[meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende, on eBay

From: Chauncey Walden <clwaldeniii_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:33:01 -0700
Message-ID: <50E30FBD.9030206_at_comcast.net>

Elton wrote:
> The other possibility --which has happened several times before elsewhere, is that it was recovered from the Allende Field but is from an entirely separate fall.? If the label he has predates NWAs arrival then think he has a case for a co-located strewn field.
And the other possibility for meteorites coming from a large general
"rock shop" like Kidcentavos source is that the labels got switched
either by a disreputable but knowledgeable buyer taking advantage of a
unknowledgeable minimum wage clerk or just in packing and unpacking for
many mineral shows which this shop does.
Chauncey
Received on Tue 01 Jan 2013 11:33:01 AM PST