[meteorite-list] Does this NWA look familiar to anyone?

From: Tom AKA James Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jan 27 18:07:06 2005
Message-ID: <009d01c504c4$eae2cb40$2d107918_at_Michelle>

"If this dealer screwed you by omission you have ever right to beef, not
much recourse other than that though. I just wonder why he advertised it as
unclassified and sent it with an NWA 869 label. Maybe he is confused but I
doubt it."

Maybe he bought it as 869 but did think it was when he got it and did not
want to sell it as 869 if he doubted it. It is either keep it, through it
away, or sell it as an unclassified piece. I would, but I would have
explained the situation!
  I have bought unclassified stuff from big dealers that every one says is
869. Would you have a problem if you bought an unclassified and it turned
out to be lunar? : )


Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><
IMCA 6168
http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Does this NWA look familiar to anyone?


> Darren,
>
> If this dealer screwed you by omission you have ever right to beef, not
much recourse other than that though. I just wonder why he advertised it as
unclassified and sent it with an NWA 869 label. Maybe he is confused but I
doubt it.
>
> Bill
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_charter.net>
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:12:16 -0500, Darren Garrison
<cynapse_at_charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > >I've just bought what to me is a very interesting looking unclassified
NWA
> > piece, and I was
> > >wondering it looks distinctivly like any numbered NWA find to anyone--
in other
> > words, is it a piece
> > >from a known find. It has a very dark, possibly greenish matrix,
brecciation,
> > and as far as I can
> > >tell from the photos, it seem to have a low metal content. I of course
can
> > take much better photos
> > >when it reaches me, but I was hoping it might jump out at someone.
> > >
> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6506068469
> >
> > Update on this: before the piece arrived I was browsing Ebay and came
across a
> > seller with several
> > slices of "NWA 787" which looked very similar to my unknown piece. I
did a
> > quick Google search,
> > though, and found that NWA 787 is a probable synonym for NWA 869.
> >
> > So the lot of pieces (I bought several other items from the seller at
the same
> > time) arrived today,
> > and the very card that came with it labeled it as NWA 869! So I'm torn
on this
> > issue. While on the
> > one hand it seems to me pretty dishonest by the seller to clearly call
it
> > unclassified in the
> > auction (possibly as an deliberate attempt to make it seem more unusual
rather
> > than a simple
> > mistake), on the other hand it still is a beautiful piece with
significant flow
> > features and is
> > probably well worth the slightly less than 50 cents per gram that I paid
for it.
> > (Which is more
> > than three times more than I have paid for NWA 869 in the past, but
still
> > cheaper than the $3-ish
> > per gram the other seller wanted for the similar "NWA 787".)
> >
> > Look at these scans I made of the piece now that I have it (actual piece
not
> > quite as contrasty as
> > scan makes it look).
> >
> > http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/nwa869_orientedslice_top.jpg
> >
> > http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/nwa869_orientedslice_bottom.jpg
> >
> > So how would you handle this-- be upset with the seller for calling it
> > "unclassified" when it was
> > NWA 869, or just be happy with the piece and let it slide?
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