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From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:34 2004
Message-ID: <3A9E6D17.B11280FE_at_concentric.net>

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Why would you Care? How would you know who I bought my rock from if you
never bought any meteorites in Morocco? Mr. Franco, it seems that you
know the dealers but you never deal with them?
Don't worry about how I pay for my trips, is it your business? you say
you only find, but I have a very hard tome believing that. All I keep
hearing from you and others is that you only search, ALL I keep hearing
from the Moroccans is that the "Hunters" buy,
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
And I keep getting shit from the French (several different people) that
I should not go to Morocco, that it is "their territory" If none of you
buy, then it matters not if I buy there. You may believe in the inherent
goodness of mankind, I believe what I see, and that is the some serious
BULLSHIT has been passed of to us all in the last 4 years by some
people. What do the Moroccans have to gain or lose by telling us that
the French and some Germans buy from them? Why do you think that they
make this up. And when I say French, it is simply to avoid saying the
long list of names that I have who buy there. Just tell me why they
might spout off all of these names, if it is not true. Why do you think
that they lie? What do they gain, do you think I pay more if they tell
me that many French "Hunters" buy barrels of meteorites?

As far as my stone goes, rest assured that proper payment has been and
is still under way for those who helped us. We paid dearly for a stone
which we did not know the type. When I bought items that turned out to
be non meteoritic, I was told "Too bad" this is business" Take your
chance. Well, we did with this one, and we hit pay dirt. So they took
their chance, they sold it for over 10 to 20 YEARS salary for an average
Moroccan, and they were quite happy,
now I am happy too. Why can't you be, instead of getting pissed and
giving me shit.
It seems that the only people who are not happy for us are A, the FRENCH
HUNTERS, why? If they are hunters, then they do not buy, this stone was
bought, so it would not have fallen into their hands in the first place
as they say that they DO NOT BUY. So I am seeing some interesting
contradictions here, if you don't buy, and you only hunt, then you would
NEVER have got this stone.
Or is it that you hunt, and you also buy the RARE ONES?
The plot thickens on the entire "Hunting thing".
Does this make sense?
I would like feedback from the list, if these people only hunt, why are
they pissed that I BOUGHT a certain stone?
Mike Farmer

Michel Franco wrote:

> Farmer wrote it would seem that some dishonesty was occuring there, popping out a
> new piece every few months, as though they did not recognize it from
> the start as the same damn thing.
> Mike Farmer > Seems that he should go in some easy places like DaG and
> prospect himself. he will certainly find all his meteorites on the
> same day. When some one see dishonest people everywhere, I feel
> unconfortable. I m a Rouseauist: mankind is good, with few exceptions,
> very few! I tried to explain one to Mike Farmer that Dag 476 and Dag
> 494 were not found by the same team. And that all other Dag SNC were
> found during separate expeditions.I never received any comment about
> that point. Mike you should go back yourself to the hunring field, and
> pick them up yourself without any backers for your trips. $10 per gram
> was great deal, I hope you have already sent a large reward to Ahmed
> Amouri. My two crusts. Michel FRANCO
>
> MeteorHntr_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/28/01 1:44:23 PM Central Standard
> > Time, GShanos_at_aol.com
> > writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear List Members:
> > >
> > > What is the official word? Are all the Dhofar's 025, 026
> > > an 081 paired?
> > > Look forward to hearing from everyone.
> > >
> > > Sincerely
> > > Greg Shanos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > I have both he 025 and the 026 for sale and there is
> > nothing remotely similar
> > to them.
> >
> > With the Dhofar specimens, there is honest reporting of
> > all the details of
> > the find; such as the date of find, exact longitude and
> > latitude of the
> > finds, accurate TKW info and the like. Also, these
> > specimens have been found
> > by professional meteorite hunters and not simply gathered
> > by nomads and then
> > run through a system of handlers before brought to market
> > like most of the
> > NWA specimens. This is not to be meant as a "slam"
> > against the NWA's; I have
> > sold a few NWA's myself and I will sell more in the
> > future, it is simply a
> > statement of fact.
> >
> > I think Mike Farmer has been the most open about
> > explaining the state of
> > meteorite affairs in Morocco. It is important to know
> > however, the Dhofar
> > situation is far from like that.
> >
> > While much of a meteorite's value should stand on what
> > type of a meteorite it
> > is, not based on the exact location where it was found;
> > one very important
> > consideration in determining a potential value is the
> > Total Known Weight
> > found. It might be easy to figure out that all (or at
> > least most all) of the
> > EH3 specimen found in the Sahara will (or should be)
> > paired, it is next to
> > impossible to know if your Saharan H5 specimen is one of a
> > a thousand stones
> > from one fall, or if it might be the entire mass of a
> > fall. Or you might not
> > know if next week a new fragment for the same fall of your
> > new achondrite
> > might increase the TKW by 10 fold.
> >
> > Thoughts to consider.
> >
> > As to the details of your specific question about pairing,
> > you can find a lot
> > of great information at Washington University's site here:
> >
> > http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/moon_meteorites.html
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Steve Arnold
>

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Why would you Care? How would you know who I bought my rock from if you
never bought any meteorites in Morocco? Mr. Franco, it seems that you know
the dealers but you never deal with them?
 Don't worry about how I pay for my trips, is it your business? you
say you only find, but I have a very hard tome believing that. All I keep
hearing from you and others is that you only search, ALL I keep hearing
from the Moroccans is that  the "Hunters"  buy, HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
 And I keep getting shit from the French (several different people)
that I should not go to Morocco, that it is "their territory" If none of
you buy, then it matters not if I buy there. You may believe in the inherent
goodness of mankind, I believe what I see, and that is the some serious
BULLSHIT has been passed of to us all in the last 4 years by some people.
What do the Moroccans have to gain or lose by telling us that the French
and some Germans buy from them? Why do you think that they make this up.
And when I say French, it is simply to avoid saying the long list of names
that I have who buy there. Just tell me why they might spout off all of
these names, if it is not true. Why do you think that they lie? What do
they gain, do you think I pay more if they tell me that many French "Hunters"
buy barrels of meteorites?
As far as my stone goes, rest assured that proper payment has been and
is still under way for those who helped us. We paid dearly for a stone
which we did not know the type. When I bought items that turned out to
be non meteoritic, I was told "Too bad" this is business" Take your chance.
Well, we did with this one, and we hit pay dirt. So they took their chance,
they sold it for over 10 to 20 YEARS salary for an average Moroccan, and
they were quite happy,
 now I am happy too. Why can't you be, instead of getting pissed and
giving me shit.
 It seems that the only people who are not happy for us are A, the FRENCH
HUNTERS, why? If they are hunters, then they do not buy, this stone was
bought, so it would not have fallen into their hands in the first place
as they say that they DO NOT BUY. So I am seeing some interesting contradictions
here, if you don't buy, and you only hunt, then you would NEVER have got
this stone.
 Or is it that you hunt, and you also buy the RARE ONES?
 The plot thickens on the entire "Hunting thing".
 Does this make sense?
 I would like feedback from the list, if these people only hunt, why
are they pissed that I BOUGHT a certain stone?
 Mike Farmer
Michel Franco wrote:
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Farmer wrote<I
do not doubt it, but after the Dar al Gani mars rocks, it would seem that
some dishonesty was occuring there, popping out a new piece every few months,
as though they did not recognize it from the start as the same damn thing.
 Mike Farmer > Seems that he
should go in some easy places like DaG and prospect himself. he will certainly
find all his meteorites on the same day. When some one see dishonest people
everywhere, I feel unconfortable. I m a Rouseauist: mankind is good, with
few exceptions, very few! I tried to explain
one to Mike Farmer that Dag 476 and Dag 494 were not found by the same
team. And that all other Dag SNC were found during separate expeditions.I
never received any comment about that point. Mike
you should go back yourself to the hunring field, and pick them up yourself
without any backers for your trips. $10 per gram was great deal, I hope
you have already sent a large reward to Ahmed Amouri. My
two crusts. Michel FRANCO
<blockquote
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">   <a href="mailto:MeteorHntr_at_aol.com">MeteorHntr@aol.com</a>
wrote:
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In a message dated 2/28/01
1:44:23 PM Central Standard Time, GShanos_at_aol.com
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Dear List Members:
What is the official word? 
Are all the Dhofar's 025, 026 an 081 paired?
 Look forward to hearing
from everyone.
Sincerely
 Greg Shanos</blockquote>

  
  
Hello Greg,
I have both he
025 and the 026 for sale and there is nothing remotely similar
 to them.
With the Dhofar
specimens, there is honest reporting of all the details of
 the find; such
as the date of find, exact longitude and latitude of the
 finds, accurate
TKW info and the like.  Also, these specimens have been found
 by professional
meteorite hunters and not simply gathered by nomads and then
 run through
a system of handlers before brought to market like most of the
 NWA specimens. 
This is not to be meant as a "slam" against the NWA's; I have
 sold a few NWA's
myself and I will sell more in the future, it is simply a
 statement of
fact.
I think Mike
Farmer has been the most open about explaining the state of
 meteorite affairs
in Morocco.  It is important to know however, the Dhofar
 situation is
far from like that.
While much of
a meteorite's value should stand on what type of a meteorite it
 is, not based
on the exact location where it was found; one very important
 consideration
in determining a potential value is the Total Known Weight
 found. 
It might be easy to figure out that all (or at least most all) of the
 EH3 specimen
found in the Sahara will (or should be) paired, it is next to
 impossible to
know if your Saharan H5 specimen is one of a a thousand stones
 from one fall,
or if it might be the entire mass of a fall.  Or you might not
 know if next
week a new fragment for the same fall of your new achondrite
 might increase
the TKW by 10 fold.
Thoughts to consider.
As to the details
of your specific question about pairing, you can find a lot
 of great information
at Washington University's site here:
<a href="http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/moon_meteorites.html">http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/moon_meteorites.html</a>
I hope this helps.
Steve
Steve Arnold</blockquote>
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