[meteorite-list] Don't delay, order today! - Suspect Auction-Suspect ID@!

From: star-bits at tx.rr.com <star-bits_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:35:14 -0700
Message-ID: <18267951.1207024514295.JavaMail.root_at_web26>

---- Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote:

--=============
--Ha ha Funny... the Rorschach-Shroom Techinque of meteorite
--identification...Down to confirming orange olivine crystals-- in a
--mesosiderite no less--and fresh? It is fresh from the slag pile!

--I've got petrified frog poop that looks more like a meteorite then
--this.

--Pleeease...this is an early April One-0 post, Right?>

    Actually it does look very much like DONG UJIMQIN QI a mesosiderite from Mongolia, which looks unlike any other meteorite I've seen and much more like slag. Mike Farmer has a few pieces on his web site.

    I certainly wouldn't bid on it based on a photo, but there are some strange looking meteorites (and non-meteorites) out there.

--
Eric Olson
7682 Firethorn Dr
Fayetteville, NC 28311
http://www.star-bits.com
Eman
--- Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Olah All,
> Looks like a fresh mesosiderite.  I know, the shape is odd - but have
> a look at fresh pieces of that Chinese mesosiderite fall Dong Umjim
> Qui...or however it's spelled...they look rather similar to this,
> though by the look of the orange crystals clearly visible on the
> surface of this stone, this one has more olivine in it.
> That said, it could also be an unusual piece of slag,<==gudanzer 
and I don't
> feel like betting $1k on such a strange piece from a questionable
> location...if I had more money, I might think otherwise.
> Regards,
> Jason
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Michael Murray
> <mmurray at montrose.net> wrote:
 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120236513887
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