[meteorite-list] [meteorite_sale] Iron Meteorite for sale

[Norm Lehrman]

All,

The same guy tried to sell me an achondrite earlier
today:

"Hi,
I'm Bob Frankline an American resident presently on a
volunteer mission 
at the Shisong Catholic Hospital(NW) of Cameroon,and
an ardent lover of meteorites.I have a NWA
achondrite(ahow), weighs 735g for sale.It was 
found in 2005 in the North West African Desert and i
happened to have bought it  while i was in
Mauritania.It is very nice looking.I'm offering it at
a reasonable price of $1700.If you're interested 
please do get incontact 
with me.
Thanks
 Frankline


Be careful out there!
Norm
http://TektiteSource.com


--- Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hello Bob, Lists,

> Beware of a seller calling himself Bob Frankline,

> who is attempting to

> pass off a Chinga (currently on the Labenne webside,

> weight 499g) as a

> Mauritanian/NWA iron of any weight (he stated that

> it weighed 1091g).

> 

> I did some sleuthing; the picture that was sent to

> me sure looked like

> a Chinga, so I searched for Chinga meteorites on

> google and the third

> hit was, well, it showed me the very same picture

> that I'd been sent

> of his "1091g Mauritanian meteorite."

> 

> See here for the picture that he sent to me:

> 

>

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/JUtas/wals.jpg

> 

> and here for the Labennes' site and the identical

> image:

> 

>

http://www.meteorites.tv/index.html?lang=en-us&target=d428.html

> 

> The seller stated that it had been "analysed in

> polytechnique de Vincent

> Bordeaux,in France when [he] was on transit to

> Cameroon from Mauritania."

> I tend to be trusting with such things, but this was

> an odd story, so

> I asked for more pictures/information, etc.

> 

> He said that he would prefer to leave it uncut, but

> that it had aready

> been analysed with the following results:

> 

> Chemically it contains 26.7%Ni,76%martensite and

> 24%taesite,0.072ppm Ge

> 0.177ppm Ga and finally it is 11.7ppm Ir.

> 

> Load of crap, as you can see, both the data and the

> fact that it was

> analysed without being cut.

> 

> So...beware of a 'Bob Frankline' or old material

> being passed off as a

> 'new NWA iron.'  If the story's suspicious, or the

> irons doesn't look

> like a desert iron, just me mindful...

> 

> Regards,

> Jason

> 

> 

> On 5/2/07, frankline bob <bobfrank2005 at gmail.com >

> wrote:

> > Hello Janson,

> > I would not want to temper with this whole

> fragment.

> > I want to sell it in it's natural form.

> > This meteorite was analysed in polytechnique de

> Vincent

> > Bordeaux,in France when i was on transit to

> Cameroon from Mauritania.

> > Thanks.

> > Frankline.

> >

> >

> >

> > On 5/1/07, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com >

> wrote:

> > >

> > > Hello Again Bob,

> > > Could you please send a picture of the cut

> surface?  Doesn't have to show the micro-etch - I

> know that would be hard to capture, but just

> something to give a rough idea.

> > > Also, could you please send a little more on the

> history - such as where you had it analysed, etc?

> > > Thanks,

> > > Jason

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > On 5/1/07, frankline bob <bobfrank2005 at gmail.com

> > wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Hello Janson,

> > > > See picture attached.

> > > > Structurally it's microsrstucture is

> plessite-like,It

> > > >  lacks the troilite crystals and very smooth.

> > > > It is highly attracted to a magnet also.

> > > > Chemically it contains 26.7%Ni,76%martensite

> and 24%taesite,0.072ppm Ge

> > > > 0.177ppm Ga and finally it is 11.7ppm Ir.

> > > > Thanks.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > On 4/30/07, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com

> > wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > Hello Bob,

> > > > > Pictures would be much appreciated - do you

> have any more information on it as well?

> > > > > Thanks,

> > > > > Jason

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > On 4/24/07, bob_frank2005

> <bob_frank2005 at yahoo.co.uk > wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Hi,

> > > > > > I'm Bob Frankline an American resident

> presently on a volunteer mission

> > > > > > at the Shisong Catholic Hospital(NW) of

> Cameroon.I have an iron

> > > > > > (ataxite) meteorite,very rich in Nikel(Ni)

> and weighs 1091gms.It was

> > > > > > found in 1997 in Mauritania and i happened

> to have bought it while i

> > > > > > was in that Country.It is very nice

> looking.I'm offering it at a

> > > > > > reasonable price of $800.If you're

> interested please do get contact

> > > > > > with me.contact me at

> bobfrank2005 at gmail.com for photo.

> > > > > > Thanks Frankline

> > > > > >

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