[meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION

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From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:21 2004
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Well, first is that they dont! They do know "no magnet" "white inside" =
etc. The middlemen are on the internet and know so much now that the =
prices are getting too high to get them there.=20
Dean makes the "nomad" thing out of nothing. I have indeed seen and delt =
with Nomads, but 99% of the meteorites are bought from people in large =
towns.=20
Deans crap is sent via DHL from Casablanca. Get a clue from that.=20
Mike Farmer
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: impactearth_at_space.com=20
  To: Impactika_at_aol.com=20
  Cc: tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com=20
  Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION

  Great point Ann, call me foolish, but I'm amazed at how these nomands =
who can't read or write can tell the difference between a common =
Chondrite and a Lunar or SNC, and adjust their asking prices =
accordingly. Ray On Thu, 22 August 2002, Impactika_at_aol.com wrote:=20

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  In a message dated 8/22/2002 8:07:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, =
tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us writes:=20

    I'd be willing to bet, if the nomads are as competitive as several =
of the=20
    dealers who regularly make trips to Morocco say, that:=20
    1. any technology you give then will quickly be used for something =
other=20
    than its original intent, and=20
    2. there will be a ferocious amount of infighting and sabotage, if =
the=20
    transmitters really do get used as transmitters. I can easily see =
one=20
    guy dropping them, and 10 feet behind him, someone else scooping =
them up,=20
    then possibly dropping the transmitters in some random location, or =
just=20
    chucking the lot at a scrap dealer's, just to protect their own =
finds.=20

  I think Tracy is getting the picture.=20

  I have been there, and I have dealt with MINERAL dealers, not =
meteorites, but the great majority of those guys, miners or nomads, do =
NOT know how to read and write. They depend on the ONE family member who =
went to school to write down few notes, and handle the finances.=20
  And even those who do know how to read, do not use maps, they know the =
country the way you know your own backyard, they don't need maps.=20
  And they probably think that our insistence on knowing exactly where a =
meteorite was found is pretty weird. In their way of thinking what =
difference does it make if a meteorite was found on this sand dune, or =
the next one. Most sand dunes do move anyway.=20

  (sorry for the double posting: computer problem!!)=20

  Anne Black=20
  IMCA #2356=20
  www.IMPACTIKA.com=20
  e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, first is that they dont! They do =
know "no=20
magnet" "white inside" etc. The middlemen are on the internet and know =
so much=20
now that the prices are getting too high to get them there. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dean makes the "nomad" thing out of =
nothing. I have=20
indeed seen and delt with Nomads, but 99% of the meteorites are bought =
from=20
people in large towns. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Deans crap is sent via DHL from=20
Casablanca. Get a clue from that. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dimpactearth_at_space.com=20
  href=3D"mailto:impactearth_at_space.com">impactearth@space.com</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3DImpactika_at_aol.com=20
  href=3D"mailto:Impactika_at_aol.com">Impactika@aol.com</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3Dtracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us=20
  href=3D"mailto:tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us">tracyl@lib.state.hi.us</A> ; <A =

  title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20
  =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 22, 2002 =
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NWA BIG=20
  QUESTION</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Great point Ann, call me foolish, but I'm amazed at how =
these=20
  nomands who can't read or write can tell the difference between a =
common=20
  Chondrite and a Lunar or SNC, and adjust their asking prices =
accordingly. Ray=20
  On Thu, 22 August 2002, <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:Impactika_at_aol.com">Impactika@aol.com</A> wrote: <BR>
  <HR SIZE=3D1>
   
  <P><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a message dated =
8/22/2002=20
  8:07:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time, <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us">tracyl@lib.state.hi.us</A> =
writes:=20
  <BR><BR><BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE=20
  style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px =
solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20
  TYPE=3D"CITE">I'd be willing to bet, if the nomads are as competitive =
as=20
    several of the <BR>dealers who regularly make trips to Morocco say, =
that:=20
    <BR>1.  any technology you give then will quickly be used for =
something=20
    other <BR>than its original intent, and <BR>2.  there will be a =

    ferocious amount of infighting and sabotage, if the <BR>transmitters =
really=20
    do get used as transmitters.  I can easily see one <BR>guy =
dropping=20
    them, and 10 feet behind him, someone else scooping them up, =
<BR>then=20
    possibly dropping the transmitters in some random location, or just=20
    <BR>chucking the lot at a scrap dealer's, just to protect their own =
finds.=20
    <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I think Tracy is getting the picture. =
<BR><BR>I=20
  have been there, and I have dealt with MINERAL dealers, not =
meteorites, but=20
  the great majority of those guys, miners or nomads, do NOT know how to =
read=20
  and write. They depend on the ONE family member who went to school to =
write=20
  down few notes, and handle the finances. <BR>And even those who do =
know how to=20
  read, do not use maps, they know the country the way you know your own =

  backyard, they don't need maps. <BR>And they probably think that our=20
  insistence on knowing exactly where a meteorite was found is pretty =
weird.=20
   In their way of thinking what difference does it make if a =
meteorite was=20
  found on this sand dune, or the next one.  Most sand dunes do =
move=20
  anyway. <BR><BR>(sorry for the double posting: computer problem!!)=20
  <BR><BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail:=20
  IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT>=20
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