[meteorite-list] Possible ebay Healdsburg Tektites??

From: Norm Lehrman <nlehrman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 23:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <70726.40517.qm_at_web81001.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

All,

I have seen the Healdsburg CA tektite candidates (and they look pretty convincing). However, there is also lots of definite natural volcanic obsidian in the Coast Ranges. The material on ebay looks more like the latter. Save your money---

Cheers,
Norm
http://tektitesource.com

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Ryan Weidert <ryan.weidert at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ryan Weidert <ryan.weidert at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible ebay Healdsburg Tektites??
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 1:48 PM
> Hello List,
> ? ????While perusing ebay listings, I came
> across the auction "NAPA
> VALLEY RAW OBSIDIAN 6 PIECES".
> Having read a previous met-list archived post on Healdsburg
> Tektites
> (basically the same area as Napa) I think the obsidian for
> sale could
> be Healdsburg tektites.
>
> Ebay link:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/L-K-LOT-NAPA-VALLEY-RAW-OBSIDIAN-6-PIECES-/230447918809?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a7c42ed9
>
> Met-List Healdsburg Archive link:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com/msg11615.html
>
> I thought those of you who like Tektites may be interested
> if they are
> the real deal.
>
>
> cheers~
> ryan weidert
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Received on Thu 10 Jun 2010 02:23:48 AM PDT