[meteorite-list] Re: CV metachondrite pairings
From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 20 20:53:20 2006 Message-ID: <033801c67c70$e090b880$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a> Not once did I call you a name or use profanity in our discussions. Calling me a liar and an arse are not signs of a true professional. Remarks like this show where you are coming from: Just keep saying to yourself - sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. I am very disappointed but will get over it. Have a nice evening, Adam : ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Weir" <dgweir_at_earthlink.net> To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: CV metachondrite pairings > Adam Hupe wrote: > > First of all, thank you for finally contacting the scientists and reporting > > your findings. > > Wrong, Ted called me. The issue of 3133 and 1839 being paired or not > actually didn't even come up in our conversation since there was so much > else of interest to discuss. I didn't sleep all night thinking of the > exciting things we discussed, but I guess I'm a bit obsessed with this > subject. It was in a separate e-mail in which I answered his query about > the wording error on his website, something you posted you had done some > time ago. Obviously this wording was a leftover from an earlier time > when a pairing was suspected. > > > In a prior post I stated that I thought the probabilities would be > > vanishingly small (although not zero) to find two unpaired, CV > > metachondrites, with overlapping mineralogy and chemistry, at the same > > proximity and time. > > > > My response is: > > > > Nobody knows what proximity they were found and they were classified at > > different times. They came for two different sources, we do not purchase > > material from Aziz. Who says both are related to the CV parent body? COs > > plot slightly different. > > The proximity I was referring to was the Moroccan/Algerian desert, and > the time is the same short period that you have been involved in > meteorites. I have seen the plot on the CV mixing line for both > meteorites and they are darn close. In fact, certain select isotope runs > virtually overlap. However, I would welcome the first CO metachondrite > to my collection! > > > Now I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge my gratitude and > > friendship to Aziz Habibi for gifting me almost a gram of NWA011/2400 > > (that's 1000 x what I have!), which will now become the official > > representative specimen of this probably extinct asteroid on my website. > > Many thanks Aziz! > > > > My response is: > > > > How could it be official when it has not been studied and no nomenclature > > has been given to this piece? This is the same kind of proclamation that > > causes problems and lengthy debates. > > The "official" part was obviously meant to refer to my website only, > that is clear in my statement, and does not infer any pedigree from > NomCom or anyone else. I have no idea where Aziz got this gift from; > perhaps he acquired it from Ron Farrell in care of his partner Terry > Boswell. Perhaps it is a piece of the original rock that he might have > acquired from the Russians or Japanese. Perhaps a new pairing yet to be > officially confirmed. I am not so rude as to question his generosity > like you seem to want me to do. If you don't like which photos I use on > my website to represent a particular meteorite, then may I invite you to > avoid any confusion in your mind and not visit meteoritestudies.com in > the future. > > > > > Feeling a little vindicated after being called a liar, > > You are special Adam, don't let anyone affect your self esteem by > calling you bad names. Just keep saying to yourself - sticks and stones > may break my bones but words will never hurt me. > > Till later, > David Received on Sat 20 May 2006 08:51:40 PM PDT |
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