[meteorite-list] Sale - Howardite Blow Out

From: Jim Strope <jim_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 23 11:05:55 2004
Message-ID: <000a01c4a17e$d57dd000$6401a8c0_at_DJQVK441>

You should have been in Denver, Mike. You would have been shocked to see
how much uncut "NWA 1929" was being sold at low prices.

I am glad that I wasn't on the list the last month to witness the fighting
over numbers. Perhaps, each newly found Sikhote-alin should have it's own
new name assigned???? Or the new Glorietta? Or the new Campo? ETC. ETC.
ETC.

Jim Strope
421 Fourth Street
Glen Dale, WV 26038

http://www.catchafallingstar.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
To: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Sale - Howardite Blow Out


> This one confuses me.
> We had a large fight and discussion just last week, where the Hupes and Dr
> Jeff Grossman said that pairings must be made scientifically and when the
> nomenclature committee denote a number for a meteorite, it is for that
> meteorite that the number is reserved, no others.
> NWA 1929 was my meteorite, and it was a single individual.
> I had it classified by Dr Bunch.
> It now seems that people are selling other meteorites under my number,
> including the Hupes? How is this possible? Complete individuals? Then they
> have not been cut.
> Why the double standard? How does anyone know these uncut meteorites are
NWA
> 1929? Why were they all suddenly found a year after I bought NWA 1929 in
> Morocco?
> I am a little confused about this, if other meteorites can not be paired
as
> stated by the Hupes so adamantly, then how is NWA 1929 immune to the same
> treatment?
> This is not directed at Adam, he is just the one who last week had a huge
> fight with Bob Evans over this, and now it seems that other people are
going
> to town with my meteorite number.
> Anyone care to tell me how all of these meteorites are no NWA 1929?
>
> Michael Farmer
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