Hi Norm and others,
Thanks for your reply.
The photos do not show up well in the little ebay
viewer so here are
three urls.
http://i7.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/94/59/e4ce_3.JPG
http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/94/59/e233_3.JPG
http://i1.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/94/6b/a18e_3.JPG
I asked about a streak test, Mr. Rank replied:
"No, I did not do a streak test, but I did one just
now per your request.
The finding is negative for any color whatsoever--no
blacks, rust,
hematitic, ochre, or yellows present. Thank you for
the interest."
Very curious reply (in my opinion) when looking at
the red interior of
the photos.
Best,
Ken
Norm Lehrman wrote:
Ken and all,
How embarassing for geologists everywhere and
another
general downer for serious meteorite people. This
stuff is frustrating and sad. I hate seeing people
ripped off.
My bristles go up everytime someone says: "I know
it's
real 'cause I had a geologist look at it---"
As a career practicing geologist with over 10-years
college-level teaching on the side, I can assure
you
that most geology curricula do not include ANY
significant training or information regarding
meteorites, much less, their identification.
It is true that we geologists see a lot of earth
rocks
and are in a generally advantageous position to
recognize something out of the ordinary when we see
it, but I have described to this list before that
in
well-intentioned nievete, I used to pass around
some
fine SLAG pieces as examples of meteorites.
Everyone, please be advised that, in general,
professional geologists and geological academicians
know less about meteorites than list members!
Anyone
reading this has been exposed to more meteorite
information on this list than any geologist gets in
multi-degree training unless they are involved in a
course of study specifically involving meteorites!
Cheers,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)
--- ken newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Check out this professional geologist's 'Ureilite
meteorite with diamonds.'
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300094532355
(see question at bottom also, the 'professional
geologist' info is found
on his 'me' page)
Does the cut face of this 'non magnetic meteorite'
look like ordinary
hematite to anyone else?
As far as the "obvious entry FUSION coating",
remember this?
http://home.earthlink.net/~wrongs/auctions/2255992757.htm
Follow-up:
http://home.earthlink.net/~meteorwrong/auctions/2260392588.htm
Continuously amazed,
Ken Newton
http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/updates.html
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