[meteorite-list] meteorite or not?

From: Jonathan E. Dongell <jdongell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:21:45 -0700
Message-ID: <043601cc41bc$03e8d770$6401a8c0_at_homepc>

M22protosun,
Did the same thing when I began collecting. Bought several, sold as:
"iron/nickel meterites".... : ^ (
Question..... How did you track the source to "Mekong River"?
Jonathan
ICMA 3922


----- Original Message -----
From: "m42protosun" <m42protosun at t-online.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite or not?


> Hi list,
> when I started collecting meteorites I had bought such item fron an IMCA
> member as "NANTAN". The reality is that it is "Mekong River Iron" . The
> simple negative Ni-Test shows that it contain not yet more than 0.00001
> ppm Ni metal, a MUST of iron containing meteorites.
> m42protosun
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorite or not?
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:05:33 +0200
> From: Dan Furlan <danfurlan at gmail.com>
> To: met-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>
> I'm not 100% sure but i don't think this item on ebay is a meteorite
> 120738890611
>
> link to item:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/2-6LB-Original-Iron-Meteorite-Specimen-China-/120738890611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c994373
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Received on Wed 13 Jul 2011 08:21:45 PM PDT