[meteorite-list] Page Translated
From: Sergey Vasiliev <svassiliev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:29 2004 Message-ID: <007e01c3fe31$415fdd00$7800000a_at_desktop> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C3FE39.A20E1A10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mark and List, Mark, please note that this article was from mass-media (Am I right in = spelling?). If you want I can translate the article about myself from Ukrainian = newspaper. I'm a bad guy too ;-) I hope you understand what I mean. Sergey ----------------------------------------------------- Sergey Vasiliev U Dalnice 839 Prague 5, 15500 Czech Republic www.sv-meteorites.com Hi Walter and List Maybe this is something the IMCA can help with along with the = meteoritical society, we could supply the institues around the world = with the names and contacts of those poeple willing to be known by such = places. Even photographs. In this way the institues would have a record = of known researchers, dealers and collectors in an electronic format = thats easy to access. This would hamper some of these thefts, surely = wouldn't stop them, but at least it would give the institues something = to work from and maybe make easier these trades for research. Although I doubt I will ever get to most of these places, it would be = nice to know that the curators would be able to tell who I was from = someone else posing as me. And, this would be an easy enough project, much easier than trying to = track down and bring to justice the black marketeers. Mark ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Walter Branch=20 To: Meteorite Mailing List=20 Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Page Translated 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 2/20/2004 ------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C3FE39.A20E1A10 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 6.00.2737.800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Mark and List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark, please note that this article was = from=20 mass-media (Am I right in spelling?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you want I can translate the article = about=20 myself from Ukrainian newspaper. I'm a bad guy too ;-) I hope you=20 understand what I mean.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sergey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>-----------------------------------------------------<BR>Sergey = Vasiliev<BR>U Dalnice 839<BR>Prague 5, 15500<BR>Czech Republic<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.sv-meteorites.com">www.sv-meteorites.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Walter and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Maybe this is something the IMCA can = help with=20 along with the meteoritical society, we could supply the institues = around the=20 world with the names and contacts of those poeple willing to be known = by such=20 places. Even photographs. In this way the institues would have a = record of=20 known researchers, dealers and collectors in an electronic format = thats easy=20 to access. This would hamper some of these thefts, surely wouldn't = stop them,=20 but at least it would give the institues something to work from and = maybe make=20 easier these trades for research.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Although I doubt I will ever get to = most of these=20 places, it would be nice to know that the curators would be able to = tell who I=20 was from someone else posing as me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And, this would be an easy enough = project, much=20 easier than trying to track down and bring to justice the black=20 marketeers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mark</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=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=3Dbranchw_at_bellsouth.net = href=3D"mailto:branchw_at_bellsouth.net">Walter=20 Branch</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite = Mailing List</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 28, = 2004 11:32=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Page=20 Translated</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 the 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=20 also ureilite with the only weight of 349 grams. Farrell said that = it was=20 found in Mexico. Meteorite got the name Nuevo Mercurio (b). Two = stones (1g=20 from australia and another from Mexico) had suspected the same = structure,=20 texture and composition. Most of scientists thought that there = are two=20 pieces of the same stone. That story is not the best of Farrell's = stories.=20 In 1995 that man showed up in Egypt museum. He said that he is from = Yale=20 University and he would like to get two museum specimens (both from=20 Mars) for detail study - the price for both is more than two = million=20 dollars. He had luck to get those stones. Finally the Egyptian = authorities=20 found out that the man with name Farrell is not working in Yale = and=20 never did. <EM><STRONG>Something like:</STRONG> </EM>Meteorite = business is=20 so profitable that those kind of frauds had been=20 done <STRONG><EM>[sorry but my Czech is not perfect also=20 ;-)]</EM></STRONG> Only for the last three years there were six = "martian" meteorites (all from privat collections) recognized as = Eath=20 basalts. <STRONG><EM>Something like:</EM></STRONG> The thiefs = doesn't care=20 about it. <EM><STRONG>[I have no idea why this sentense is here but = it is=20 also translation from another sourse - one of those: CA = M`INT=C9RESSE Paris;=20 FOCUS, London].</STRONG></EM> For the same period of time that was = reported=20 128 stolen meteorites. On the Paris meteorite exhibition in 1996 two = meteorites were stolen: one from Mars and one from Moon. The one = from the=20 moon belongs to National Institute of Polar Research (Tokyo).=20 <STRONG><EM>Something like: </EM></STRONG>Farrell also tryed to get = a piece=20 like that. In 1997 he went to Rio de Janeiro National Museum where = he tryed=20 to exchange small meteorite (priced at $29,000) for the Eath rock. = He was=20 catched at the airport. Stolen meteorite was in his boot. = <STRONG><EM>That=20 is a funny one: </EM></STRONG>And even he was judged for two = years in=20 jail, he got a chance to escape and now he is hiding=20 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=20 size=3D2>------------------------------------------<BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A><U><= FONT=20 color=3D#800080></FONT></U></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><U><FONT = color=3D#800080><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail=20 is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A=20 = href=3D"http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>).<BR>Version: = 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date:=20 = 2/20/2004</FONT></U></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>= ------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C3FE39.A20E1A10-- Received on Sat 28 Feb 2004 02:29:58 PM PST |
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