[meteorite-list] Re: CV metachondrite pairings

From: Terry Boswell <boswell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon May 22 13:44:09 2006
Message-ID: <001501c67dcf$e85c4060$e9815904_at_oemcomputer>

David,
After returning from a months vacation I come home to find you not only once
but two times making false statements on the list reguarding me. Ron
Farrell is not and has never been my partner. My partner for the last ten
years has been Ali Hmani of Morocco. Make sure you get your facts straight
before you apply them to the list. I have sold meteorites to Ron Farrell
and bought meteorites from him as well.
Terry Boswell



In my opinion you have no right to complain about the high pricing of this
material, and
you should be proud of yourself that the paired find NWA 2400 was also being
offered at $3000/g by Terry Boswell and his "partner in crime" Ron Farrell.
----- 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 7:46 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
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Received on Mon 22 May 2006 02:45:31 PM PDT