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

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:48:05 -0400
Message-ID: <0C8CA72BA9614221B15A666785836877_at_yourf78bf48ce2>

>H IGrag,

Oops, sorry. Meant Greg.

-Walter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
To: "Greg Stanley" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Book: The Rock from Mars: by Kathy Sawyer


> 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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