[meteorite-list] Collectible wrongs

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 02:45:48 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CE806FDF5D6C74-BC4-1D1D9_at_Webmail-m121.sysops.aol.com>

Hi William,

400 lbs? Wheew! My guess is for anyone to appreciate a meteorwrong,
they will need to appreciate a meteorite first, so this is the right
forum imo.

Can you post an image of the window you made so the list can appreciate
it? Maybe someone will like it who already has a saw. I wouldn't
worry about slicing the entire mass, what for at this point? Why not
just chisel off a hunk if that is not too aggressive and make a deal to
send it to one of the guys that is always cutting stuff. Let them keep
30%, for example, of the net slices and send you the 70% if that can be
done. Then try to sell the first group and see how it goes. If you do
well then great then worry about what to do with the main mass, but if
not, you have not invested anything. Unless you just want to start
cutting meteorites anyways, of course!

But that supposes it is natural I guess since some slag might not be as
popular.

What convinced you it is not a meteorite 'entirely terrestrial in
formation' if it looks so much like a mesosiderite?

Kindest wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sat, Dec 3, 2011 4:21 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Collectible wrongs


Is there a discusion forum devoted to collectible meteorwrongs and
ethical marketing of same? The only active meteorite web forums
I have found so far, seldom if ever discuss this subject. Lurking here
a
bit (and extensively searching the archives) it looks like many on this
mailing list would prefer that this topic never be discussed here
either:-O

Was recently disappointed to learn that a big old rusty 'rock' I have
had
for years is "entirely terrestrial in formation". Never held much hope
it
was real until I finally cut a window - after 38 years... Then wow!
Dark
basalt-ish looking breccia homogeneously distributed in shiny metal
with
no holes or vugs. Text book mesosiderite in appearance and every home
test I tried only added to my brief excitement.

Still do not know if it is natural or man made, but should have a much
better idea once I receive the full lab report. Obviously I'm hoping
for
the consolation prize of natural. Even if this was an industrial
accident
it still looks as good as a Plateau Putorano and better than a Mendota.
To my untrained eye it closely resembles a 1755 gr slice of Estherville
that I found on the web.

Since cutting costs are more of a concern than kerf losses I'm
researching
band saw blades. Brand or type suggestions would be appreciated. Have a
small machine shop nearby owned by a semi-retired friend. Hoping his
horizontal saw is big enough I can avoid large industrial shops. Oh
BTW,
this thing weighs around 400 pounds so is way beyond the capacity of
most
hobbyist grade equipment.

Any comments, ideas or suggestions are welcome. To the list or in
private
as you see fit. Thank you for your time.

William

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