Hi All, I respectfully suggest these are not meteorites but rather a carefully contrived scheme with three suspect IDs: 'little-old-ladies-from-pasadena' from HESPERIA, CA 'dr.moe52' from HESPERIA, CA 'dr.gh' from LAS VEGAS
Too many similarities in the auctions. Highly suspect identities. Beware! Best, ken http://meteorite-identification.com/updates.html On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Rob, Mike and List > > Right away you can tell that the this piece is probably a meteorite..although > methinks it ain't an iron...by the experienced guys who are commenting on > this post. So, if you fellows will let me...I'll take a crack at buying it > and see if my luck is still holding up since last weekend. > > I say luck as I'm getting ready to make another announcement of an even > larger find of Cat Mountain then the one I got 3/23/11...initial analysis > looks good. A 170 gram individual and some questionable smaller pieces. You > fellows are missing out by not getting down to Snyder Hill in Tucson. Only > one hunter there last weekend. Lonely. > > And no....as was inferred by Sonny in a recent post...these weren't bought > from some itinerant gypsy woman come to Vegas selling rare meteorites. The > archives will show that I posted my first Cat Mountain 001 pictures to Gary, > Adam, Greg and others asking for help in ID before this broad ever came to > town. > > Best to all and ain't this fun! > > Count Deiro > IMCA 3536 > > -----Original Message----- >>From: "Matson, Robert D." <robert.d.mat...@saic.com> >>Sent: Aug 5, 2011 10:28 AM >>To: "meteoriteguy.com" <m...@meteoriteguy.com>, Jim Wooddell >><nf11...@npgcable.com> >>Cc: meteorite_hunt...@yahoogroups.com, Meteorite-List >><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>, desertsunb...@yahoogroups.com >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dr. Moe52??? >> >>Not a meteorite. Not sure what he gets the idea that there are >>no volcanic rocks in San Bernardino County -- patently absurd. >>The dry lake beds of San Bernardino County are COVERED with 'em. >> >>But that's neither here nor there. In the immortal words of Bob >>Haag, "It's slag, bro'!" To my eyes it looks like a roasted >>sulfide. --Rob >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com >>[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of >>meteoriteguy.com >>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 8:09 AM >>To: Jim Wooddell >>Cc: <meteorite_hunt...@yahoogroups.com>; Meteorite-List; >><desertsunb...@yahoogroups.com> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dr. Moe52??? >> >>Wow, I have never seen quite so many exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>Looks like magnetite to me!!!!!! >>Michael Farmer >> >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Aug 5, 2011, at 7:41 AM, "Jim Wooddell" <nf11...@npgcable.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone know this person? Encounters??? >>> >>> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140586988419&ssPageNa >>me=STRK:MEWAX:IT >>> >>> Anyone know the strewn field??? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Jim Wooddell >> >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list