[meteorite-list] Stone fragment from XinJiang Crater is officially confirmed not a meteorite!

From: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:11:57 +0200
Message-ID: <1VAeQH-2cHbWK0_at_fwd14.aul.t-online.de>

Dear Bryan and list members,

taking into account what you said, Bryan, I'm curious to see whether the alleged fall in
Yuncheng, Shanxi on June 15 (mentioned earlier on this list) will be officially confirmed or will turn out
to be a 'fake-meteorite-event' or 'purchased-NWA-becomes-fresh-fall-incident' as well.

http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Ftech%2F2013-07%2F18%2Fc_125026612.htm

TV report (CCTV, 19 July) :
 
http://video.chinanews.com/flv/2012/130719lxy17.mp4
 
Regards
 
Martin
 
 
 
Von: Bofang Li <meteoritegarden at gmail.com>
 An: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
 Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Stone fragment from XinJiang Crater is officially confirmed not a meteorite!
 Datum: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 10:58:43 +0200
 
Hi Mike and all,
 Yes, I agree with you, but the fake-meteorite-boom started since 2010
 and become worse and worse recently. Not only some cheaters selling
 fake meteorites, but also some reputable Chinese collectors use their
 purchased NWAs to claim they were found in Chinese desert or Gobi
 areas in order to attack more media attention and sell more money.
 Nowadays, in China, all kinds of fake-meteorite-events will have a
 profit chain on the backside, and single honest person can hardly beat
 with numerous profit chains. If you pointed out a mendacity, blames or
 even rumors will be flooded to you soonly on the internet. In this
 condition, most Chinese scientists and honest collectors choose to be
 quiet when faced with a fake-meteorite-event. Now, it became a trend,
 official medias will be likely to report fake-meteorite-events, as
 those fake events normally will use the exaggerative advocation and
 will attrack more click-rates for the medias, such as "someone possess
 a tons weight meteorite (actually the stone is a slag) and have been
 authenticated by an expert from Beijing Plenatrium which worth of 4
 times price of the equal weight gold..."
 Regards!
 Bryan
 
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