[meteorite-list] Sahara 99555, a "Rosetta Stone"! OT: Tired of untruths!

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 31 16:49:11 2005
Message-ID: <pv5ch1pbk741be13qa2jrm2ilcn61e6ovl_at_4ax.com>

I, for one, would like to be the first to thank you for protecting the rest of the world from
knowing the location of your finds so that you can protect the prices at your web site-- oops, I
mean so that you can protect the integrety of their science.


On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:27:45 +0200, "luc Meteorites.tv / Labenne Luc"
<labennemeteorites_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dirk,
>
>Yes, we changed our mind about publishing the coordinates of our meteorites
>since we found the first ones in 1997, a long time before the rush to
>meteorites in hot deserts. The relative coordinates are known, and that's
>enough to study pairing. We've decided not to publish the rest yet in order
>to protect these areas from people like you.
>
>I noticed that you made no comment whatsoever about the article published in
>Nature - and am comforted in my idea that you have little or no interest in
>the scientific value of meteorites. If there is any fraud in the meteorite
>community, it comes from people purchasing meteorites found by others and
>giving them exotic names like Gan Gan, so it's easier to sell. Remember??
>
>If you want to clean house and don't have anything constructive to publish
>on this list, the best thing you can do is keep your petty comments and
>infighting to yourself.
Received on Wed 31 Aug 2005 04:52:39 PM PDT