[meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:22:37 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421551002160822u3fb75de2kc630a4d39a8ef9b0_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Count and List,

This person has been listing different variations of this same
"meteorite" for months now. I'm not sure how many he has actually
sold. But the scary thing is, go to his About Me page and then go to
his blog. His blog is a long, rambling affair - he is absolutely
convinced that these materials are genuine and contain "blood vessels"
and fossils. He has also found "blood vessels" in a specimen that is
obviously an etched iron meteorite (looks like Gibeon or
Muonionalusta), but the majority of his specimens are definitely not
meteorites. I don't think this person is an outright scammer. I
think this person is deluded and actually believes his own story.
These are the hardest types to deal with. Someone who is blatantly
lying and trying to pull a scam can be dissuaded with a threat of
imminent legal action. But deluded people will not be dissuaded with
silly things like fact and reality - they will view any attempt to
educate them (or stop them) as persecution for their unorthodox
beliefs. This is not unlike the nutjob who keeps bombarding List
members (notably Randy Korotev) with offers for his bogus lunaites.

The best cure for this seller of martian blood vessel meteorites is
medication, electroshock, or lobotomy. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 2/16/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I would like to see someone, or an organization with credentials, put a hurt
> on this scam artist with eBay. These bogus offerings don't do any of you
> legitimate dealers any good. Not at all.
>
> Count Deiro
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: mafer at imagineopals.com
>>Sent: Feb 16, 2010 9:49 AM
>>To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>Subject: [meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil-BV-HC-RBC_W0QQitemZ130365214796QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5a5f504c
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>>inventiveness usually captures someone sometime
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Received on Tue 16 Feb 2010 11:22:37 AM PST