[meteorite-list] Mohammed

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:00 2004
Message-ID: <000d01c1ad40$9c51c000$85d00140_at_computer>

Guys, this is a guy just yanking our chains. Forget it and ignore him.
I am sure he is getting a laugh every time we respond. I have seen this
behavior before. Soon he will be posting dead animal photos with rocks.

Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: "'George N. '" <treasurehunter_at_chartermi.net>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] One last try


> Hi List,
>
> Dear George -- patience and tolerance are virtues, but you are
> really too kind with Mohamed. While Mohamed's rock photography
> is far better than the offerings of your typical meteorwrong
> peddler, and his commitment to spending time in the field is
> commendable, these positive qualities are overshadowed by his
> unwillingness to take ~solicited~ advice from world experts.
> You wrote:
>
> > I happen to think that you may find one eventually.
>
> As the saying goes, a blind squirrel will still find an acorn
> every so often. Unfortunately for Mohamed, his credibility
> drops with each posting, and if on his 1000th message he
> should finally post an image of an actual meterite, will anyone
> still be listening to the man who cried wolf?
>
> There is a balance between education and field work; if you
> spend all your time reading about meteorites, mineralogy,
> petrology and geology, you may become an expert at recognizing
> a meteorite when you see one. But without spending some quality
> time in the field getting hands-on experience, you have no real
> hope of finding a meteorite yourself. The same is true for the
> opposite extreme. Mohamed has seemingly boundless energy when
> it comes to field work, but his efforts are largely wasted
> because his recognition skills are still quite poor.
>
> If you read through all his posts, you'll notice that he
> asks plenty of questions, but he never seems to listen to
> any of the replies. List members might be more forgiving
> if just once he would say something like, "I decided to take
> so-and-so's advice and bought a book on rocks and minerals.
> Now I see why everyone said my earlier specimens were
> obviously earth rocks. If only I had picked up this book
> earlier, I might have actually found something by now."
>
> Last year my wife found her first meteorite after less
> than 20 hours of searching -- not because she was lucky,
> but because she was willing to be taught. She learned how
> to instantly recognize olivine basalt, hematite and
> magnetite, and thus ignore them.
>
> If Mohamed would take just one piece of new advice, I
> believe he could multiply his success chances a thousand-
> fold: buy an inexpensive Saharan H5 or L6 meteorite and
> take it with you on your meteorite hunting trips. Every
> half hour or so, take it out of your pocket, look at it,
> and say to yourself, "THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR."
> You need to train your brain on a proper search image,
> and give it frequent reminders. Without this kind of
> positive search template, as a novice you will become
> unfocused and revert to seeing meteorites everywhere
> you look.
>
> Probably beating a dead horse,
> Rob
>
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Received on Mon 04 Feb 2002 12:55:52 AM PST