[meteorite-list] Ebay THIN SECTIONS Sale

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:54 2004
Message-ID: <091b01c412e6$4adea5e0$ad971018_at_attbi.com>

Dear Dean,

Talk to NAU about having to send out thin-sections for refinishing you sold
to make them work in their microprobe. I tried to cut my own thin-sections
and found it was a very difficult and time consuming process so decided
against marketing them so I have nothing to gain by making this up. It is
also very difficult to keep the quality consistent without calibration
crystals that professional labs use. Just look at some of the thin-sections
you have for sale and you will see most are too thick, others are uneven and
some are ground down to the glass. I am only repeating what I have been
told by two NomCom approved laboratories with scientists with decades of
experience. If you want names of these scientists I would be happy to
provide them to you off-List.

All the best,

Adam


----- Original Message -----
From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay THIN SECTIONS Sale


> I dont know where you are getting your information but
> I have sent my thin sections to 6 or 7 seperate
> institutions for classification work and they have all
> come back saying how high the quality is. One
> institution even asked me if I was interested in
> making a deal to make their thin sections for them
> after seeing the sections that I have. I had to turn
> them down though because of a very long turnaround
> time.
> Maybe you should get some scientist to look at them
> who actually got experience dealing with thin
> scetions. Scientists from most of the worlds major
> institutions have seen my thin sections and nobody
> ever commented that they were not up to par. Just the
> opposite actually. Comments are always about how good
> they are.
> Is this another one of your attack ads that you
> typically make against other dealers meteorites after
> you decide that you want to sell something similar
> also and dont like other dealers competing with you?
> You know, somehow over hype all the overpriced stuff
> that you sell just to sell the story so that you can
> charge double for your meteorites? You planning on
> selling thin sections anytime soon? That would explein
> your dislike of my thin sections.
> I will go with what some of the worlds top scientists
> think rather than somebody who spends his time trying
> to think up the next best story to tack on to his
> meteorites.
> My thin sections are second to none and you know it.
> Sincerely
> DEAN
>
>
>
>
> --- Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hi Dean and List,
> >
> > Not to cut down your thin-sections Dean but you are
> > being mislead by your
> > supplier as you quote these as being the best
> > quality there is and claiming
> > they are suitable for classification work. We
> > forwarded some of your
> > material with your thin-sections to two different
> > laboratories. These were
> > supplied to us by a couple of your customers who are
> > also List members who
> > purchased the stones with thin sections from you on
> > ebay. Both laboratories
> > reported back that they are not suitably calibrated
> > for petrologic work and
> > one said "It was like surfing a mountain range while
> > studying one on a
> > Microprobe". The thin-sections had to be calibrated
> > using quartz crystals
> > and repolished by another laboratory. I think its
> > time to find another
> > supplier or stop claiming these are suitable for
> > study as this topic has
> > come up several times in the past behind the scenes.
> >
> > Just like that nickel test kit that gives false
> > positives I hate to see
> > collectors mislead by accident or otherwise. I
> > believe you believe these
> > are of the highest quality because that is what you
> > have been told by your
> > supplier. You may want to ask your supplier for
> > references regarding
> > laboratories involved in meteoritics. I also
> > believe you are honest, just
> > misinformed.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Original Message -----
> > From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com>
> > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:52 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Ebay THIN SECTIONS Sale
> >
> >
> > > I have listed over 3 dozen thin sections on ebay -
> > > many unclassified with the complete stone. These
> > are
> > > listed under my ebay id AZTECFEAST and if you
> > click
> > > the store icon and then THIN SECTIONS you will get
> > > just the thin sections and not everything else
> > mixed
> > > in.
> > > Some nice ones there
> > > Sincerely
> > > DEAN BESSEY (AZTECFEAST)
> > > www.meteoriteshop.com
> > > :
> > > PS:
> > > You can try this long convuleted URL here which
> > should
> > > bring you to just the thin sections but if it dont
> > > work just use the instructions above
> > >
> >
>
http://stores.ebay.com/METEORITES-GALORE_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZQ2d1QQdptZ2QQsclZall
> > QQsotimedisplayZ2QQtZkm
> > >
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Received on Thu 25 Mar 2004 10:56:16 PM PST