Hello All, The "crater" is typical in appearance of many mining prospects in gold rush country, and the stone itself appears to be hematite - there looks to be a nice seam of quartz running through it in some of the photos. If it is, it would actually make sense - the prospector who dug the hole might have thought that there could be other metal-bearing ores nearby. Sometimes you can find great stuff on ebay...sometimes not. Regards, Jason
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Murray Paulson <murray.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > > Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the > "meteorite" looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old? > This one smells! P.T. Barnum said something about the likes of the > bidders! > > Murray Paulson > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum > <joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> Possibilities, but probably not. The crater looks like what's left after a >> tree falls over and is removed. This find (or not) is courtesy of the >> Meteorite Men. Whaddya think?: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Meteorite-Rare-Find_W0QQitemZ180483766353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a05abb851 >> >> >> What are the chances of finding a rock in Newfoundland that looks just like >> a Newfoundland dog? I also liked the Vincent rock: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/2-UNIQUE-ROCK-FORMATIONS-NFLD-DOG-SKULL-METEORITE_W0QQitemZ270551650886QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3efe229246 >> >> >> >> >> Phil Whitmer >> ______________________________________________ >> 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