[meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:13 2004 Message-ID: <001a01c28185$f4746f20$883ae70c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C28142.E5F41B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List Members, First of all I am sorry to hear of David Coleman's passing. I talked to = him on the phone a few times regarding his awesome writings on lunar = mineralogy. I ordered some of the products from Science Mall USA and was = pleased that David and Sarah signed the books I ordered from them. I = gave some of these books to the scientist at the University of = Washington as gifts who appreciated them greatly along with the NWA 482 = mouse mats since they did some study on this stone. I wished I knew him = as well as other list members and will cherish these signed books = forever. Again I am sorry to hear of his passing. As much as I hate to get into this conversation on the list I feel I = need to make a few things clear about our recent visit to the Sahara.=20 The comment was made that my brother Greg and I are trying to control = the NWA market. My response to this is quite simple, we will work with = any list member who asks us questions regarding their finds. Anybody who = thought they had found a prospective planetary specimen and asked us for = our advice was encouraged to continue pursuing more regardless of the = outcome in the lab. We are currently working with three other list = members who have substantial finds and when they announce their finds we = will be among the first to congratulate them. We wish only the best for = whoever finds a rare meteorite and encourage them to continue looking = for more. Several list members can vouch for this. We are smart enough = to know that no one team can control the supply of Northwest Africa = meteorites.=20 Habibi thought that the reporter with us was going to publish something = bad about Morocco. Nothing could be further from the truth. He was there = to write about the adventure of planetary meteorite hunting not the = weight of NWA 482 or any other negative aspect as far as I can tell. The = article will not be written in a negative tone because it is about = adventure not fraud. This large magazine, which financed their part in = this expedition, is more about out on the edge or extreme adventure = which true out in the desert, meteorite expeditions represent. He was = very impressed with the Moroccan hospitality and forwardness. He had to = ask thousands of questions and anything printed will be verified for = fact or left out. Simply said, it is not about buying meteorites, it is = about the real searchers, the nomads and how they bring them to market. It is unfortunate how the correction on the NWA 482 main mass (312 gram) = holder was published. We only claimed to be the owners of the main mass, = not the whole stone since we put 50% of the expedition money up front = and were entitled to the main mass from the moment it changed hands. No = other investor or expedition member held title to the main mass. It is = important for the scientific community to know where the main mass is = for future study. We reported this accuratly on our web site = WWW.LunarRock.com . =20 Sorry, I have rambled on long enough. I am very tired from a grueling = three flights back from Morocco. We kept this trip secret so as nothing = would be staged for the reporter and things would be more natural. Also = outside investment money was brought in so it needed to be protected. We = had no idea rumors would be stirred up, even clear out in the desert!=20 Wishing everybody the very best, Adam Hupe ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C28142.E5F41B00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>Dear List Members,</P> <P>First of all I am sorry to hear of David Coleman's passing. I talked = to him=20 on the phone a few times regarding his awesome writings on lunar = mineralogy. I=20 ordered some of the products from Science Mall USA and was pleased that = David=20 and Sarah signed the books I ordered from them. I gave some of these = books to=20 the scientist at the University of Washington as gifts who appreciated = them=20 greatly along with the NWA 482 mouse mats since they did some study on = this=20 stone. I wished I knew him as well as other list members and will = cherish these=20 signed books forever. Again I am sorry to hear of his passing.</P> <P></P> <P>As much as I hate to get into this conversation on the list I feel I = need to=20 make a few things clear about our recent visit to the Sahara. </P> <P>The comment was made that my brother Greg and I are trying to control = the NWA=20 market. My response to this is quite simple, we will work with any = list=20 member who asks us questions regarding their finds. Anybody who thought = they had=20 found a prospective planetary specimen and asked us for our advice was=20 encouraged to continue pursuing more regardless of the outcome in = the lab.=20 We are currently working with three other list members who have = substantial=20 finds and when they announce their finds we will be among the first to=20 congratulate them. We wish only the best for whoever finds a rare = meteorite and=20 encourage them to continue looking for more. Several list members can = vouch for=20 this. We are smart enough to know that no one team can control the = supply of=20 Northwest Africa meteorites. </P> <P>Habibi thought that the reporter with us was going to publish = something bad=20 about Morocco. Nothing could be further from the truth. He was there to = write=20 about the adventure of planetary meteorite hunting not the weight of NWA = 482 or=20 any other negative aspect as far as I can tell. The article will not be = written=20 in a negative tone because it is about adventure not fraud. This large = magazine,=20 which financed their part in this expedition, is more about out on the = edge or=20 extreme adventure which true out in the desert, meteorite = expeditions=20 represent. He was very impressed with the Moroccan hospitality and = forwardness.=20 He had to ask thousands of questions and anything printed will be = verified for=20 fact or left out. Simply said, it is not about buying meteorites, it is = about=20 the real searchers, the nomads and how they bring them to market.</P> <P>It is unfortunate how the correction on the NWA 482 main mass = (312 gram)=20 holder was published. We only claimed to be the owners of the main mass, = not the=20 whole stone since we put 50% of the expedition money up front and were = entitled=20 to the main mass from the moment it changed hands. No other investor or=20 expedition member held title to the main mass. It is important for the=20 scientific community to know where the main mass is for future = study. We=20 reported this accuratly on our web site <A=20 href=3D"http://www.LunarRock.com">WWW.LunarRock.com</A> . </P> <P>Sorry, I have rambled on long enough. I am very tired from a grueling = three=20 flights back from Morocco. We kept this trip secret so as nothing would = be=20 staged for the reporter and things would be more natural. Also outside=20 investment money was brought in so it needed to be protected. We had no = idea=20 rumors would be stirred up, even clear out in the desert! </P> <P>Wishing everybody the very best,</P> <P>Adam Hupe</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C28142.E5F41B00-- Received on Fri 01 Nov 2002 04:06:24 AM PST |
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