[meteorite-list] Note on meteorite descriptions

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:44 2004
Message-ID: <20031211062753.80230.qmail_at_web10307.mail.yahoo.com>

this is a SA bullett, not nice photo but flow lines
visible

http://it.geocities.com/meteoriti20002/SIKHOTEALINGR.7.2.JPG

this is another oriented

http://it.geocities.com/mcomemeteoritecollection/NWAXXXgr.91.6.JPG

a oriented Gao

http://it.geocities.com/mcomemeteoritecollection/Gaogr.6.5.JPG

Matteo

--- Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
wrote:
> oh my, yes, that is the coolest SA I have seen in a
> long time!
> Mike Farmer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Strope
> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Note on meteorite
> descriptions
>
>
> This is oriented...........
>
>
>
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>
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>
> Jim Strope
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Farmer
> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:46 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Note on meteorite
> descriptions
>
>
> I would like to note that people need to learn a
> little about how to describe their meteorites. I
> have been perusing ebay, and I note so many flawed
> descriptions.
> People are either 1, trying to deceive, or 2,
> just clueless about what they have.
>
> For instance, Steve Arnold list a piece of
> Orissa that broke off of his larger piece, then
> calling it a "complete individual". People, this is
> a fragment, NOT an individual. An individual is a
> complete piece, or almost complete, where you can
> see it was completely covered in fusion crust, or if
> broken, you can see that it is nearly complete, not
> a broken off fragment from a much larger piece.
> Casper used to pull the same crap, describing
> complete individuals then selling you fragments with
> a scrap of crust.
>
> Another problem I see alot is "oriented".
> Most of the stones I see on ebay described as
> oriented never were, nor even begin to look
> oriented. To be oriented, it needs to clearly show
> that it maintained a particular flight orientation,
> and in doing so will show flow lines in one
> direction, usually the backside is flat and lipped.
> Some of the boxy pieces that I see as oriented on
> ebay could not be further from the truth.
> We need to clear this up and jump on these
> people who take liberty to trump up the pieces they
> are selling with false claims.
>
> Mike Farmer


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Received on Thu 11 Dec 2003 01:27:53 AM PST