Meteorite List Archives for [meteorite-list] Fake lunars

Link was broken, but maybe it was removed.

Here is a link to the seller's store. It's full of river rocks and
what looks like a handful of misrepresented ordinary chondrites -
https://www.etsy.com/ie/shop/NEWMOONMETEORITES?ref=l2-about-shopname

Thanks for pointing this out Daniel. Etsy members on this list should
report these listings. Although, if Etsy is anything like eBay, they
won't care. They're probably happy to make the fees on the sales.



On 5/24/21, Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find this, but it is so blatant I
> felt I should post it here and elsewhere as a red flag.... On Etsy, a
> seller "Newmoonmeteorites" is offering various sizes of "Lunar granite,
> from a large strewn field recently discovered in New Hampshire. Chemical
> analysis of 3 match chemical composition of Lunar basalts, 1 matches
> Lunar granite, (chemical analysis posted on youtube slideshow, as well
> as thin sections of fusion crust on 6 small anorthosite and one large
> basalt)." Here is a link to one of the listings:
> https://www.etsy.com/.../meteorite-18-gram-lunar...
> Wow. And some poor suckers are buying his crap. I am going to contact
> Etsy, don't know if they will do anything about it...
>
> Daniel Noyes
> Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
> info at moonmarsrocks.com
> www.moonmarsrocks.com
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