[meteorite-list] Got had and need help!

2002-05-21 Thread MuseumStore/NatureSource
Hi listees!   I have a problem and I'm hoping someone out there will be able to help me out.  I recently purchased some material which was described as "Canyon Diablo Meteorites".  Well, it turns out that I got a nice big baggie full of shale that came in a box with no return address.  Grrr

Re: [meteorite-list] Got had and need help!

2002-05-21 Thread Tracy Latimer
What you might want to do is find one of the many references that explains how to tell a meteorite from a meteorwrong, go down the list, and check off all that apply (i.e., meteorites are magnetic to varying degrees. Shale is not.) Submit the list to the insurance company. You might also want to

Re: [meteorite-list] Got had and need help!

2002-05-21 Thread webbth
Jeannie, The material you bought could be oxidized Canyon Diablo material collected on the surface just outside the canyon rim. H. H. Nininger used some of this in some copies of his little booklet, A Comet Strikes The Earth. This may or may not be what you have, but you might have someone chec

Re: [meteorite-list] Got had and need help! (fwd)

2002-05-21 Thread webbth
MuseumStore/NatureSource <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Meteorite List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Got had and need help! Jeannie, The material you bought could be oxidized Canyon Diablo material collected on the surface just outside the canyon rim. H. H. Nininger used some