[meteorite-list] meteorite coins! A-1

From: Kirk Jenks <bandk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:46:47 -0500
Message-ID: <006901c773ab$cc2d2120$09f80b45_at_owner55652f88b>

Hi Mike & All,
       Some people just don't get it! It's an individuals choice on what
they want to buy, based on what individuals see, like or collect for
themselves. This item that Mike and Jim produced is very unique indeed; even
though the Meteorite that was used is not a rare one, and is ALSO very
abundant. But.....the fact that the meteorite IS placed on a descriptive
coin IS very unique though! This is why people like me buy it! Mike & Jim
are merely delivering an item that (most) people really enjoy.
      One thing is for certain.....you sure is hell can't please "all of the
people all of the time." Don't sweat it Mike! And you others who do not
like what Mike is selling.....so what!.....don't buy it then!.......and stop
complaining already.
                                            Nuff said.......
                                                     Kirk........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "Armando Afonso" <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt>; "Martin Altmann"
<altmann at meteorite-martin.de>; "'Thaddeus Besedin'" <endophasy at yahoo.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and other ridiculous
wastesoftime


My god Armando,
We are not talking about Mars rock here, we are
talking about Campo del Cielo, a meteorite with
HUNDREDS, actually THOUSANDS of TONS of material. Now,
I do not break up Campo to make the coins, I buy the
shredded and tumbled scraps from people who do cut
them up, they are the large crystals which actually
fall apart when the meteorite is cut/smashed apart.
They are pretty much useless since most weigh 1 gram
or less. So I found a unique usage for them, and
people can enjoy a tiny piece of meteorite with
information on the coin, rather than in a plastic
baggie.
Give me a break Armando, this is getting old, grow up
and if you do not like what I am doing, keep it to
yourself, or buy up all the Campo on the market.
Michael Farmer
--- Armando Afonso <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt> wrote:

> Sorry Mike.
> I am back OK, but in compensation, you are here all
> the time.
> I forget all the time how sensitive you are...
> Yes, it is ridiculous to make coins, frogs and
> Mickey mouses from
> meteorites.
> This materials deserve a bit more respect than that.
> Ridiculous too, is to reduce interesting meteorites
> to dust, only to be
> abble of selling them (in little bags of 1mg) to
> children. A piece of Mars,
> wow!
> I dont think that this is a service to science.
> To collect this things is acceptable, but the
> specimen value should be
> preserved.
> This are rocks, so the texture and structural
> features should be visible in
> the smallest specimens, or their pedagogic value is
> reduced to zero.
> The chemical composition should be preserved.
> Engine oil, acrylic resin substituting olivine do
> not comply with my
> definition of cosmic material.
> If the concern is the conservation of the
> meteorites, they should be
> de-hidrated and stored in inert gases, maybe in nice
> glass containers, why
> not?
> Please excuse me again.
> Warm regards.
> AA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> To: "Armando Afonso" <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt>;
> "Martin Altmann"
> <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>; "'Thaddeus Besedin'"
> <endophasy at yahoo.com>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 3:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and
> other ridiculous wastes
> oftime
>
>
> > Armando is back, I knew it would not take long for
> him
> > to start calling people names again.
> > Michael Farmer
> > --- Armando Afonso <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Martin.
> >> You are nearly to be erradicated from the list,
> >> acused of beeing a
> >> comunist...
> >> Each time I spoke against this and others
> >> "scientific" uses of meteorites I
> >> was insulted by the pirates.
> >> I warned you.
> >> AA
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Martin Altmann"
> <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> >> To: "'Thaddeus Besedin'" <endophasy at yahoo.com>;
> >> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:44 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and
> >> other ridiculous wastes
> >> oftime
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Thaddeus,
> >>
> >> what are your suggestions to improve those
> >> circumstances?
> >>
> >> For me personally, it would be interesting, how
> many
> >> of the list members
> >> opine, that meteorites shouldn't be objects of
> >> commerce.
> >>
> >> Can somebody set up a poll?
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> ________________________________________
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> >>
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> >> Im Auftrag von Thaddeus
> >> Besedin
> >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. M?rz 2007 07:38
> >> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >> Betreff: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and
> other
> >> ridiculous wastes of
> >> time
> >>
> >> List,
> >> Do we need Franklin Mint-esque coins to hype the
> >> insuperable wonder of
> >> actual meteoritic material free of made-to-order
> >> home shopping network (no
> >> trademark) gimmick?
> >> These rank amongst the greatest achievements of
> Mike
> >> Farmer, capitalist of
> >> little self-control and imagination. Give us
> rocks,
> >> and that's it: you sell
> >> rocks. Collectors can become humorously obsessive
> >> when all reference to our
> >> target interests are accepted. Coins will
> distract
> >> from oxidation,
> >> reduction, recrystallization, and chondrules.
> >> -Thaddeus Besedin
> >>
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