[meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:40:37 -0800
Message-ID: <4CE5AB65.4070809_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Didn't see that part, thanks for pointing it out that tiny print.. Yeah,
it wouldn't take much to determine it's not an iron meteorite when you
search on the Meteoritical Database....

Still doesn't change what I said below though... ;)

Eric


On 11/18/2010 2:30 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> It's right there in the first line of the auction: Item specifics
> 2003 Material: Iron, 2002 Meteorite Material: Iron
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> It took me less than 10 seconds to go to the Meteoritical Database and
> determine that Weston was an H4. It took another 10 seconds to check
> and compare real Weston as sold by a reputable dealer like Michael
> Cottingham and to determine that it's price is $37.50 for .15 grams,
> not a dollar a gram. If you don't have 20 seconds before blowing $242
> on hematite, then you're pretty darn dumb in my book.
>
> Phil Whitmer
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261289839&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true
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> I'm sorry, did I miss where the seller said it was an iron? I didn't
> read that anywhere in the auction... :o\
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> Maybe you're talking about the "appearance" of these?
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1807-Western-CT-Weston-17-Meteorites-total-66-grams_W0QQitemZ390261301841
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> Also, saying someone is dumb for not knowing Weston is not an iron is
> not really fair to them in my opinion because it assumes that the person
> buying "should" know everything about all meteorites and doesn't account
> for new meteorite collectors. Yes people should be prudent, and research
> what you're buying when you don't know much about it. But we must admit
> we don't all do that either...
>
> This particular seller is selling all sorts of things and has *1518*
> Feedback, all 100% Positive. Meteorites are obviously not their regular
> inventory...
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> This tells me there's a chance this seller was scammed by someone
> else... Maybe the seller doesn't know, and is selling these pieces
> unknowingly as Weston meteorite because that's what he/she were told.
>
> It says in the auction "...I have a few dozen pieces that I am moving
> from a private collection..."
>
> It doesn't say he/she found it. Just that it's from a private
> collection. Did the seller buy these for resale, and if so from whom?
>
> I would ask who or what the original source was for these rocks...
>
> Eric
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Received on Thu 18 Nov 2010 05:40:37 PM PST