[meteorite-list] Bessey comment

From: Julien.Courtois_at_gr.admin.ch <Julien.Courtois_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:21 2004
Message-ID: <EAB746AD969AA24C9EBBF84B28065B8825C5EA_at_ber-ex-05.ber.gr.admin.ch>

Received my BLs yesterday.

ALL of the three are really nice, but my favorite is definitvely the BL5
(nice thumbprints!)

Thanks Dean to have made it available at such an attractive price!

Julien

PS: I will try to have them classified, but I don't expect to be very quick!

PS2: should we make a BL-owner-club? with a WWW page and a mailing list ;-)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Divelbiss [mailto:j.divelbiss_at_worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:42 AM
> To: Bernd Pauli HD; Radosevich, Dave
> Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bessey comment
>
>
> Bernd, Dave and list,
>
> I concur with the comments to date. But I thought it really
> wasn't meteorite
> until the "council" says it is? For now it is just a rock, right.
>
> My gut tells me that science as a whole is missing the boat with the
> NWA's...someday the negative positions taken during these
> times over the
> lack information like location, particulars of find, etc.
> will be a mistake
> that can't be fixed. I know this subject has had a lot of
> press, but from a
> simpletons point of view the treatment of the most NWA's not being
> legitimate is wrong. I have no clue as to the fix(es) for the problems
> perceived, but to "putoff or shun" the likes of Dean and others to get
> classifications done in a timely matter is a mistake. Some
> dealers have
> direct connections that make this less of a problem...but
> they are in the
> minority I would think. A concerted effort to improve all
> aspects of this
> problem, including the availability of labs capable of doing such work
> should be done before we lose the bulk of potential
> information on these
> great rocks. It is late in the game, but not too late I would
> hope. There
> are many great pieces out here that are orphaned at this
> point...with owners
> wanting to know what it is.
>
> Protesting not to buy or acknowledge this so called junk only
> reinforces
> this stubborn position. Those doing so are adding to the
> thick crust of the
> objectors...limiting science instead of improving it.
>
> From the sounds of it, fixing the problems (some real, some
> perceived due to
> association) in Morocco are probably the hardest to
> resolve...and they may
> never be. But once the rocks are in hand, why can't the
> community come to
> grips with helping all of us with the classification process.
>
> This is my two cents. I am newbie to all this, collecting
> only for three
> years. I'm sure many smart people out there have more
> insight. But when you
> break it down in my mind, the general treatment of NWA's (and
> other African
> meteorites) is WRONG!
>
> I read an article written in May by fellow list member
> Norbert Classen that
> discusses this issue from another field collectors point of
> view. I totally
> agree and hope others will come forward to help this
> situation out. The link
> is http://www.meteorite.fr/en/news/feature.htm
>
> Thanx for your time and forgive me if you are offended,
>
> John Divelbiss (BL #33)
> IMCA2006
>
> PS If no one responds, that's OK with me...it has happened before.
> PSS Dean, keep trying for all of us.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernd Pauli HD" <bernd.pauli_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>
> To: "Radosevich, Dave" <Dave.Radosevich_at_trw.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:31 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bessey comment
>
>
> > An enthusiastic Dave wrote:
> >
> > > If this is the "worst of the bunch" then the other 39 folks
> > > got really really nice specimens. My BL15 is way better than
> > > the photo. Mine has it all. It's oriented and shows flow lines,
> > > rollover edge, and plenty of thumb prints. A personal thanks to
> > > Dean Bessey for bringing this truly nice NWA to all of us (40).
> >
> >
> > Hi Dave, BL-owners and List,
> >
> > Welcome to the BL-Club :-) Your description says it all! Congrats
> > on this breathtaking specimen. I wanted to buy this one because of
> > its relatively low weight (which saves money) but "didn't like the
> > horizontal scar". Oh, well ...
> >
> > > I normally dont buy NWA's for reasons we have shared on this list.
> >
> > They are meteorites without a pedigree ... but does beauty need
> > a pedigree? They are meteorites. They have come from the same
> > places as their "decent" brethren w i t h a pedigree! My two
> > Euro-cents!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Bernd (BL #18)
> >
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