[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk on eBay - are these any closer to real?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:20:10 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8EM6aywc9HZOkb57=meF4b6GV+mGCyE52SrJbi7_L0sQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Agreed. I still haven't seen a single specimen on eBay that I would trust.

Lots of gullible bidders with more credit cards than sense though.

This is a field day for scammers.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 2/22/13, Mark Ford <mark.ford at southernscientific.co.uk> wrote:
> Looks a little too much like road aggregate to me, they all seem to be
> graded to 1cm just like coarse road aggregate is..
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bob King
> Sent: 22 February 2013 00:27
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk on eBay - are these any closer to
> real?
>
> Hi everyone,
> I'm still waiting to see the first real specimen of Chelybinsk / Chebarkul
> on eBay. There are a handful of auctions by one "trogladit"
> that make one wonder. Any speculation if they could be real? Here's the
> link: http://bit.ly/WWs4T1
>
> Bob
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