[meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2004
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Mike,
 
I don't know what your personal beef is with Mr. Bostick and frankly don't
care to know. Clearly you are reading a lot more into his post about
NWA 482 than was present in his words. He made a statement (true or
not) and asked a question. Stripping out the extraneous information
about price and meteorite type, it boiled down to this:
 
"...when the lunar meteorite NWA482 was being offered around morocco
it was 1278 grams and not 1015 as later reported. ...what happened to
the other 250 grams?"
 
Your name was not mentioned once, and you were accused of nothing.
And yet the mere asking of the above question drove you to threaten
legal action? That is not a rational response, which is why one would
have to assume there is some bad blood between you two. The
sensible response would have been, "The stone weighed 1015 grams,
no more -- I weighed it myself on my own scale. Based on the
meteorite's shape, there's no way it could have once weighed 1278
grams and then lost 20% of its mass without it being obvious. Who
is saying that it once weighed 1278 grams?"
 
The burden of proof would then be on Mark to produce evidence,
photographic or otherwise, that it ever weighed 25% more than the
published TKW.
 
As long as we're on the subject of NWA 482, perhaps you or someone
else can shed some light on the entry that appears in Meteoritical
Bulletin #86:
 
"Northwest Africa 482, correction
>From the day the meteorite was purchased it belonged to Adam and
Greg Hupe (Hupe) and they still hold the main mass. The holder of
the main mass listed in the Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 85 was incorrect."
 
The first sentence of the listing in Meteoritical Bulletin #85 for NWA 482
was, "A 1015 g stone was purchased on 2001 January 10 in Alnif,
Morocco, by Michael Farmer." The last sentence reads, "Specimens:
half of the main mass is with Farmer; type specimens, 24 g, UCLA,
and 18 g, UAz."
 
So, we're all left wondering: who REALLY owns (or perhaps by now
"owned") the main mass of NWA 482? Just so we're clear, there are no
accusations here, only questions. Anyone reading the Meteoritical Bulletins
should be just as perplexed as I. --Rob

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<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>Mike,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>I don't know what your personal beef is with
Mr. Bostick and frankly don't</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>care to </SPAN><SPAN
class=349394619-31102002>know.&nbsp; Clearly you are reading a lot more into his
post about</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>NWA 482 than was present in his words.&nbsp;
He made a statement (true or</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>not) and asked a question.&nbsp; Stripping
</SPAN><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>out the extraneous
information</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>about price and meteorite type, </SPAN><SPAN
class=349394619-31102002>it boiled down to this:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>"</SPAN><SPAN
class=349394619-31102002>...when the lunar meteorite NWA482 was being offered
around morocco</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>it was 1278 grams and not 1015 as later
reported.&nbsp;...what happened to</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>the other 250 grams?"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>Your name was not mentioned once, and you
were accused of nothing.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>And yet the mere asking of the above
question drove you to threaten</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>legal action?&nbsp; That is not a rational
response, which is why one would</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>have to assume there is some bad blood
between you two.&nbsp; The</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>sensible response would have been, "The
stone weighed 1015 </SPAN><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>grams,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>no more -- I weighed it myself on my own
scale.&nbsp; Based on the</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>meteorite's shape, there's no way it could
have once weighed 1278</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>grams and then lost 20% of its mass without
it being obvious.&nbsp; Who</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>is saying that it once weighed 1278
grams?"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>The burden of proof would then be on Mark to
produce&nbsp;evidence,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>photographic or otherwise,&nbsp;that
</SPAN><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>it ever weighed 25% more than
the</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>published TKW.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>As long as we're on the subject of NWA 482,
perhaps you or someone</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>else can shed some </SPAN><SPAN
class=349394619-31102002>light on the entry that appears in
Meteoritical</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>Bulletin #86:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>"Northwest Africa 482,
correction</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>From the day the meteorite was purchased it
belonged to Adam and</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>Greg Hupe (Hupe) and they still hold the
main mass.&nbsp; The holder of</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>the main mass listed in the Meteoritical
Bulletin, No. 85 was incorrect."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>The first sentence of the listing in
Meteoritical Bulletin #85 for NWA 482</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>was, "A 1015 g stone was purchased on 2001
January 10 in Alnif,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>Morocco, by Michael Farmer."&nbsp; The last
sentence reads, "Specimens:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>half of the main mass is with Farmer; type
specimens, 24 g, UCLA,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>and 18 g, UAz."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>So, we're all left wondering:&nbsp; who
REALLY owns (or perhaps by now</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>"owned") the main mass of NWA 482?<FONT
face=Tahoma>&nbsp; Just so we're clear, there are no</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>accusations here, only
questions.&nbsp; Anyone reading the Meteoritical Bulletins</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=349394619-31102002>should be just as
perplexed as I.&nbsp; --Rob</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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