Hi Melanie,
About a year back there was someone selling other meteorites as historic
ones. Don't know if they were NWA or not. I do know there were several
meteorites that had very questionable providence. When sources of the
material were asked if trades with this individual were made (where the
seller had claimed to traded from) they indicated they had NOT traded with
them or for any of the material in question.
There has also been another long time meteorite dealer who has questionable
dealings and has what I would say is questionable feedback in the MetBull.
Sad that some people, big collectors think this person is worthy of buying
from.
You can do a search in the Meteorite Central archives for this information
to get names.
--AL Mitterling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Matthews" <spacewoman2...@hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary
chondrite??
Hello list.
Thank you all for your input!
I've been thinking have there been accounts of people selling NWA material
and passing them off as rare/historic or recent falls?
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Melanie
IMCA: 2975
eBay: metmel2775
Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
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