Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Ken Newton
Hi Paul and all, Oddly enough I do keep copies of many of the U.S. wrong auctions going back about 7 or 8 years. Notable sellers of current suspect meteorites are listed here: http://meteorite-identification.com/updates.html Although many claim to have found their wrong in a 'crater', this is the

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Brian Cox
Gosh darn, Just to point something out with my detective skills ;-) ..."flying monkeys" feedback and feedback he has given show that he buys... Tactical Boots, since 10.5, desert boots size 10,,, knives and biker patches You can put the pieces together with what he has said

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-26 Thread Jason Utas
Hello All, The "crater" is typical in appearance of many mining prospects in gold rush country, and the stone itself appears to be hematite - there looks to be a nice seam of quartz running through it in some of the photos. If it is, it would actually make sense - the prospector who dug the hole m

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Cox
Golly, Gee Whiz that rusty rock on ebay sold for $500.. Jeepers.. Gary, Richard, et al, all you folks asked excellent questions and did give him a fair chance and were helpful. The mysterious crater looks like a pile of brush and tree limbs.look at the dozens of pine cone

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Linton Rohr
Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Greg Stanley wrote: From: Greg Stanley Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater To: photoph...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 2:41 PM List: All I can say is ... "WOW!" he

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
eg Stanley wrote: > From: Greg Stanley > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater > To: photoph...@yahoo.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 2:41 PM > > List: > > All I can say is ... "WOW!" > > he sa

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Greg Stanley
List: All I can say is ... "WOW!" he says "I will say I am an ametuer and do not claim to know of these things" and he get 35 bids Man... I have to start selling on ebay. Greg S. > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:31:33 -0700 > From: photoph...@yahoo.com > T

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Murray Paulson
Hi: Did any of you notice that the crater looks kind of fresh, but the "meteorite" looks far from fresh, more likely hundreds of years old? This one smells! P.T. Barnum said something about the likes of the bidders! Murray Paulson On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: > Poss

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Linton Rohr
Yeah, I just saw that Carl. Looks like two buyers bidding it up feverishly. I'm afraid I'll have to pass. ;^) Linton - Original Message - From: To: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" ; "meteoritelist" Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-l

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread GeoZay
>>Possibilities, but probably not. The crater looks like what's left after a tree falls over and is removed. This find (or not) is courtesy of the Meteorite Men. Whaddya think?: << The berm seems to be too high for an impact. I'd expect the material to have been thrown further from the

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Gary Fujihara
RIchard, Phil, listees, I did inquire to the seller about the stone and the alleged crater from which it was recovered, and here is his reply, "Hey this is way out in left field but if you get your college to fly me there Id be willing to bring samples and give your University first chance at t

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Kowalski
Hey Phil. I posted this same link to the list 5 days ago and got no reaction on list and only one private message about it. I find it interesting that almost every bid is by two people and both of them have very low bidding histories. Curiouser and curiouser... -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon

Re: [meteorite-list] eBay meteorite and crater

2010-03-25 Thread cdtucson
Phil, Some poor sod has it bid up to $325. Ouch! Looking at the size of the other trees, If this is from a fallen tree it would be huge. Could there have been a tree that much larger than the others there? Maybe But, The guy refused to file an end to show the interior. This in spite of the fact