[meteorite-list] Huge Increase in Meteorite "help me" or "buy me" emails.

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:20:36 -0400
Message-ID: <20100322162036.PJMRK.171904.imail_at_fed1rmwml36>

Al,
Brilliantly stated.
look no farther than Almahatta sitta. It's crust is wrong (some pieces have crusts with holes in them while others have no crust) . It's SG weight is wrong (most meteorites feel heavy whereas most of these do not) . It's morphology and texture are wrong ( most meteorites are smooth while many of these are very rough and jagged and have pores ) . It's lack of metal ( some pieces lack metal) And finally , some pieces look totally different than others (because they are totally different) Very cool. Between Almahatta Sitta and Lovina alone, it seems to me we need to take a second and third look at every prospect. As these are two of the most amazing meteorites ever. I hear there will soon be announced a new meteorite that is nearly 50% magnetite? Carl

--
Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- almitt2 at localnet.com wrote: 
> Greetings Mike and all,
> 
> Good topic and I want to comment on it. Not aimed at anyone person, but 
> perhaps aimed at new dealers or collectors who might want to try to 
> identify meteorites.
> 
> It is important to not dismiss samples too quickly when checking them 
> out. Going through the proper tests and taking time to really look is 
> important. There is ALWAYS a possibility that some new type material 
> might be found that doesn't fit in to the norm of meteorites you might 
> have or have seen. Nininger pointed this out. Try to look for fall 
> features, structure on a micro level, crust and the many other features 
> an sample might have. If you can't dismiss it too easily then you might 
> want to send it to a good lab to have some testing done on it. I am 
> sure there have been specimens found that didn't fit in the norm and 
> were thrown out as wrongs.
> 
> Checking out specimens is a big responcibilty to the owner of the 
> material and must be done in the most cautious way so no item is 
> overlooked. Best
> 
> --AL Mitterling
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi List!
> >
> > Are any of the other dealers noticing a big increase in emails from
> > unknown people wanting you to ID their suspected meteorite or buy
> > their suspected meteorite?
> >
> > In the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a flood of emails from
> > people around the country and the world - all wanting me to identify
> > their obvious meteorwrong, or to purchase their meteorwrong.  One guy
> > claimed to be in China, but had a Russian email address, and he
> > attached some photos of an obvious industrial slag which he claimed
> > was a meteorite and he even had a bogus "lab report" to prove it.
> > Some of these are honest folks who are confused or misinformed, but
> > many are scammers.  Do the scammers think because we deal meteorites,
> > we must be dumb or something?  Because some of these so-called
> > "meteorites" they try to push on me are obviously bogus - so bogus a
> > blindman or a fool could tell they are not meteorites.
> >
> > Is this another after-effect from the Meteorite Men TV show?  Or just 
> > a fluke?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > MikeG
> 
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