Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day/ New Az Find
Hi Todd, Way to go, great find! How many hours did it take to make the new find? Sonny -Original Message- From: valparint valpar...@aol.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 2:49 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day New AZ Chondritehttp://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list mailing listMeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li stinfo/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
Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time!
Hats off to Blain for all of his time and efforts because without his work this may not have happened. Carl meteoritemax. -- Cheers Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: I agree, Al... Time always exposes the bad seeds, no matter how many decades they have been floating around us... -Original Message- From: al mitt Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:48 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Greetings, I hope this is a wake up call for some of the other dishonest dealers who mis-represent meteorites or who are doing illegal acts. --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites - Original Message - From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net To: jimsk...@aol.com; jimsk...@aol.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Yes! This wingnut caused a lot of grief in the community. Hope whoever filed the criminal complaint also goes for a civil suit. Maybe that will finally get rid of him. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: jimsk...@aol.com Sent: Feb 12, 2012 7:36 AM To: jimsk...@aol.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Link correction: _http://www.kjct8.com/news/30437647/detail.html_ (http://www.kjct8.com/news/30437647/detail.html) In a message dated 2/12/2012 9:33:46 A.M. Central Standard Time, jimsk...@aol.com writes: They finally got Steve Curry. __ 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
[meteorite-list] AD: NAKHLA, Moss, DaG 400, New Concord, MURRAY CM2, LA002, Forest City, Almahata Sitta, Seres and more, is ending soon on eBay!
Hello Listers, Thank you for taking a look at my post of meteorites I have for sale on eBay. Here is your chance to own some rare and historic meteorites. Please take a look and if you have any questions or OFFERS please email me and I’ll get back with you. Also if you are looking for bigger/smaller meteorites, let me know too. A meteorite is a meteorite, but a meteorite with history and a legacy, will always add aura to your meteorite collection and value. eBay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? Featured meteorites LOS ANGELES 002 Martian/Mars meteorite found in USA! http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953129904?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 MURRAY Ultra Rare CM2 Meteorite 70 Amino Acids Polyols SUGARS - ASU Collection. http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953131786?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 FOREST CITY meteorite 1890 historic fall -1st COURT CASE BATTLE! http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953132410?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 MOSS meteorite Hammer Stone Fall CO3.6 VERY RARE Classification. http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953130547?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 NAKHLA Martian/Mars meteorite - 1911 Fall - SUPER RARE! http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953124618?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 ALMAHATA SITTA meteorite 2008TC3 1st meteorite seen from space super rare! http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953133275?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 NEW CONCORD meteorite 1860-Horse killer-ASU collection! http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953123542?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 MURRAY Ultra Rare CM2 Meteorite 70 Amino Acids Polyols SUGARS - ASU Collection. http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953125161?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 BONITA SPRINGS found among skeletons in 1938 in FL USA http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953129290?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Peña Blanca Spring meteorite rare aubrite 1946 fall http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953131301?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 SERES meteorite 1818 1st and only meteorite from Greece http://www.ebay.com/itm/260953428442?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Lunar/ Moon Meteorite Dar al Gani 400 (ALUN-A) 1g slice. http://www.ebay.com/itm/260875143182?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Thank you Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? __ 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
[meteorite-list] It's about time!
One of the members at The Meteorite Junction is from Montrose and has been updating us on this developing story. Here's the link to the thread that's being updated with news and video. _http://www.meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=13t=648p=3076#p3076_ (http://www.meteoritejunction.com/viewtopic.php?f=13t=648p=3076#p3076) P.S. Sorry for the double link mess. Don't know why this happens when I copy and paste in plain text. Cheers, Jim K __ 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
[meteorite-list] GA SC Bolide seems have produced a large rock
Dear list, GA SC Bolide seems have produced a large rock http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/02/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-large-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Met. Auction Results
Auction results will be available at this URL for some time: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/AuctionTucson12RESULTS.html Absentee bidders are being mailed their items now and sellers are Being mailed their checks. Donors raised $585 for the Footes - thanks to all that contributed Items! Anyone willing to send a few bucks, contact me for their PayPal address. Be sure to send as PERSONAL - Gift or Living Expenses. They are still struggling to avoid being homeless. My illness lingers, but slowly getting better, Michael __ 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
[meteorite-list] AD - Special Monday Auctions Ending - New Stuff!
Dear List Members, I have 18 Special Monday Night auctions ending in a few hours. Many new items were added so you may want to take a look. I also have 54 auctions ending tomorrow night. Lots of great material so please take a look if you can spare a few moments. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank you for looking and if you are bidding, good luck! Kindest Regards, Adam Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] GA SC Bolide seems have produced a large rock
Hello Dirk in looking at your posts and the information on your site your are making it sound like there are meteorites found in Texas and from the GA SC bolide. Have any meteorites been found in either location? Your report say 25 kilos produced in Texas and the other a large rockwhat is a large rock? On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:47 PM, drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear list, GA SC Bolide seems have produced a large rock http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2012/02/breaking-news-mbiq-detects-large-meteor.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ 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 -- Mike Miller Kingman Az 86409 www.meteoritefinder.com EBay ID flattoprocks IMCA #2232 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Met. Auction Results
Donors raised $585 for the Footes We are blessed by you all. Words cannot express... Michael, you are 'the man'. Gary and CJ __ 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
[meteorite-list] A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting (Natural History Museun, London)
A Mystery Meteorite From the House of Sting by Michael Balter, February 2012, Science News http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/a-mystery-meteorite-from-the-house.html 93 kilogram meteorite found in Wiltshire County, England about 80 years ago. Best wishes, Paul __ 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
[meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
List, I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a, lonestar*meteorites. I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g Oum Dreyga slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an unclassified slice I purchased from him a couple years ago. It was the next slice after mine so I recognized the inclusions and shape immediately. I can honestly say my slice is not Oum Dreyga as similar as they look. Oum Dreyga has twice the metal flakes as mine and I'm positive, as his. Mine is much more likely an L-chondrite, not an H. Though very similar at first glance they are indeed different and I've spent the last half hour verifying my claim. I would not trust one damn thing this guy sells! This is now the second stone he is selling which I know first hand isn't having both his specimen and the actual specimen he is representing it as. He is still up to his old game and now I am positive! Buyers still beware! Just thought I would share my 2¢. Brandon D IMCA# 9312 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
Hi Brandon and List, Thanks so much for this warning and going public with it. You are doing a valuable service to the meteorite community as a whole. I have noticed a DISTURBING trend in the meteorite world lately, and that is secrecy involving members who have fallen from grace by offering bogus specimens. Without Jason Utas coming forward and going public, non-IMCA members would have never known that their collections were compromised by Scarborough-Esparza bogus Mifflin affair where NWA chondrites like Chergach/Bassi were being sold as Mifflin. To all of the watchdog groups out there who are supposedly safeguarding the integrity of the market - STOP BEING SECRETIVE about the wrongdoings of your members. By sweeping their misdeeds under the rug, you are doing to entire community a disservice and acting as accomplices in the destruction of the integrity of collections of non-members who are not privy to the internal business/wrongdoings of the group. The entire community, members or not, have a RIGHT to now if their collections are comprised by your members. Stop trying to salvage the damaged reputation of your group by hiding the crimes of disgraced members. This secrecy is backfiring because many of us are informed collectors who are not pushovers or fools - we know what is going on, despite the best attempts to cover it up. It's only making the group worse than it really is. The next time one of the members of these groups engages in criminal or unethical activity, do not limit the announcement to your own members - TELL THE PUBLIC. We have a right to know. If not, informed collectors are going to start taking their business elsewhere. Best regards, MikeG -- * Galactic Stone Ironworks - Meteorites Amber Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone *** On 2/13/12, Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com wrote: List, I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a, lonestar*meteorites. I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g Oum Dreyga slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an unclassified slice I purchased from him a couple years ago. It was the next slice after mine so I recognized the inclusions and shape immediately. I can honestly say my slice is not Oum Dreyga as similar as they look. Oum Dreyga has twice the metal flakes as mine and I'm positive, as his. Mine is much more likely an L-chondrite, not an H. Though very similar at first glance they are indeed different and I've spent the last half hour verifying my claim. I would not trust one damn thing this guy sells! This is now the second stone he is selling which I know first hand isn't having both his specimen and the actual specimen he is representing it as. He is still up to his old game and now I am positive! Buyers still beware! Just thought I would share my 2¢. Brandon D IMCA# 9312 __ 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
[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
Folks, I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard. The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honestbut I just don't get it. Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg. I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. All best and thanks / d, __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
I guess what is most shocking of all this is his 100% feedback. Even more bizarre and no offense to anyone, is that if you click his feedback (feedback left as a Seller) there are many familiar names of Buyers in the meteorite collecting community who should no better then risk taking a chance purchasing any specimens, especially after this Seller has been targeted for questionable authenticity of meteorite specimens in his auctions. * What scares me most is that the many specimens this Seller has sold over time will someday make their way back to the collecting community and most likely via future eBay auctions. These Buyers/Collectors of lonestar meteorites auctions, may eventually re-sell these specimens either to acquire a bigger piece or different specimen thus tainting (most likely unknowingly) other peoples meteorite collections by selling a specimen that was not what it really is. * Here again I can only express as I have done over and over again (sounding like a broken record) either on my Website, my eBay auctions or this List, the importance of PROVENANCE! I fully understand that sometimes provenance can get lost in time with paper work...it has happened to me but not very often. The importance of keeping RECORDS and your paper work of the sale, such as the Seller's name, the COA if one is supplied and the ID card etc should be first and foremost and only takes a few minutes of time! You need to have this in order to protect yourself and especially if you re-sell your meteorite. These meteorite specimens just don't grow on trees in peoples backyards! They have to have come from somewhere, someone. Ask a Seller for this specimens history information. Demand some kind of Provenance or COA, at least an ID Card and have them sign it before you even consider to bid or buy. Protect, Protect, Protect yourself and your ass-etc.! Most importantly protect your fellow meteorite collecting community from the wrongful misrepresentation of specimens being sold by speaking up and warning others such as this List the IMCA and other meteorite organizations, so we can get rid of these type plagues. Just my thoughts. * Sincerely Don Merchant Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders www.ctreasurescwonders.com IMCA #0960 - Original Message - From: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com To: Metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! List, I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a, lonestar*meteorites. I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g Oum Dreyga slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an unclassified slice I purchased from him a couple years ago. It was the next slice after mine so I recognized the inclusions and shape immediately. I can honestly say my slice is not Oum Dreyga as similar as they look. Oum Dreyga has twice the metal flakes as mine and I'm positive, as his. Mine is much more likely an L-chondrite, not an H. Though very similar at first glance they are indeed different and I've spent the last half hour verifying my claim. I would not trust one damn thing this guy sells! This is now the second stone he is selling which I know first hand isn't having both his specimen and the actual specimen he is representing it as. He is still up to his old game and now I am positive! Buyers still beware! Just thought I would share my 2¢. Brandon D IMCA# 9312 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
Sorry made some typo errors on last email and had to correct them. H getting senile. - Original Message - From: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com; Metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! I guess what is most shocking of all this is his 100% feedback. Even more bizarre and no offense to anyone, is that if you click his feedback (feedback left as a Seller) there are many familiar names of Buyers in the meteorite collecting community who should know better then risk taking a chance purchasing any specimens, especially after this Seller has been targeted for questionable authenticity of meteorite specimens in his auctions. * What scares me most is that the many specimens this Seller has sold over time will someday make their way back to the collecting community and most likely via future eBay auctions. These Buyers/Collectors of lonestar meteorites auctions, may eventually re-sell these specimens either to acquire a bigger piece or different specimen thus tainting (most likely unknowingly) other peoples meteorite collections by selling a specimen that was not what it really is. * Here again I can only express as I have done over and over again (sounding like a broken record) either on my Website, my eBay auctions or this List, the importance of PROVENANCE! I fully understand that sometimes provenance can get lost in time with paper work...it has happened to me but not very often. The importance of keeping RECORDS and your paper work of the sale, such as the Seller's name, the COA if one is supplied and the ID card etc should be first and foremost and only takes a few minutes of time! You need to have this in order to protect yourself and especially if you re-sell your meteorite. These meteorite specimens just don't grow on trees in peoples backyards! They have to have come from somewhere, someone. Ask a Seller for this specimens history information. Demand some kind of Provenance or COA, at least an ID Card and have them sign it before you even consider to bid or buy. Protect, Protect, Protect yourself and your ass-ets.! Most importantly protect your fellow meteorite collecting community from the wrongful misrepresentation of specimens being sold by speaking up and warning others such as this List the IMCA and other meteorite organizations, so we can get rid of these type plagues. Just my thoughts. * Sincerely Don Merchant Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders www.ctreasurescwonders.com IMCA #0960 - Original Message - From: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com To: Metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! List, I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a, lonestar*meteorites. I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g Oum Dreyga slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an unclassified slice I purchased from him a couple years ago. It was the next slice after mine so I recognized the inclusions and shape immediately. I can honestly say my slice is not Oum Dreyga as similar as they look. Oum Dreyga has twice the metal flakes as mine and I'm positive, as his. Mine is much more likely an L-chondrite, not an H. Though very similar at first glance they are indeed different and I've spent the last half hour verifying my claim. I would not trust one damn thing this guy sells! This is now the second stone he is selling which I know first hand isn't having both his specimen and the actual specimen he is representing it as. He is still up to his old game and now I am positive! Buyers still beware! Just thought I would share my 2¢. Brandon D IMCA# 9312 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
Hi, I'm not inclined to disagreeit doesn't add up. On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Michael Farmer wrote: Scam. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com wrote: Folks, I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard. The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honestbut I just don't get it. Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg. I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. All best and thanks / d, __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
I agree with Mike, Daryl! I'm trying to imagine a scenario of a house on a ravine, a guy finding a rusty lump, and the wife persistently tries to throw the lump out in the garbage(?!) instead of simply heaving it over the fence? Doesn't track. Sounds like a scripted story. Like we say at work - The name's Tucker, not sucker! Pete From: dar...@dof3.com Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:10:31 -0500 To: m...@meteoriteguy.com CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; i...@imcamail.de Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY Hi, I'm not inclined to disagreeit doesn't add up. On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Michael Farmer wrote: Scam. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com wrote: Folks, I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard. The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honestbut I just don't get it. Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg. I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. All best and thanks / d, __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time!
Greetings again, Yep, mr. curry picked on the wrong guy from the same state and Blaine was waiting for the right opportunity. There are some people you just shouldn't mess with and I believe Blaine is one such person. He's the nicest guy in the world and as fair as they come but he won't tolerate people like that who cause untold damage in our community and to himself!! Thanks for the kind words Greg! I feel the same! --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites - Original Message - From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net; al mitt alm...@kconline.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Hats off to Blain for all of his time and efforts because without his work this may not have happened. Carl meteoritemax. -- Cheers Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net wrote: I agree, Al... Time always exposes the bad seeds, no matter how many decades they have been floating around us... -Original Message- From: al mitt Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:48 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Greetings, I hope this is a wake up call for some of the other dishonest dealers who mis-represent meteorites or who are doing illegal acts. --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites - Original Message - From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net To: jimsk...@aol.com; jimsk...@aol.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's about time! Yes! This wingnut caused a lot of grief in the community. Hope whoever filed the criminal complaint also goes for a civil suit. Maybe that will finally get rid of him. Count Deiro IMCA 3536 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE - PECULIAR METEORITE DISCOVERY....
Scam. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Darryl Pitt dar...@dof3.com wrote: Folks, I need your help; there is a problem here---I'm just not certain as to its nature. A seemingly honest fellow from Sandy Hook, NJ came to my office late today in the hope I could verify what he was told could be a meteorite---and it is. This fellow said that just after he moved in a year ago, he found it on the embankment of his backyard just beyond which is a 75 foot escarpment. The wife said she tried to throw the rusty thing out a couple of times and both times he rescued it from the garbage. It is a medium octahedrite which weighs 4.236 kg. How do I know it's a medium octahedrite? I could make out a feint pattern underneath a veneer of rust on the cut face. Yes, roughly speaking, this fellow found a cut and prepared meteorite in his backyard. The fellow left the specimen in my possession and agreed to allow me to have a sample removed and forwarded for analysis. I advised him there could be a problem here that could be readily determined---and he didn't seem fazed. While I've been accused of being naive, I nonetheless genuinely believe he and his wife are honestbut I just don't get it. Any thoughts here? Northeastern New Jersey. End piece. Medium octahedrite. 4.2 kg. I'll get a pic posted tomorrow. All best and thanks / d, __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
Hi Brian. Thank you for the reply and I am very well aware of who you are and Lonestar Meteorites. I understand your concern and apologize for not putting in the * between the name when I mentioned lonestar*meteorites seller on eBay. I believe that this name similarity was explained here on the List but agree that it needed to be explained again as you did. I hope that forwarding this reply back to you and the Met List clarifies any confusion to you and your Buyers/Patrons and anyone reading this posts. Sincerely Don Merchant - Original Message - From: Brian Barnett aerol...@austin.rr.com To: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! Hello Don, My name is Brian Barnett. I have been a collector of meteorites since about 1968 and a dealer operating under the name Lonestar Meteorites since the late 1990's. I am licensed under that name by the Texas Comptrollers Office and by the county where I live. I was informed last night that a person using the Ebay name lonestar*meteorites existed. After reading your posts to the list this evening, I wanted to clarify that we are not one and the same. The posts I am reading cause me some alarm as my usual customers may read them. With that said, I do not sell meteorites on Ebay but only at Texas gem mineral shows. I appreciate what you are trying to do but felt it necessary to clarify that my company Lonestar Meteorites is not advertising on Ebay under the name lonestar*meteorites. Thanks for your time, Brian Sent from my iPad On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:56 PM, Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com wrote: Sorry made some typo errors on last email and had to correct them. H getting senile. - Original Message - From: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com; Metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Don Merchant dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! I guess what is most shocking of all this is his 100% feedback. Even more bizarre and no offense to anyone, is that if you click his feedback (feedback left as a Seller) there are many familiar names of Buyers in the meteorite collecting community who should know better then risk taking a chance purchasing any specimens, especially after this Seller has been targeted for questionable authenticity of meteorite specimens in his auctions. * What scares me most is that the many specimens this Seller has sold over time will someday make their way back to the collecting community and most likely via future eBay auctions. These Buyers/Collectors of lonestar meteorites auctions, may eventually re-sell these specimens either to acquire a bigger piece or different specimen thus tainting (most likely unknowingly) other peoples meteorite collections by selling a specimen that was not what it really is. * Here again I can only express as I have done over and over again (sounding like a broken record) either on my Website, my eBay auctions or this List, the importance of PROVENANCE! I fully understand that sometimes provenance can get lost in time with paper work...it has happened to me but not very often. The importance of keeping RECORDS and your paper work of the sale, such as the Seller's name, the COA if one is supplied and the ID card etc should be first and foremost and only takes a few minutes of time! You need to have this in order to protect yourself and especially if you re-sell your meteorite. These meteorite specimens just don't grow on trees in peoples backyards! They have to have come from somewhere, someone. Ask a Seller for this specimens history information. Demand some kind of Provenance or COA, at least an ID Card and have them sign it before you even consider to bid or buy. Protect, Protect, Protect yourself and your ass-ets.! Most importantly protect your fellow meteorite collecting community from the wrongful misrepresentation of specimens being sold by speaking up and warning others such as this List the IMCA and other meteorite organizations, so we can get rid of these type plagues. Just my thoughts. * Sincerely Don Merchant Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders www.ctreasurescwonders.com IMCA #0960 - Original Message - From: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com To: Metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:37 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it! List, I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a, lonestar*meteorites. I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g Oum Dreyga slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an unclassified slice I
