[meteorite-list] R5 - Its alive

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:42 2004
Message-ID: <001d01c31f43$2d702520$4631ef42_at_computer>

Would the real slim shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand
up.........
----- Original Message -----
From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] R5 - Its alive


> That R5 that farmer is selling is not NWA1585. And it
> is not paired with NWA1585 either. Here is a photo of
> the real NWA1585:
> http://www.meteoriteshop.com/littlenwa1585.jpg
> Compare this photo the the ones on farmers website and
> you can easily see that they are not the same rock
> even from a photo.
> NWA1585 is a single oriented 26.5 gram stone. And I
> havent seen anything paired with it but I wouldent be
> surprised if more turned up as the nomads all know
> where the strewnfields are at and the nomads have some
> pretty iffy sales practices to say the least.
> However, there is another R5 that has been floating
> around morocco since at least the last tucson show. I
> know the one that farmer is refering to and it has
> been mostly bought up but farmer is on his way to
> morocco again now and I suspect that he will be
> offered more of that R5 next week as it has been
> sporadically available for a few months now but there
> dont seem to be much around and the locals all want
> way to much for it for me to buy any.
> But while what farmer has is probably an R5 it
> shouldent be sold as NWA1585 because it is not
> NWA1585. And considering that it dont even look
> remotely close to NWA1585 it is pretty unlikely to be
> paired with NWA1585 either.
> Sincerely
> DEAN
> www.meteoriteshop.com
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Received on Tue 20 May 2003 10:46:26 PM PDT