[meteorite-list] Unusual new lunar or hokum?

[Mike Jensen]

Hi All
This guy has been mentioned several times on the list and is a well
known scam artist. In fact he is so well know Randy Korotev has give
him his own page;
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m239.htm
It is too bad some one possibly bought a piece of his garbage;
http://cgi.ebay.com/LUNAR-METEORITE-OLIVINE-GABBRO-64-4-GRAM-SLICE-NICE_W0QQitemZ350001108996
Hard to be sure though as the sellers ID is kept secret.

How about this auction of his. Is it an Imilac?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350114894419


BTW I am going to block him from bidding on any of my Ebay auctions.


Mike



Mike Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
USA
720-949-6220
IMCA 4264
website: www.jensenmeteorites.com



On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hola,

> This fellow's been selling complete crap for the past year or so.

> Terrestrial slag as a new "plessitic octahedrite," Campo del Cielo's

> as Canyon Diablo's (a difference of $200-250/kg in value), and bits of

> terrestrial metamorphic/igneous crap (see the link) as lunar material.

>  He's repeatedly shrugged off demands for real classifications, never

> mind his blatant selling of false and renamed material.

> There are people who make honest mistakes and there are cheaters.

> This one's about as sleazy as they get.

> Regards,

> Jason

>

>

> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Stefan Brandes <brandes at gmx.at> wrote:

>> doesn´t this lunar have a name, with all this classification done???

>>

>> Stefan the lunatic

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>> Hi Group!

>>>

>>> I ran across this one on eBay today :

>>>

>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350119620351

>>>

>>> Something about it doesn't ring true.

>>>

>>> There is a lot of quasi-scientific mumbo jumbo in the listing.

>>>

>>> Is this for real or some highly-misinformed individual?

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>>

>>> MikeG

>>>

>>>

>>> .........................................................

>>> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)

>>> Member of the Meteoritical Society.

>>> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.

>>> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com

>>> MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale

>>> ..........................................................

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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