[meteorite-list] IMCA member offering questionable meteorite
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:03 2004 Message-ID: <00a701c348a2$a066cf60$9c30ef42_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C34867.F29FDBE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, I agree with this much, if he is a member of the IMCA, then he = should put into words that it is NOT a meteorite.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com=20 To: j.divelbiss_at_att.net ; daistiho@hotmail.com=20 Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA member offering questionable = meteorite j.divelbiss_at_att.net: If you read you can tell that=20 this was probably once thought to be a meteorite...but it was tested = and=20 confirmed not to be.=20 Well, I CAN read, thank you very much, John. ;-) Eliminating all text having nothing to do with authenticity, it says = the following "HAD IT TESTED....IT IS A EQUAL MIX OF IRON AND = SILICON.......GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ,,IMCA 5093,,, INTERNATIONAL = METEORITE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION. =20 I fail to see where that suggests that "it was tested and confirmed = not to be." As I said in the post first mentioning this, we all like = to give the benefit of the doubt whenever possible, especially to a = fellow IMCA member, and that was my first instinct, too. But even for = those of us whose insticnt is to be charitable, the seller's own wording = above makes it awfully difficult to do so. I don't necessarily think = anyone should be expelled from the IMCA for one offense, but I still = maintain that composing the above text, with NO idea that it could = possibly be misinterpreted, is a stretch.=20 Gregory ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C34867.F29FDBE0 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok, I agree with this much, if he is a = member of=20 the IMCA, then he should put into words that it is NOT a meteorite.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 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=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DSharkkb8_at_aol.com = href=3D"mailto:Sharkkb8_at_aol.com">Sharkkb8@aol.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dj.divelbiss_at_att.net=20 href=3D"mailto:j.divelbiss_at_att.net">j.divelbiss@att.net</A> ; <A=20 title=3Ddaistiho_at_hotmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:daistiho_at_hotmail.com">daistiho@hotmail.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 12, 2003 = 11:09=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = IMCA member=20 offering questionable meteorite</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 = face=3DArial size=3D2=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"><BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:j.divelbiss_at_att.net">j.divelbiss@att.net</A>:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 TYPE=3D"CITE">If you read you can tell that <BR>this was probably once = thought=20 to be a meteorite...but it was tested and <BR>confirmed not to be.=20 </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Well, I CAN read, thank you very much,=20 John. ;-)<BR><BR>Eliminating all text having nothing = to do=20 with authenticity, it says the following "HAD IT TESTED....IT IS A = EQUAL MIX=20 OF IRON AND SILICON.......GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC ,,IMCA 5093,,,=20 INTERNATIONAL METEORITE COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION. = <BR><BR>I=20 fail to see where that suggests that "it was tested and confirmed not = to=20 be." As I said in the post first mentioning this, we all = like to=20 give the benefit of the doubt whenever possible, especially to a = fellow IMCA=20 member, and that was my first instinct, too. But even for those = of us=20 whose insticnt is to be charitable, the seller's own wording above = makes it=20 awfully difficult to do so. I don't necessarily think = anyone=20 should be expelled from the IMCA for one offense, but I still maintain = that=20 composing the above text, with NO idea that it could <U>possibly</U> = be=20 misinterpreted, is a stretch. = <BR><BR> =20 Gregory<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C34867.F29FDBE0-- Received on Sat 12 Jul 2003 02:22:58 PM PDT |
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