Re: [meteorite-list] Koenigsbrueck, Saxonia is a hot desert find

2009-07-29 Thread Marco Langbroek
What's more, this kind of things can make you paranoid about absolutely genuine finds. An example: At the time the first Neuschwanstein fragment was found, I happened to be in contact with two professional meteoriticists about something. Both they and me initially were surprised by the rusty c

Re: [meteorite-list] Koenigsbrueck, Saxonia is a hot desert find-Fakes even in Morocco!

2009-07-28 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, Just a quick and funny side note. When Mike Farmer and I were making those first trips to Morocco, I remember on trip #1 going to a house where we were told a "New" iron meteorite was located. When we got there the owner brought out the "new" iron for us to see and purchase. Mike a

Re: [meteorite-list] Koenigsbrueck, Saxonia is a hot desert find

2009-07-28 Thread John Gwilliam
Several years ago, when the NWAs started showing up in large amounts, there were several people on this list (including myself) who were concerned about "false finds" being submitted as new meteorites. It doesn't take dishonest people too long to figure out that a common meteorite purchased a

[meteorite-list] Koenigsbrueck, Saxonia is a hot desert find

2009-07-28 Thread Martin Altmann
Hello list, because I couldn't find it mentioned yet on the list here. In the last German meteorite, a "find" made in 2004 in Saxonia by a moldavites hunter, typical weathering feautures of hot desert meteorites were found. So it was a fake. Hopefully Königsbrück will be soon removed from the Me