[meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?

From: Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 19 11:04:02 2005
Message-ID: <003301c5a4cf$3a358a20$2d107918_at_Michelle>

Hello List, I bought an unclassified meteorite on ebay, cut it, thought it
was really nice, unlike anything I had seen, so I sent it in for
classification. Later, I sent a picture to the list and someone commented
that it looked like NWA 869.
   So when the classification was complete, to avoid any trouble, I asked
Ted Bunch if there was any possibility of NWA 2906 being paired with 869, he
said;
"I have over 50 reference slices of 869 - we are doing a research project on
this stone. In addition, I helped T. Boswell sort out odd balls from 400 kg
869. I have seen a lot of 869 and it does have many variations. Your stone
is not 869."

  I quoted Ted on my auction;
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6554595054

   But someone on the list says he can tell from the pictures that it is NWA
869 and that I am an idiot for trying to sell it as something other than
869.
   So I am trying to figure this out, should I think Ted Bunch is an idiot
even after he had just finished classifying this stone, ran a thin section
through the probe and studied it under a microscope.?
  Or should I assume the guy who thinks he can tell from the picture is an
idiot?

   I do not want to be selling something that is not what I said it was. If
it is 869 I will make it clear, but I have to know who to believe, the
meteorite scientist who studied it, or the unknown guy that can tell more
from a picture than the guy who studied it. .
Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><
Received on Fri 19 Aug 2005 11:03:55 AM PDT