[meteorite-list] NWA482 Total Weight?
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2004 Message-ID: <OE112wBmf5012pr8Sj70001f12f_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C280E8.0290B080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Clam down a little Mike. Sorry, if you seen that as an attack against yo= u Mike, it was just something I have wondered about for a while, somethin= g I have heard others wonder about as well...so I asked. I have no probl= em with you or Strope and I think you two have done a great job on gettin= g many of these African meteorite classified. Something we are all great= full for. =20 The fact is however, the stone was offered to most of the people that dea= l in moroccan meteorites and it was reportably 1278 grams. I do not kno= w anything about the deal you and the Hupes had in morocco and I do not c= laim to know. Also, I have not claimed to have been to morrocco before J= an. 2001, just that I was offered the stone, as was most of the people th= at have purchased meteorites from morocco were offered the stone and that= I was told it was 1278 grams. Believe it or not, you do not have to go t= o Morocco to purchase from there. I do not know anything about troubles y= ou and European dealers have had and I do not think that has anything to = do with me. I have sold some penthouses on eBay, like the issue with Mar= ilyn Monroes photos, but to say that Penthouse is all I was selling a yea= r ago is quite far fetched. I have met the Hupes on a couple occasions now and have e-mailed with the= m several times. I have purchased from them and sold to them. They are p= robley the two most people excited by African meteorites and have put a l= ot of time, effort and money into their finds, the hobby is better off wi= th them around I believe. When I first arrived at Blaine Reed's room in= Denver, Adam took out his latest Mars rock and placed it in my hand. Be= ing the largest piece of Mars I have ever touched I thought that was pret= ty cool. =20 NWA482 is a very nice meteorite and most of your investors are quite happ= y so I think you can consider that a success. I purchased a 0.170 gram p= iece from Jim Strope many months ago and am quite happy with it. It has = a glass vein and a bump on the crust from a flow line, what more could yo= u ask for in a small specimen? Not sure of any legal trouble I could get into asking a question and sayi= ng what I was told before you even had the stone. Unlike you own e-mail,= I did not mention any dealer or person in a negative way. This is possi= bly an error or a misleading on a moroccan dealers part, however I do not= feel wrong is asking from more information. Mark Bostick ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Farmer Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:05 PM To: MARK BOSTICK; Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA482 Total Weight? Wow Mark, you sure know alot for having been selling nothing but Penthous= e porno mags back then. How did you see it if you have never been to Afri= ca? That would be a neat trick. I have a sworn statement as to the weight= by the man who sold it to Jim and I, sworn in front of the police in Er = Rachidia Province of Morocco, filed in Rabat, Er Rachidia, and Erfoud. I = have made a scan of this and will post it in a few hours to anyone who wo= uld like to see it. =20 Mark, we all know that the rumors flew after the purchase of that rock, a= ll coming from other dealers, most in Europe, who did not see or buy the = stone, but needless to say, were not happy by Jim and I swooping in and b= uying up the second largest lunar meteorite ever found right from under t= heir noses. Sounds like sour grapes to me. The Hupes are now trying to co= rner the market in Morocco, as they arrived there last Friday night as I = was leaving Africa. In doing so, they are now it seems, trying to spread = some dissent among my suppliers and customers. I hope they decide to call= me ASAP while on their way back to Seattle, before I have to let out a l= ittle more damaging information tonight. Mark, you and Dean need to get help, show us all your passport that shows= you were in Morocco before Jan 2001, Ill bet you cant can you? It is eas= y to scan or photograph, if you cant, then I suggest you not lie about an= y knowledge of things like that. It could get you into heavy legal troub= le. =20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- =20 From: MARK BOSTICK =20 To: Meteorite List =20 Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:26 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA482 Total Weight? Hello list, I am curious....when the lunar meteorite NWA482 was being offered around = morocco it was 1278 grams and not 1015 as later reported. Most of us th= ought it was a eucrite and the asking price of $10.00 was too much, ala o= ver $10,000. (Wish I would have known its real origin then). Anyway....= what happened to the other 250 grams? Was this cut off in Morocco and if= so where is it now. A few small pieces were cut off in Morocco but what= appeared missing was small enough that several photo angles could be tak= en and you not see the window or windows. =20 So either, there is two NWA482 stones, 250 grams got lost?, or the morocc= ans have a very bad scale. Does anyone else know more about this? Mark ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C280E8.0290B080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff" STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;b= ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>Clam down a little Mike. Sorry, if = you seen that as an attack against you Mike, it was just something I have= wondered about for a while, something I have heard others wonder about a= s well...so I asked. I have no problem with you or Strope and I thi= nk you two have done a great job on getting many of these African me= teorite classified. Something we are all greatfull for. <= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The fact is however, the stone was offered t= o most of the people that deal in moroccan meteorites and it was reportab= ly 1278 grams. I do not know anything about the deal you and = the Hupes had in morocco and I do not claim to know. Also, I have n= ot claimed to have been to morrocco before Jan. 2001, just that I was off= ered the stone, as was most of the people that have purchased meteorites = from morocco were offered the stone and that I was told it was = 1278 grams. Believe it or not, you do not have to go to Morocco to p= urchase from there. I do not know anything about troubles you and Europea= n dealers have had and I do not think that has anything to do with me.&nb= sp; I have sold some penthouses on eBay, like the issue with Marilyn Monr= oes photos, but to say that Penthouse is all I was selling a year ago is = quite far fetched.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have met the Hupes on a= couple occasions now and have e-mailed with them several times. I = have purchased from them and sold to them. They are probley the= two most people excited by African meteorites and have put a lot of time= , effort and money into their finds, the hobby is better off with them ar= ound I believe. When I first arrived at Blaine Reed's room in= Denver, Adam took out his latest Mars rock and placed it in my hand.&nbs= p; Being the largest piece of Mars I have ever touched I thought that was= pretty cool. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>NWA482 is a very n= ice meteorite and most of your investors are quite happy so I think you c= an consider that a success. I purchased a 0.170 gram piece from Jim= Strope many months ago and am quite happy with it. It has a glass = vein and a bump on the crust from a flow line, what more could you ask fo= r in a small specimen?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not sure of any legal= trouble I could get into asking a question and saying what I was told be= fore you even had the stone. Unlike you own e-mail, I did not menti= on any dealer or person in a negative way. This is possibly an= error or a misleading on a moroccan dealers part, however I do not = feel wrong is asking from more information.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>= Mark Bostick</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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> <DI= V style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:<= /B> Michael Farmer</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thu= rsday, October 31, 2002 1:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>= To:</B> MARK BOSTICK; Meteorite List</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial= "><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] NWA482 Total Weight?</DIV> <DIV>&n= bsp;</DIV> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYL= E></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Wow Mark, you sure know alot for havi= ng been selling nothing but Penthouse porno mags back then. How did you s= ee it if you have never been to Africa? That would be a neat trick. I hav= e a sworn statement as to the weight by the man who sold it to Jim and I,= sworn in front of the police in Er Rachidia Province of Morocco, filed i= n Rabat, Er Rachidia, and Erfoud. I have made a scan of this and will pos= t it in a few hours to anyone who would like to see it. </FONT></DIV> <DI= V><FONT face=3DArial>Mark, we all know that the rumors flew after the pur= chase of that rock, all coming from other dealers, most in Europe, who di= d not see or buy the stone, but needless to say, were not happy by Jim an= d I swooping in and buying up the second largest lunar meteorite ever fou= nd right from under their noses. Sounds like sour grapes to me. The Hupes= are now trying to corner the market in Morocco, as they arrived there la= st Friday night as I was leaving Africa. In doing so, they are now it see= ms, trying to spread some dissent among my suppliers and customers. I hop= e they decide to call me ASAP while on their way back to Seattle, before = I have to let out a little more damaging information tonight.</FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Mark, you and Dean need to get help, show us al= l your passport that shows you were in Morocco before Jan 2001, Ill bet y= ou cant can you? It is easy to scan or photograph, if you cant, then I su= ggest you not lie about any knowledge of things like that. It could= get you into heavy legal trouble. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>= Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLO= CKQUOTE dir=3Dltr 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"B= ACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dthebigcollector_at_msn.com href=3D"mailto:thebigcollector@msn.com">M= ARK BOSTICK</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A titl= e=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list@met= eoritecentral.com">Meteorite List</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt ari= al"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:26 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"= FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] NWA482 Total Weight?</= DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am c= urious....when the lunar meteorite NWA482 was being offered around morocc= o it was 1278 grams and not 1015 as later reported. Most of u= s thought it was a eucrite and the asking price of $10.00 was too much, a= la over $10,000. (Wish I would have known its real origin then).&nb= sp; Anyway....what happened to the other 250 grams? Was this cut of= f in Morocco and if so where is it now. A few small pieces were cut= off in Morocco but what appeared missing was small enough that several p= hoto angles could be taken and you not see the window or windows. <= /DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So either, there is two NWA482 stones, 250 g= rams got lost?, or the moroccans have a very bad scale. Does anyone= else know more about this?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark<BR><BR></DI= V></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C280E8.0290B080-- Received on Thu 31 Oct 2002 03:15:48 PM PST |
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