[meteorite-list] Mifflin Update... and Real Mifflin Photos...

From: meteoriteguy.com <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 19:35:42 -0600
Message-ID: <9CEC7F77-96E0-4B38-97F9-630CD73ED0DD_at_meteoriteguy.com>

It didn't come from Mifflin. I bet $100 it is a chergach bought at Tucson in feb 2010 and sold to you as mifflin for a 1000% markup.
Stop worrying about new find. Mifflin was very wet place. That stone is from Africa.
Michael Farmer


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On May 8, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That is some of the speculation that it may be a new find, or a planted find. Once I get some of the material returned, I am sending samples to be tested to try to help determine what it is and how long its been on Earth.
>
>
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> --- On Sun, 5/8/11, Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mifflin Update... and Real Mifflin Photos...
>> To: "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 7:49 PM
>> Hello List and Michael C.
>>
>> A huge compelling question is what the "fake" Mifflin
>> really is....Chergach and Bassikounou have been suggested,
>> or any popular H5 for that matter, and this relates to my
>> intermediate topic question I posted during this thread with
>> topic title "whole stone concerns" ...(I'm still interested
>> in a detailed perspective on that as well.)
>>
>> Michael, 'twould be good to get the "fakes" analyzed asap,
>> but I bet you're already well on your way for an
>> answer. How weird it would be to actually be a new
>> find?
>>
>> Richard Montgomery
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael cottingham"
>> <mikewren at gilanet.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 1:19 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Mifflin Update... and Real
>> Mifflin Photos...
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Since Jason posted his discovery, 2 more pieces of
>> "fake" Mifflin have been recovered. Taking into account cut
>> loss, I think I am almost certain that I have recovered 95%
>> of the stone that I was duped into buying. I will not
>> be 100% certain until all of the pieces are returned to
>> me. Even though, I have not been 100% refunded for my
>> purchase, I feel it is important to refund people's money
>> immediately or as fast as possible and to get this fake crap
>> off the market and into the trash can... or maybe into a
>> lawyer's hand!
>>>
>>> PLEASE NOTE: If you have any doubt about a
>> Mifflin specimen you obtained from me ...PLEASE send me a
>> photo so I can confirm one way or the other. Especially ,if
>> it does not look like anything in the Met Bulletin below.
>> Even if you did not get it from me, but just want a second
>> opinion... send me the photo.
>>>
>>> Here is also a link to photos of Real Mifflin.
>> Everything posted in the Meteoritical Bulletin entry is
>> indeed REAL Mifflin.
>>>
>>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=52090
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Wishes
>>>
>>> Michael Cottingham
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