[meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:06 2004 Message-ID: <002501c28132$9b8dbae0$1d040140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C280F7.ED9C0DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable He he, I never heard that story, but that is a good one. yep, Tucson is = getting horrible when it comes to scales and the Gem show. Pathetic if = you ask me. You should see the Moroccan scales, old levers with = hand-made lead weights with gram weights on them. The oldest scam in the = book, overweighing produce. That is why I now have left 2 digital scales = in Morocco permanantly to have them when I am there, you should see the = hassles trying to take digital scales through customs! If you want to = use Moroccan scales, good luck and God be with you.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MARK BOSTICK=20 To: fcressy ; Meteorite List=20 Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions Hello List, Thank you Eric for your straight answer. I am sure many others had = heard the same thing so if I was wrong for bringing it up, I apologize. = Also I would like to add to Mike, that my e-mail was not meant as an = attack on you and I did not mean it to come off that way, if it did. = There have been many rumors n the NWA482, this one I had heard several = times so I was wondering and what better place to ask then the list? I = am going to drop all of this, not that I was trying to start anything, = for the benifit of the list. =20 Now to comment on Frank's e-mail.... "Either that or the broken scale Mark salvaged from the trash last = year in Tucson" I forgot about that scale. That was funny. A scale of mine broke in = Tuscon so we went out and purchased another one locally. During the = last weekend of the meteorite part of the show, the Arizona Scale Police = came by. Even though the scale was in the trash and broken, it was not = an authorized scale. So they pulled it out of the trash and put a label = on it that said among other things, that I could not dispose of the = scale. So I couldn't throw it away legally in Arizona. Figure that one = out. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: fcressy Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:43 PM To: Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions Hello all, Rob asked: >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 The website set up by the Hupes, www.lunarrock.com, covers this. The = main mass is 312 grams, is owned by the Hupes, and I believe it is still = on display at the University of Washington in Seattle. Hope this helps. Incidently, several photos of the meteorite prior to cutting are = displayed on the above mentioned website. A small window maybe the size of a = dime is present. Certainly 250 grams was not lost. I suspect the 1278 gram = figure Mark alluded to came from the sellers antique postal scale. Guess = there are sellers weights and buyers weights. Either that or the broken scale = Mark salvaged from the trash last year in Tucson was used ;-) Regards, Frank ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C280F7.ED9C0DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FONT: 10pt = verdana; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>He he, I never heard that story, but that is a = good one.=20 yep, Tucson is getting horrible when it comes to scales and the Gem = show.=20 Pathetic if you ask me. You should see the Moroccan scales, old levers = with=20 hand-made lead weights with gram weights on them. The oldest scam in the = book,=20 overweighing produce. That is why I now have left 2 digital scales in = Morocco=20 permanantly to have them when I am there, you should see the hassles = trying to=20 take digital scales through customs! If you want to use Moroccan scales, = good=20 luck and God be with you. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dthebigcollector_at_msn.com = href=3D"mailto:thebigcollector_at_msn.com">MARK=20 BOSTICK</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dfcressy_at_prodigy.net=20 href=3D"mailto:fcressy_at_prodigy.net">fcressy</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite List</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 31, = 2002 3:35=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = NWA 482=20 questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you Eric for your straight answer. I am sure many = others had=20 heard the same thing so if I was wrong for bringing it up, I=20 apologize. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also I would like to add to Mike, that my e-mail was not meant as = an=20 attack on you and I did not mean it to come off that way, if it = did. =20 There have been many rumors n the NWA482, this one I had heard several = times=20 so I was wondering and what better place to ask then the list? I = am=20 going to drop all of this, not that I was trying to start anything, = for the=20 benifit of the list. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now to comment on Frank's e-mail....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Either that or the broken scale Mark salvaged from the trash = last year=20 in Tucson"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I forgot about that scale. That was funny. A scale of = mine=20 broke in Tuscon so we went out and purchased another one = locally. During=20 the last weekend of the meteorite part of the show, the Arizona Scale = Police=20 came by. Even though the scale was in the trash and broken, it = was not=20 an authorized scale. So they pulled it out of the trash and put = a label=20 on it that said among other things, that I could not dispose of the=20 scale. So I couldn't throw it away legally in Arizona. = Figure that=20 one out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 fcressy</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 31, = 2002 3:43=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> Meteorite List</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = NWA 482=20 questions</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Hello all,<BR><BR>Rob asked:<BR><BR>>So, we're = all left=20 wondering: who REALLY owns (or perhaps by now<BR>>"owned") = the main=20 mass of NWA 482? Just so we're clear, there are = no<BR>>accusations=20 here, only questions. Anyone reading the = Meteoritical<BR>>Bulletins=20 should be just as perplexed as I. --Rob<BR><BR>The website set = up by=20 the Hupes, www.lunarrock.com, covers this. The main<BR>mass is 312 = grams, is=20 owned by the Hupes, and I believe it is still on<BR>display at the=20 University of Washington in Seattle.<BR><BR>Hope this=20 helps.<BR><BR>Incidently, several photos of the meteorite prior to = cutting=20 are displayed<BR>on the above mentioned website. A small window = maybe the=20 size of a dime is<BR>present. Certainly 250 grams was not lost. I = suspect=20 the 1278 gram figure<BR>Mark alluded to came from the sellers = antique postal=20 scale. Guess there are<BR>sellers weights and buyers weights. Either = that or=20 the broken scale Mark<BR>salvaged from the trash last year in = Tucson =20 was used=20 = ;-)<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Frank<BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________________= _________________<BR>Meteorite-list=20 mailing=20 = list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/ma= ilman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>= ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C280F7.ED9C0DE0-- Received on Thu 31 Oct 2002 06:09:45 PM PST |
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