[meteorite-list] Stolen ebay Descriptions

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Sep 13 00:19:47 2004
Message-ID: <025501c49947$7d9bb260$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

Stan,

For your information NWA 2115 has not been published yet in the Meteoritical
Bulletin. There is no doubt it will become official as all of the proper
steps have been taken to make it so. It is up to scientists to prove a
pairing between the two but I do not doubt a pairing relationship between
1877 and 2115. I have no problem with this because proper steps were taken.

All the best,

Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: "stan ." <laser_maniac_at_hotmail.com>
To: <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 9:12 PM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Stolen ebay Descriptions


> Just FYI -
> your ebay description for nwa 1877 is inaccurate. nwa 1459 is not the only
> other olivine diogenite avalible for sale to the public - there is also
nwa
> 2115 - with a tkw of about 2x of the other two combined...
>
>
>
> >From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>
> >To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen ebay Descriptions
> >Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:59:07 -0700
> >
> >Dear List,
> >
> >To show you what kind of person Bob Evans really is here is an example
you
> >can check out for yourself. Bob took it upon himself not only to use NWA
> >numbers we reserved and paid for the study of, he is actually copying
our
> >descriptions, word-for-word. Bob, these descriptions are the property of
> >Meteoritelab, come up with your own DESCRIPTIONS!
> >
> >
> >Our Description and ebay link:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2268563957
> >NWA 1877, 850mg fragment of the second "Olivine Diogenite" in private
> >hands,
> >found 2003 in Northwest Africa. A weight of only 312 grams is recorded
for
> >this find. NWA 1459 the only other Olivine Diogenite available to the
> >public weighed a mere 49 grams. After cutting losses and type specimen
> >deposits there is less than 220 grams of this material left in private
> >hands
> >including NWA 1459. This material is believed to represent the deepest
> >sample, yet recovered, from the asteroid Vesta. A great deal of time
was
> >spent preparing this material. We used a penetrant stabilizer before
> >polishing even begun to prevent the large crystals from being plucked
> >during
> >polishing. This is important because the crystals have cleavages that
are
> >easily fractured during preparation. No less than 10 polishing steps on
a
> >diamond lap was needed to take these specimens to a 3,500 grit polish,
> >something you do not see everyday. This material is rarer than a
> >Brachinite, a Chassignite or even a Lodranite. Even though this is
number
> >two, it still represents the rarest of all classifications in private
> >hands,
> >there is nothing rarer!
> >
> >
> >Bobs stolen description and link to auction:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2269795593
> >This is a LARGE 1.2 Gram Fragment of NWA 1877. This is the second rare
> >"Olivine Diogenite" in private hands, found 2003 in Northwest Africa. A
> >weight of only 312 grams is recorded for this find. NWA 1459 is the only
> >other Olivine Diogenite available to the public and weighed a mere 49
> >grams.
> >After cutting losses and type specimen deposits there is less than 220
> >grams
> >of this material left in private hands including NWA 1459. This material
is
> >believed to represent the deepest sample, yet recovered, from the
asteroid
> >Vesta. This material is rarer than a Brachinite, a Chassignite or even a
> >Lodranite. NWA 1877 represents the rarest of all classifications in
> >private
> >hands, there is nothing rarer! This gorgeous meteorite is a must have for
> >any serious or new meteorite collector !
> >
> >Not only is using NWA numbers that do not match his pieces he has stolen
> >several other descriptions and ideas from us, he is a complete fraud.
> >Check
> >out his other auctions and compare.
> >
> >All the best,
> >
> >Adam Hupe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Mon 13 Sep 2004 12:09:39 AM PDT