[meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are they or aren't they? AD

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:44:51 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <986890.78756.qm_at_web53205.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Dear Michael and List,
  Anyone wanting real tektites with a KNOWN find location please contact me. I have kilos of them that are not needed for my research. Many of the tektites that are sold by Chinese dealers are NOT from the location that they claim. Many tektites are imported from Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam by the Chinese and later to be claimed to come from China.
  If interested, please contact me off list. Thank you. Dirk Ross...Tokyo


--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are they or aren't they?
> To: "Mark Crawford" <mark at meteorites.cc>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 9:43 AM
> Hi Mark,
>
> After discussion with several list members, I agreed that
> the
> motivation to offer fake moldavite is much different than
> fake indochinites. Given that either could be faked with
> about
> the same effort, why would anyone manufacture a fake
> indochinite
> that sells cheaply to start with? If I was buying perfect
> australite buttons, I'd be alot more weary.
>
> When I received these, I examined them closely using every
> method
> at my limited disposal - using criteria I learned on a few
> websites
> pointed out to me by list members. I'm confident
> it's the real
> thing because I have a real one I bought from a trusted
> source
> and it's identical in character. If you want, I can
> mail you
> one of the ones I got from the Hong Kong moldavite faker.
> I'd
> be interested to hear another opinion on it besides my own.
> Contact me offlist if you want a piece of it. FWIW, I
> won't
> be purchasing any more tektites from this particular vendor
> -
> because of the moldavite issue, which I was unaware of at
> the time
> of the original purchase.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
>
> .........................................................
> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
> http://www.glassthrower.com
> ..........................................................
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Mark Crawford
> <mark at meteorites.cc> wrote:
>
> > From: Mark Crawford <mark at meteorites.cc>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogus indochinites? Are
> they or aren't they?
> > To: michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com
> > Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 6:36 PM
> > Michael Gilmer wrote:
> > > I posted about some indochinites that I bought
> from a
> > vendor in Hong Kong. After doing some research on
> > > the seller, I discovered that he had been
> red-flagged
> > in the past for selling fake moldavite. Well, they
> arrived.
> > And they are real.
> > I don't want to sound over-cynical here, but you
> sound
> > like you're saying you bought material from a
> > known-faker, but you're now happy that what you
> bought
> > was genuine.
> >
> > Surely either the known-faker statement is inaccurate,
> or
> > the now-known-genuine claim is at best dubious?
> >
> > ?
> >
> > -- Mark's Meteorite Pages: http://meteorites.cc
>
>
>
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