[meteorite-list] ET re Another fake name, serious business

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 16 17:54:47 2004
Message-ID: <BDBFC5C0.1350D%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Yes,
        I, indeed, do have an opinion:
        It is one thing to lamblast Matteo, who has dealt dirty with
numerous members of this list or even to sling mud back & forth
between yourself and Adam - it is quite another to go off on
a person of E.T.'s dignity, venerable tenure and hard earned
reputation for honesty!
        Anyone on this list who has dealt with ET will tell you he
bends over backwards for even the most obnoxious customer
(I have SEEN him do this, myself), NEVER rips people off and
has been dealing meteorites as long as anyone (and I mean
ANYONE) in the business.
        You even ADMIT you have not spoken to him about this,
so WHAT IN THE HELL are you doing posting it to the list!?
        Get a grip.
        If you somehow lack contact information, contact me and I
will be happy to supply you with his phone number and email
address.
        If you can't manage to act like a gentleman, at least pretend
to have a modicum of decency and good business sense!
        Sincerely, Michael Blood


on 11/16/04 1:14 PM, Michael Farmer at meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net wrote:

> Anyone out there got any opinions on this?
> Here is another example of false name given to unclassified meteorite.
> http://www.polandmet.com/_nwa1906.htm
> This is POLANDMET, who has a page selling NWA 1906, a Rumuruti.
>
> Now, here is my page, of NWA 1906, the only stone classified and given this
> number:
> http://www.meteoriteguy.com/nwa1906.htm
>
> The problem, that is my meteorite, one stone, no pairings ever announced.
> Take a look at the two pages, the meteorites are not even similar in any
> way.
> Mine is NWA 1906, since I had it classified, Polandmet's does not even come
> close to mine. It doesn't look the same, it has much larger chondrules,
> multicolored, and is just totally different. Not to mention that there are
> clearly two different meteorites on that same page. Note the slices at top,
> very nice clear multicolored chondrules, then the slices are the bottom,
> smaller chondrules, more weathered, clearly brecciated.
> These meteorites are totally different.
>
> I am publicly demanding from Polandmet to answer this.
> What makes you think that you can sell a meteorite under the number that my
> stone received? What makes you think they are paired? Why are you doing
> this?
>
> Edwin Thompson is the one who is using a whole host of my numbers, I have
> not spoken with him yet, but there is no justification for it other than
> trying to pawn off unclassified meteorites as names pieces.
>
> This has the potential to collapse the entire meteorite market.
> We are only as good as our name, and I have worked very hard to do things
> right. I would NEVER sell someone a meteorite that is not what it is claimed
> to be.
> But this is what these dealers are doing, making visual pairings to keep
> from having to do their own work.
> Buyer beware, it seems that the only way to get official material is to buy
> from the dealer who made the official classification.
> Michael Farmer
> Awaiting a response from Polandmet and Edwin Thompson.
>
> http://www.meteoriteguy.com/nwa1906.htm
>
>
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