[meteorite-list] meteorite or not?

From: Jim Wooddell <jimwooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:06:11 -0700
Message-ID: <CAH_zgwHRtkH_cNELbM=5DqC43CBHokLVtHVK7Yy8xXLv+Bo83Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

Good evening all!

Here is the response I received from this person selling the rock...
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"Thank you for your information,It is an iron meteorite,I bought from
other seller who said like this also,We haven't done any tests about
it.But it is not rock.Many thanks.

- crystal-sphere9"
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FYI

Jim Wooddell








On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Richard Montgomery
<rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Jonathan....I think one paddles upstream.
>
> :>))
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan E. Dongell" <jdongell at cox.net>
> To: <m42protosun at t-online.de>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite or not?
>
>
>> 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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