[meteorite-list] New Orleans

From: Norbert Classen <trifid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:11:33 +0100
Message-ID: <002401c76421$da0b9900$2002a8c0_at_lunatic>

Bill,

Is this a rhetoric question?

Norbert

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----

Norbert,

What's wrong with this picture?

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Bill,
>
> Maybe you could do some research prior to posting such a comment?
>
> First, IMCA is not selling meteorites (some IMCA members are), and Al
> Falster is no IMCA member. Go and check our members list at www.imca.cc
> ...
>
> Second, you can't "buy" an IMCA number - each applicant for IMCA
> membership
> needs recommending members, and each application is thouroghly checked by
> our Membership Committee and voted upon by the IMCA Board of Directors.
>
> We received about 1 application per day, during the first two months of
> this
> year, and not even 20% of the applicants make the vote - so it's not just
> about paying dues, it's about authenticity, and proper business
> practices. I
> fear that a man without a last name (who's Bill anyway?) wouldn't even
> master the first steps to IMCA membership.
>
> And, answering your question: it surely would do no harm to have a
> scientist
> look at your crumbs prior to selling them as PF, would it? It sounds like
> you are not sure that these actually do represent the Real McCoy... In
> any
> case, as an IMCA member you would have to grant the authenticity of each
> and
> every specimen you sell, and it would be YOUR task to take care of the
> proper steps to do so. My point being obvious, I hope ...
>
> All the best,
> Norbert Classen
> Vice President IMCA Inc.
> http://www.imca.cc/
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>
> Ken,
>
> Most of us know about the N.O. excursion. Point is, how reliable can the
> authenticty of street crumbs be? Can the IMCA vouch for each and every
> crumb
> that's sold by a member of your org.? I have buckets of very nice crumbs
> from PF that I could market. Can I sell if I buy an imca number or do I
> need
> the crumbs authenticated. Any volunteers? My point being obvious, I hope.
>
> Bill
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Hi Bruce,
>> After the fall on the Fausset home, Al Falster (ebay seller 'flabster'),
>> a geologist from the University of New Orleans and a group of students
>> collected impact fragments off the streets surrounding the residence.
>> Since then, Al and others have been selling the small 'street' fragments
>> on ebay.
>> http://www.uno.edu/pegmatology/pub/meteor/meteor.html (photos)
>> http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znpneworleans.html
>>
>> best,
>> ken newton
>>
>> Bruce Yankewitz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Seems to me that virtually all of the New Orleans meteorite to reach
>>> the collector market has been in almost indentical, crumb-sized
>>> pieces. Anyone know why this is so?
>>>
>>> Bruce

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