[meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Oct 14 22:44:09 2006
Message-ID: <00c301c6f003$c62a58f0$83105c18_at_Gregor>

Dear Stan and List Members,

Stan wrote:
"...an angrite slice paired to nwa 2999/3164 that shows off translucent
augite..."

Stan, this looks like very bad business ethics in a few ways, especially in
undermining collector confidence in what YOU sell. Your eBay title reads,
"new NWA angrite meteorite possible NWA 2999/3164 pairs". This appears to be
more self-pairing, are you a scientist? What is YOUR NWA number that was
assigned to this material which actually looks like your ureilite a while
back you claimed as "pallasite-like" (now that phrase sounds familiar!!).

When I discovered NWA 2999 (the real McCoy!), there were only 12 complete
stones in which I cut every single one of them and provided material to have
thin sections made to determine they were all paired, which they were. Here
is a link to a photo of those twelve OFFICIAL NWA 2999 stones:
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2999/nwa2999a.jpg (notice how they are all flat
on bottom where I cut a piece off for thin sections).

There were however, a couple additional "potential angrite" stones that
proved not to be angrite material so you need to have the scientists do
their job and get an officially assigned NWA number for your material,
whatever it may be. This needs to be done with all suspected meteorites,
especially as rare and important as an angrite! In your eBay ad you state
the material was purchased for you from someone at the Denver Show, most
likely a Moroccan who made the pairing is my guess and we know what happens
when you go strictly by their word, or even anyone else such as yourself in
this case.

Do the right thing, get it analyzed by a lab and have an NWA number
assigned, the meteorite community deserves this of ALL of this type of
thing. I see the coat-tailing happening again, not just with you, but with
other self-made "scientists" who do not do the right thing.

Best regards,
Greg

====================
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe_at_tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message -----
From: "stan ." <laser_maniac_at_hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days


>
> hello all....
> i have a handfull of ebay auctions running right now that end in about 2
> days. closing starting 19:00 PDT on monday the 16th. included in this
> grouping are some more great seymchans, a micro of nwa 2737 the
> chassignite, a nice shock veined shergotitte endcut, a new low TKW
> acapulcoite that is unpaired with the other ACAP material floating around
> recently, an angrite slice paired to nwa 2999/3164 that shows off
> translucent augite, an awsome piece of nwa 801 CR2, and a few more than
> i'm probably not remembering to mention.
>
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZlaserprogramQQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0?
>
> TIA!
>
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