[meteorite-list] Million Dollar Fake Meteorite Bust

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:38:52 -0500
Message-ID: <4o11h4dqgm0eoistp1vqrcn2jcprbdv6tl_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:08:09 -0700, you wrote:

>IMO, it should only be illegal to sell a "metal container filled with a
>black, greasy substance wrapped in carbon paper" as a meteorite if the same
>law allows the buyer to be arrested for stupidity. <g>

That story makes absolutely no sense as presented. There must either be some
mistake an translating the currency ($4.5 million dollars?) or this substance is
a bit more, well, new-ku-lar than meteoritic.
Received on Tue 04 Nov 2008 12:38:52 PM PST