[meteorite-list] Self Proclaimed Pairings Issues (SPPI)
From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri May 5 15:32:00 2006 Message-ID: <002101c6707a$8bd4d4e0$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily> Hi Adam, Who are you writing about? -Walter Branch ________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:41 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Self Proclaimed Pairings Issues (SPPI) > Dear List Members, > > Here are some of my thoughts on Self Proclaimed Pairings Issues (SPPI). > > I feel this subject needs to be breached again as a few have not caught on > to how destructive and lowly this practice is. > > Saying something is "likely paired" is the same as saying "I am too cheap > or > lazy to have my material studied by a qualified Nom Com approved > facility." > > Using notes provided for official meteorites to describe unofficial > material > is the same as stealing as far as I am concerned. Why should dealers who > spend upwards of thousands per month having their material officially > classified and getting their very own nomenclature allow others to violate > this information? I know ebay will enforce number borrowing issues as > they > have been trained that although nobody owns these numbers they are treated > the same as serial numbers. These serial numbers only apply to a certain > amount of material and to borrow them is fraudulent. Some more news; ebay > treats all product descriptions as proprietary data and will shut down > auctions immediately if descriptions are borrowed and then reported. > > Even if somebody who deals meteorites is 99% sure their material is paired > to somebody else's they should still follow the correct protocol, have > their > material made official and receive their very own number. The only > meteorites excluded by this rule are from rare falls as stated by the > Meteoritical Society. NWA 869 is an exception in that multiple type > specimens from multiple dealers were submitted so all that contributed can > share this number, a rare case. The I.M.C.A. stated that they stand > behind > the Meteoritical Society rules and so should members who belong to this > organization that stands for "Authenticity" above all else. How can a > dealer claim his material is authentic when no qualified laboratory has > even > looked at it? > > Collectors are entitled to official material or at the very least > provisional if the rules are being adhered to. The rules have been > stiffened up considerably on provisional numbers because only after a type > specimen has been submitted to a Nom Com approved depository and studied > will a provisional number be assigned. The market has moved a long way in > the last year and a half with more than 95% compliance to these rules. It > makes good sense 20 years down the road when others take over these > collections or they are passed down to family members that they can say > with > confidence what they have. Terms like a Moroccan stating "these are that" > or a dealer saying, "likely paired" or "in my opinion" won't fly because > unstudied material has very little scientific or intrinsic value in my > opinion. A few years ago, many unknowingly violated these rules because > they were unclear. I was partially guilty of the same thing a few years > back but have since reapplied and received new numbers for anything we > brought out and noted this in my descriptions. The rules have been clear > for the last two years and to continually violate them will only serve to > undermine collector confidence. > > Enough from me, > Regards, > > ------------------------------------ > Adam Hupe > The Hupe Collection > Team LunarRock > IMCA 2185 > raremeteorites_at_comcast.net > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Fri 05 May 2006 03:31:45 PM PDT |
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