[meteorite-list] Page Translated
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:29 2004 Message-ID: <002e01c3fe18$70dfef20$7616dc44_at_wbranch> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C3FDEE.87B5FAC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone, Many thanks to Sergey Vasiliev, who translated the page for me and has = given me permission to post his translation to the list. =20 ... In 1991 in Australia was found 350 grams ureilite Nullarbor 010. 1 = gram of it was sent to Max Plank Institute for analysis. The rest was = lost. Two years later "well known cheater" Ron Farrell said the new = meteorite was found. That was also ureilite with the only weight of 349 = grams. Farrell said that it was found in Mexico. Meteorite got the name = Nuevo Mercurio (b). Two stones (1g from australia and another from = Mexico) had suspected the same structure, texture and composition. Most = of scientists thought that there are two pieces of the same stone. That = story is not the best of Farrell's stories. In 1995 that man showed up = in Egypt museum. He said that he is from Yale University and he would = like to get two museum specimens (both from Mars) for detail study - the = price for both is more than two million dollars. He had luck to get = those stones. Finally the Egyptian authorities found out that the man = with name Farrell is not working in Yale and never did. Something like: = Meteorite business is so profitable that those kind of frauds had been = done [sorry but my Czech is not perfect also ;-)] Only for the last = three years there were six "martian" meteorites (all from privat = collections) recognized as Eath basalts. Something like: The thiefs = doesn't care about it. [I have no idea why this sentense is here but it = is also translation from another sourse - one of those: CA M`INT=C9RESSE = Paris; FOCUS, London]. For the same period of time that was reported 128 = stolen meteorites. On the Paris meteorite exhibition in 1996 two = meteorites were stolen: one from Mars and one from Moon. The one from = the moon belongs to National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo). = Something like: Farrell also tryed to get a piece like that. In 1997 he = went to Rio de Janeiro National Museum where he tryed to exchange small = meteorite (priced at $29,000) for the Eath rock. He was catched at the = airport. Stolen meteorite was in his boot. That is a funny one: And even = he was judged for two years in jail, he got a chance to escape and now = he is hiding somewhere. That's it. Sergey ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C3FDEE.87B5FAC0 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 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many thanks to Sergey Vasiliev, who = translated the=20 page for me and has given me permission to post his translation to the=20 list. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>... In 1991 in Australia was found 350 = grams=20 ureilite <FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Nullarbor 010. 1 gram = of it was=20 sent to Max Plank Institute for analysis. The rest was lost. Two years = later=20 "well known cheater" Ron Farrell said the new meteorite was found. That = was also=20 ureilite with the only weight of 349 grams. Farrell said that it was = found in=20 Mexico. Meteorite got the name Nuevo Mercurio (b). Two stones (1g from = australia=20 and another from Mexico) had suspected the same structure, texture and=20 composition. Most of scientists thought that there are two pieces = of the=20 same stone. That story is not the best of Farrell's stories. In 1995 = that man=20 showed up in Egypt museum. He said that he is from Yale University and = he would=20 like to get two museum specimens (both from Mars) for detail study = - the=20 price for both is more than two million dollars. He had luck to get = those=20 stones. Finally the Egyptian authorities found out that the man = with name=20 Farrell is not working in Yale and never did. <EM><STRONG>Something=20 like:</STRONG> </EM>Meteorite business is so profitable that those kind = of=20 frauds had been done <STRONG><EM>[sorry but my Czech is = not=20 perfect also ;-)]</EM></STRONG> Only for the last three years there = were=20 six "martian" meteorites (all from privat collections) recognized as = Eath=20 basalts. <STRONG><EM>Something like:</EM></STRONG> The thiefs doesn't = care about=20 it. <EM><STRONG>[I have no idea why this sentense is here but it is also = translation from another sourse - one of those: CA M`INT=C9RESSE Paris; = FOCUS,=20 London].</STRONG></EM> For the same period of time that was reported 128 = stolen=20 meteorites. On the Paris meteorite exhibition in 1996 two meteorites = were=20 stolen: one from Mars and one from Moon. The one from the moon belongs = to=20 National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo). <STRONG><EM>Something = like:=20 </EM></STRONG>Farrell also tryed to get a piece like that. In 1997 he = went to=20 Rio de Janeiro National Museum where he tryed to exchange small = meteorite=20 (priced at $29,000) for the Eath rock. He was catched at the airport. = Stolen=20 meteorite was in his boot. <STRONG><EM>That is a funny one:=20 </EM></STRONG>And even he was judged for two years in jail, he got a = chance to=20 escape and now he is hiding somewhere.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That's it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sergey</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>------------------------------------------<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C3FDEE.87B5FAC0-- Received on Sat 28 Feb 2004 11:32:21 AM PST |
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