[meteorite-list] Is Ted Bunch an idiot?

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 19 11:19:37 2005
Message-ID: <20050819151935.39525.qmail_at_web26205.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

I have 5 meteorites paired to NWA 869 in my NWA list,
this why NomCom not give a unique number for the all
meteorites paired

Matteo

--- Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com> ha
scritto:

> 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 <><
>
>
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