I don't use ebay (I'm too stupid to figure it all out) so I have to
ask, is this auction over? Says Mar 31. Or? I would have thought
this one to go for more than the starting bid figure.
Mike
On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:35 PM, Jason Utas wrote:
I said:
The only slag that I've known to
Hi Folks!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120236513887
If this is a meteorite, it's the UGLIEST meteorite
I have ever seen.
Regards,
MikeG
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Looks like marshmallows and caramel landed in a pile of wet cement.
Anita
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It might have helped the sale if the seller would have included a
picture with some of the finer details. I believe it will be
interesting to see how much this one goes for.
Mike in CO
On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Michael Gilmer wrote:
Hi Folks!
Olah All,
Looks like a fresh mesosiderite. I know, the shape is odd - but have
a look at fresh pieces of that Chinese mesosiderite fall Dong Umjim
Qui...or however it's spelled...they look rather similar to this,
though by the look of the orange crystals clearly visible on the
surface of this
Ha ha Funny... the Rorschach-Shroom Techinque of meteorite
identification...Down to confirming orange olivine crystals-- in a
mesosiderite no less--and fresh? It is fresh from the slag pile!
I've got petrified frog poop that looks more like a meteorite then
this.
Pleeease...this is an early
Hello Elton, All,
Hardly; I just think it's stupid to rule any sample out completely
without a lab analysis.
There's no single feature on the stone being auctioned that would
suggest that it is not, in fact, a fresh mesosiderite individual, and
seeing as I am as qualified as you, if not better, to
Mr EMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--=
--Ha ha Funny... the Rorschach-Shroom Techinque of meteorite
--identification...Down to confirming orange olivine crystals-- in a
--mesosiderite no less--and fresh? It is fresh from the slag pile!
--I've got petrified frog poop that looks
I said:
The only slag that I've known to contain olivine was Seymchan, and
there's some debate as to whether that was actually waste, or, in
fact, a synthetic meteorite look-alike meant to confuse buyers.
The fact that the stone contains olivine means that either:
*Not Seymchan, but rather
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