[meteorite-list] Real or not real.

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:12:59 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTim8kjVE41OjM4sAAZ-fTQQ6+TGv5g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Adam said - "...It *smelt* like fraud from the beginning to me..."

Was that pun intended or not? :)

I have a slice of Shirokovsky and it's an odd looking material. But I
bought mine long after the intial controversy and I knew I was getting
a weird palla-wrong.

So, do we know that some person or persons created it specifically to
imitate a pallasite? Or, was it created by some fluke and then some
keen scammer saw it and the rest is history?

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/26/11, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is obvious that Shirokovsky was faked (man-made) in order to defraud the
> collecting community. The weight and dimensions were perfect for being
> created
> in a crucible. I remember when they announced it and everybody's faces inn
> posted images were obscured by frogman suits or they were looking the other
> way.
>
> I never touched any of this stuff. It smelt like fraud from the beginning to
> me.
> The first pieces even had bar-coded labels on them, ready for distribution.
> I
> wonder if anything happened to these scam artists?
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, April 26, 2011 12:32:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Real or not real.
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> I can think of two examples of mysterious specimens. One is
> Shirokovsky and the other is Mendota. Scientists are certain that
> both are not meteoritic, but yet, nobody can explain how either one
> was created. Such stones fall under the category of "We know what it
> isn't..." versus "we know what it is..."
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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> On 4/26/11, GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> To all,
>>
>> Are there any stones that have been found that are unable to be
>> definitively identified as a meteorite? In other words, are there stones
>> (metal or stony) that the meteorite experts of the world examine closely,
>> and then just say, "We just don't know"?
>>
>>
>> Greg L.
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