Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende, on eBay

2013-01-01 Thread Chauncey Walden
Elton wrote: The other possibility --which has happened several times before elsewhere, is that it was recovered from the Allende Field but is from an entirely separate fall.? If the label he has predates NWAs arrival then think he has a case for a co-located strewn field. And the other

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-31 Thread MEM
From: Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com To: 'Meteorite List' meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay OK, not the last update. New email from kidcentavo: Mendyo: After

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-30 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mendy Ouzillou Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:07 PM To: 'WS Schroer'; 'Meteorite List' Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay Yup, it was pulled for a few hours and then he put it back up. Here is his response back to me

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-30 Thread Adam Hupe
I see he called it ALLEDE when he should have called ALLEGED  Unfortunately, his/her attitude is prevalent on eBay in other sectors.  It is just a matter of time when up to 40% of the offerings on eBay are misrepresented like the gemstone market which has been taken over by Chinese colored

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-30 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
To: 'Meteorite List' Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay Last update - response from Kidcentavo: Mr. I am NOT an EXPERT on meteorites, AND the ONLY thing I have to go by is the label that came with the rock. The owner of the shop, who sold it to me has been

[meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-29 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
http://www.ebay.com/itm/157-1-gram-Allende-Carbonaceous-Chondrite-Meteorite- from-Chihuahua-Mexico-/330850675605?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item4d083cab9 5 I sent him an email asking who he originally bought the specimen from. Am curious to see his response. Had a thought regarding fraudulent

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-29 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
The suspicious Allende has been pulled. Looks like kidcentavo got nervous regarding my inquiry. Adding his name to my s-hit list. Mendy Ouzillou On Dec 29, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/157-1-gram-Allende-Carbonaceous-Chondrite-Meteorite-

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-29 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay The suspicious Allende has been pulled. Looks like kidcentavo got nervous regarding my inquiry. Adding his name to my s-hit list. Mendy Ouzillou On Dec 29, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote: http

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay

2012-12-29 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
, 2012 7:07 PM To: 'WS Schroer'; 'Meteorite List' Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspicious (ok, flat out fraud) Allende on eBay Yup, it was pulled for a few hours and then he put it back up. Here is his response back to me regarding the stone's history: I bought it from Southwestern Minerals and Gems