[meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:14:34 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac891003260014w19b51dcfn4d6d5d39d2fe86c2_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,
The "crater" is typical in appearance of many mining prospects in gold
rush country, and the stone itself appears to be hematite - there
looks to be a nice seam of quartz running through it in some of the
photos. If it is, it would actually make sense - the prospector who
dug the hole might have thought that there could be other
metal-bearing ores nearby.
Sometimes you can find great stuff on ebay...sometimes not.
Regards,
Jason

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Murray Paulson
<murray.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the
> "meteorite" looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old?
> This one smells! P.T. Barnum said something about the likes of the
> bidders!
>
> Murray Paulson
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
> <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Possibilities, but probably not. ?The crater looks like what's left after a
>> tree falls over and is removed. ?This find (or not) is courtesy of the
>> Meteorite Men. ?Whaddya think?:
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Meteorite-Rare-Find_W0QQitemZ180483766353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a05abb851
>>
>>
>> What are the chances of finding a rock in Newfoundland that looks just like
>> a Newfoundland dog? ?I also liked the Vincent rock:
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/2-UNIQUE-ROCK-FORMATIONS-NFLD-DOG-SKULL-METEORITE_W0QQitemZ270551650886QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3efe229246
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
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Received on Fri 26 Mar 2010 03:14:34 AM PDT