[meteorite-list] Meteorite samples
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:35 2004 Message-ID: <OE154v5zPbsXn9DXgz30001120e_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C2A553.C691AEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Bill, Gabriel and list, Well said Bill. Gabriel if you are really interested in meteorites you s= hould follow Bill's advise. I think most of us were choking while we rea= d your e-mail. (That's putting it nicely.) Mark Bostick ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Mason III Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:59 PM To: Gabriel De Kooker; Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite samples Dear Gabriel, I am a bit astonished at your approach to obtaining this one believed= to be meteorite. All of your approaches seem not well throughout. How ab= out being honest? You are thinking only of the money that it might bring= you...you are not thinking of the consequences of your actions. Find an = expert in Meteorites we do have one in this origination who lives in Afri= ca I believe. If you can get the $$$$ as the only reward out of your head, you coul= d approach the owner and tell him that you have an expert who you are ass= ociated that could verify the stone as a meteorite or a meteorwrong. It t= hen could be cut and shared with museums in Africa. And as a reward you'd= like to have a few slabs as your reward for finding and identifying the = mystery rock. If it is not a meteorite you are still free to continue you= r search another day. I think honesty is the only way to grow. Bill Mason III ----- Original Message ----- =20 From: Gabriel De Kooker =20 To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com =20 Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:06 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite samples Greetings list I have a few problems and my first problem is that I have a box with 9 samples ready to send but I don't know where because we here in South Africa have almost no experts in meteorites and they will just confiscate everything meteoric in my mineral collection if they found out about it.So the only option open to me is to send the samples overseas to an expert there for verification, so can anybody please help me in this regard. I need some advice on another small problem that face me: close to where I live there is this regmaglyphed stone of at least 40 kg but the problem is it is lying right in front of =20 somebody's gate post and there is a business next door who =20 has a security guard who is a real pain in the ass and has =20 already chased me on my first atempt to get the stone. The stone itself is not that big and I can lift a equivalent =20 piece of granite without problems but this one is just to heavy to make a quick getaway with. The options open to me is: (1)Bribe the guard to help me (2)Wait for the gaurd to go to sleep and perform the raid (3)Aproach the owner of the stone an try to persuade him to give it to me. There is something else, on saturday I found something amazing: A FULLY ORIENTED stone with deep thumbprints on the one face and clearly visible flow lines in all other =20 surfaces. The crust is smooth exept for the ripples and flow lines and is chocolate brown in color. there was a piece that broke of recently revieling that it is some kind of basalt that I have never seen before and it is totally non-magnetic and even a rare earth magnet won't move a millimetre towards this stone.I found it on a place where they dump building rubble and also the ground that the excavate fo the foundations of new buildings. sample #4 also come from the same place and I will include a sample of my new find as soon as I can figure out a way to remove a piece without maring the =20 beauty of this stone. It will be sample #9. =20 Goodby and thanks ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C2A553.C691AEA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#c0c0c0" STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;b= ackground-color:#c0c0c0; "><DIV>Hello Bill, Gabriel and list,</DIV> <DIV>= </DIV> <DIV>Well said Bill. Gabriel if you are really interes= ted in meteorites you should follow Bill's advise. I think most of = us were choking while we read your e-mail. (That's putting it nicel= y.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Bostick</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BL= OCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px= ; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT:= 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND:= #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Bill Mason III</DI= V> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 16, 2002= 9:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> Gabriel De Kook= er; Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Ar= ial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite samples</DIV> <DIV>&n= bsp;</DIV> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE>= </STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Gabriel,</FONT></DIV> <DI= V><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am a bit astonished at= your approach to obtaining this one believed to be meteorite. All of you= r approaches seem not well throughout. How about being honest? You = are thinking only of the money that it might bring you...you are not thin= king of the consequences of your actions. Find an expert in Meteorites we= do have one in this origination who lives in Africa I believe.</FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> If you can get th= e $$$$ as the only reward out of your head, you could approach the owner = and tell him that you have an expert who you are associated that could ve= rify the stone as a meteorite or a meteorwrong. It then could be cut and = shared with museums in Africa. And as a reward you'd like to have a few s= labs as your reward for finding and identifying the mystery rock. If it i= s not a meteorite you are still free to continue your search another day.= I think honesty is the only way to grow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT f= ace=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2= > Bill Mason III</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr sty= le=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEF= T: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"= >----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; F= ONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=3Dgdekooker_at_hot= mail.com href=3D"mailto:gdekooker_at_hotmail.com">Gabriel De Kooker</A> </DI= V> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3DMeteorite-list_at_m= eteoritecentral.com href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">M= eteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt ar= ial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 16, 2002 2:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"F= ONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Meteorite samples</DIV>= <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greetings list</FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face= =3DArial size=3D2>I have a few problems and my first problem is that I ha= ve a box</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with 9 sample= s ready to send but I don't know where because</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT fa= ce=3DArial size=3D2>we here in South Africa have almost no experts in met= eorites</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and they will just = confiscate everything meteoric in my mineral</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face= =3DArial size=3D2>collection if they found out about it.So the only optio= n open</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to me is to send the= samples overseas to an expert there</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial= size=3D2>for verification, so can anybody please help me in this re= gard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <= DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I need some advice on another small probl= em that face me:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>close to w= here I live there is this regmaglyphed stone of at</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FON= T face=3DArial size=3D2>least 40 kg but the problem is it is lying right = in front of </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>somebody's gat= e post and there is a business next door who </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT fac= e=3DArial size=3D2>has a security guard who is a real pain in the ass and= has </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>already chased me on = my first atempt to get the stone.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial si= ze=3D2>The stone itself is not that big and I can lift a equivalent </FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>piece of granite without proble= ms but this one is just to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>= heavy to make a quick getaway with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>The options open to me is:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(1)Bribe th= e guard to help me</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(2)Wait = for the gaurd to go to sleep and perform the raid</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT= face=3DArial size=3D2>(3)Aproach the owner of the stone an try to persua= de him</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> t= o give it to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nb= sp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is something else, on sa= turday I found something</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>am= azing: A FULLY ORIENTED stone with deep thumbprints</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FO= NT face=3DArial size=3D2>on the one face and clearly visible flow lines i= n all other </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>surfaces. The = crust is smooth exept for the ripples and flow</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT fa= ce=3DArial size=3D2>lines and is chocolate brown in color. there was a pi= ece that</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>broke of recently = revieling that it is some kind of basalt that</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT fac= e=3DArial size=3D2>I have never seen before and it is totally non-magneti= c and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>even a rare earth mag= net won't move a millimetre towards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>this stone.I found it on a place where they dump building</= FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>rubble and also the gro= und that the excavate fo the foundations</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DA= rial size=3D2>of new buildings. sample #4 also come from the same place</= FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and I will include a sample = of my new find as soon as I can</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size= =3D2>figure out a way to remove a piece without maring the </FONT></DIV> = <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>beauty of this stone. It will be sample = #9.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial si= ze=3D2>Goodby and thanks</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></H= TML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C2A553.C691AEA0-- Received on Mon 16 Dec 2002 11:37:54 PM PST |
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