[meteorite-list] Another fake name, serious business

edwinthompson_at_meteoritecentral.com

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> 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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