Bill, Norbert, Dave, and All, Sorry for this duplicate, but the first hasn't turn up on the list yet.
Hi Bill, I won't add to the points covered by Norbert. When I first saw one of Al's sale, I thought it was fake. I emailed 'flabster' via eBay and asked how he had acquired the fragments. 'Flabster' simply replied, "easy, walking along the streets with a magnet in a plastic container and frequently removing the pieces, besides loads of car pieces! Best wishes, Al". Not knowing who he was or understanding that fragments had surrounded the residence, I issue a warning to other IMCA members about the auction. Dave Harris who knew Al quickly corrected my misconceptions. I have since been in contact with the very kind, reputable Al Falster and I have no reason to doubt his expertise. Bill if you check the link you'll find detailed results of samples tested. If you are not confident of an auction for any reason, don't bid. However, if you know of fragments being sold that are not genuine, you need contact the seller. If the seller is an IMCA member and you cannot obtain satisfaction, you can file a compliant via the web site. IMCA will contact you and the member. And you would probably get much higher bids if your PF fragments were accompanied with written authentication by Paul Sipiera or the like. Not a bad idea. Best, Ken Newton Bill wrote: Ken, Most of us know about the N.O. excursion. Point is, how reliable can the authenticty of street crumbs be? Can the IMCA vouch for each and every crumb that's sold by a member of your org.? I have buckets of very nice crumbs from PF that I could market. Can I sell if I buy an imca number or do I need the crumbs authenticated. Any volunteers? My point being obvious, I hope. Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:44:34 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Orleans Hi Bruce, After the fall on the Fausset home, Al Falster (ebay seller 'flabster'), a geologist from the University of New Orleans and a group of students collected impact fragments off the streets surrounding the residence. Since then, Al and others have been selling the small 'street' fragments on ebay. http://www.uno.edu/pegmatology/pub/meteor/meteor.html (photos) http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znpneworleans.html best, ken newton Bruce Yankewitz wrote: Seems to me that virtually all of the New Orleans meteorite to reach the collector market has been in almost indentical, crumb-sized pieces. Anyone know why this is so? Bruce ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list