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The amount of fakes on eBay :( 1 Reply
Started by Jarrod Heath Belcher in General Topics. Last reply by Alistair Napier Sep 30.
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I need your help and opinion on a very unusual meteorite (1614 g) from NWA. Is it a melt? 3 Replies
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Started by Carl Patzer in General Topics Aug 20.
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Started by Charlie Devine in General Topics Jul 31.
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New Cold Find 20 Replies
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Pittsylvaninia County Meteorite? 3 Replies
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Holbrook hunt, spring 2018 10 Replies
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Myke Steighler commented on Myke Steighler's photo
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"Ian, These stones are all essentially right on the surface mixed with all the other pebbles and cobble. They are up on the flats, where all the terrestrial stones are covered with 100s-1000's year of desert varnish. So everything out there from…"
Alistair Napier replied to Jarrod Heath Belcher's discussion The amount of fakes on eBay :("I have to agree, the number of people advertising so called meteorites is getting worse. I don't know if you guys get the eBay UK pages over there but we have a guy that has found 12 meteorites in the UK all from the same area !! WOW…"
Steven Juchnowski replied to Geoff Notkin's discussion Is This A Meteorite? Post Meteorite ID Questions To This Thread Only"Hello Craig,
While Randy Korotev has not changed his opinion he has suggested to reduce costs I send the sample to a lab in Canada. The lab will simply report the results while Randy will provide the analysis.
The sample may not be a meteorite but…"
Craig Moody replied to Geoff Notkin's discussion Is This A Meteorite? Post Meteorite ID Questions To This Thread Only"Your presentation is fantastic Steven. But, before you spend any money on getting your specimen identified, be aware that this specimen is most definitely not a meteorite."
Jarrod Heath Belcher posted a discussionThe amount of fakes on eBay :(
I would say about half of the Lunar Meteorites on eBay are straight up fakes. Often times the photos are of obvious terrestrial rocks and the descriptions include terms such as "unclassified" or "found in the mountains of Colorado." I've reported a lot of them but eBay never seems to remove them. I wonder how many people have paid several hundred dollars for one of these. Sad state of affairs .See More
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