[meteorite-list] Alleged Peruvian "Meteorites" For Sale :-) :-(

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:11:52 -0400
Message-ID: <f0a794130910130811j20bcf09fq1cfcc3cd83549e62_at_mail.gmail.com>

I find meteorites like this all over PA. Damn all this time I've just
been throwing them away. :)

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Paul <bristolia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> When I came across the below so-called / alleged
> "meteorites" from Peru in a sponsored link on Ebay,
> I did know whether to laugh or cry.
>
> 1. Meteorite Set
>
> "Hard to find natural Meteorite from Peru."
>
> http://www.shamansmarket.com/-strse-794/Meteorite-Set/Detail.bok
>
> 2. Meteorite Apu 7 Puntas Chumpi
>
> "This Number Seven Chumpi Stone is carved from
> what the people of Peru call meteorite. It is
> physically very heavy and energetically alive!
> Peru"
>
> http://www.shamansmarket.com/-strse-958/meteorite-puntas-chumpi/Detail.bok#more
>
> It is just amazing what bric and brac people are
> selling as "meteorites". It is even more amazing
> that there are people out, who buy this stuff.
> I can understand someone buying a piece of
> Shirokovsky, thinking it is a meteorite. But
> this stuff?
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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Received on Tue 13 Oct 2009 11:11:52 AM PDT