the
point of becoming meaningless on the one of the largest sales platforms of
meteorites.

Tom Phillips




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