[meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:44:33 -0400
Message-ID: <FAB716701BD647C493D07776F5D4DB92_at_yourf78bf48ce2>

Hi Grag,

I enjoyed the book very much. It's on my bookshelf now.

It is easy to read and not too technical. You get some insights into the
thinking of the scientists involved in analyzing ALH 84001, from Robbie
Score (she found it) to David McKay (of McKay et al.), including some
scientists who are list members.

It's also very inexpensive. Used copies in great condition can be found on
Amazon for oly a few dollars.

Oh, and anyone who thinks scientists are always cold, emotionless and
completely objective with motivations purely scientific, read this book
(among others).

-Walter Branch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:37 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer


> List:
> Has anyone read the book, "The Rock from Mars?" what are your thoughts? Is
> it worth buying?
> Greg S
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 14, 2011, at 7:47 PM, bill kies <parkforestmet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I can't believe I read the whole thing.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:36:30 -0400
>>> From: danfurlan at gmail.com
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] regarding post of NWA 001 question PLUS
>>> careless IMCA member
>>>
>>> O.k. Everybody, I have spoken to the IMCA member who tried selling me
>>> the NWA 001, after i confirmed with Adam Hupe and Dean Bessey and
>>> several other people who know a lot about this meteorite and i knew
>>> for certain it was practically impossible to have a "half stone" of
>>> NWA 001 that weighed 16 grams i went ahead and i confronted this IMCA
>>> member. It turns out that he apparently "misread" the label and it
>>> was not NWA 001 but that it was NWA 010. This is the second critical
>>> error this IMCA member has made. The first major error was when i
>>> ordered a .76 gram of lunar meteorite from him. He sent me a .23 gram
>>> piece instead of what i had paid for and i sent it back to him for a
>>> refund. His excuse was that his scale might of been off, but if that
>>> is the case then why was this item listed on ebay several times and
>>> one of the times it actually sold which means the buyer canceled the
>>> transaction and/or returned the item. Then his excuse changed after i
>>> sent him several pictures of the piece weighed on different scales of
>>> mine as i own over 6 scales and showed him the same weight of .23
>>> grams on each scale. His new excuse was that he had two pieces and
>>> mailed me the wrong piece. So then i said o.k. no problem mail me the
>>> right piece and then he came up with another excuse stating that he is
>>> not sure where the bigger piece is because his son took it. So after
>>> i mailed him back the item for a refund is when he tried to sell me
>>> the NWA 001 instead of the refund which i became suspicious of when he
>>> stated it was a half stone and only after did i confront him about it
>>> did he tell me he made a mistake in reading the label. Two critical
>>> errors in a row made by an IMCA member makes me wonder a lot of
>>> things. I have recieved several emails asking about who this person
>>> is and it seems that all the people who are emailing already suspected
>>> somebody and they all suspect the same person. I do not want to give
>>> his name in a public format because i do not want to cause any
>>> problems for this person and maybe both times his mistake were honest
>>> mistakes. I have been selling and buying meteorite and meteorite
>>> related material for many years and I have never made such critical
>>> errors let alone twice in a row I have always been honest and double
>>> check everything i sell to make sure problems like this don't happen.
>>> I feel this member has behaved very carelessly and even if these
>>> mistakes where of an honest nature i think i never want to deal with
>>> them again. I am sorry that this experience has made me question the
>>> validity of IMCA logo's and i will be extra careful in the future when
>>> buying anything from anybody i don't know whether they are an IMCA
>>> member or not, one of the best dealers i know isn't an IMCA member and
>>> i never had any problems with him... I hope nobody has to go through
>>> the same experience i am going through right now just because somebody
>>> doesn't pay close attention to what they are doing when conducting
>>> business. Like i said there is a small chance that fraud was involved
>>> but even if these were honest mistakes they are unacceptable according
>>> to my standards and the way i do business. Rest assured anybody out
>>> there who deals with me i would never make such mistakes and I always
>>> take the up-most care to ensure that what you buy from me is as
>>> described and authentic and i double check everything before i ship it
>>> out and i think everybody who deals with meteorites should do the same
>>> thing.
>>> Daniel Furlan
>>> collector and dealer
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