Hola Tracy, Ken, All, Yes, the colour does look a bit off, but in this case I think it might be due to odd photography - the specimens' textures actually look meteoric and some of the pieces reflect light in a way that I would expect from a weathered ordinary chondrite (oxidized metal appears to be shining back in a few shots, etc). What you take to be red flashes I think could be colour-enhanced chondrules... In general it's a good idea to be cautious, but I *think* those are meteorites, and I've yet to be proven wrong on ebay. That said, the seller is charging by the carat - it's a but much for an ordinary chondrite... Regards, Jason
On Jan 28, 2008 11:04 AM, tracy latimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This seller is based in Thailand. There are a bunch of good sellers > operating out of Thailand, the gem capital of the world (at least for the > moment), but there are MANY more bogus sellers of not-what-they-advertise. > Although this seller has a reasonable record, I have yet to see a meteorite > with gemmy red flashes; anyone remember the notorious "Emerald" meteorite(s)? > I think they got some pretty rocks and slapped a "meteorite" label on them; > either that, or they were told this was a meteorite and took it at face > value. Looks more like a ammolite, andesine, or other opalescent-type > terrestrial rock to me > > Tracy Latimer > > > Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:11:02 -0500 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about Jiddat al Harasis 073 > > > > > List Members, > > There is currently four eBay offerings of JaH 073 by seller > > 'freakingcat_gems'. > > http://tinyurl.com/25j4f6 > > I've not seen a 'meteorite' like this before, can anyone with a slice > > confirm or debunk this? > > And does anyone have a slice photo? > > Thanks in advance, > > Ken Newton > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail(R)-get your > "fix". > http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list