[meteorite-list] Re: Eagle Butte - "Dr." Schimpf and the Royal Tyrell Museum

From: Tettenborn <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:08 2004
Message-ID: <002001c1bc0e$efa7a530$268db7d8_at_tett>

The best thing for the knowledgeable collector is that these people will not
be allowed into IMCA. With time and a little effort, IMCA will become a
valuable asset to collectors world wide and make it more difficult for these
fraudulent activities.

Mike Tettenborn
IMCA member 6316


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Latimer" <tracyl_at_lib.state.hi.us>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: Eagle Butte - "Dr." Schimpf and the Royal
Tyrell Museum


> What pond scum! After their meteorite has been identified as a
> meteorwrong, they go off and invent some official sounding title to sell
> their fraudulent find to people who don't know better. If this didn't
> happen almost constantly, I'd be stomping around demanding to know what
> could be done about this. I suppose the only cure is knowledge and
> caution.
>
> I'm supposed to know better, so I will simply laugh at myself. Ruefully.
>
> Tracy Latimer
>
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Received on Fri 22 Feb 2002 09:07:52 PM PST