[meteorite-list] Thank You - Was A fun Libyan Desert Glass Debate

[kaolinite at ctc.net]

dean bessey wrote:

>FIRST YOU MISQUOTE AND PUT WORDS INTO 
>AN ARCHAELOGISTS MOUTH THAT HE NEVER 
>SAID. AND NOW YOU ARE EVEN
>MISQUOTING YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY:

I am not misquoting the archaeologist, as far as
the potential illegal and unethical nature of
trading and owning artifacts composed of Libyan, 
which is what was being discussed. What the 
archaeologist stated in a post made by a 
professional archaeologist to the "Archaeology 
List". The full post can found at:

http://listserv.tamu.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind0406&L=arch-l&F=&S=&P=4205

If anyone is putting completely false words into s
person's mouth, it is Mr. Dean. When I talked about
flakes below, I ***wasn't** talking about natural pieces 
of Libyan Desert Glass when I wrote:

>Despite what you have stated, he and 
>other professional archaeologists have 
>made it very clear, contrary to you 
>have claimed, me that even picking 
>an LDG flake up off the shifting sandy 
>desert floor and transporting it / 
>exporting it without permission 
>from either Egypt or Libya is unethical 
>and illegal behavior. It doesn't matter 
>if this Egyptian or Libyan"

When I was using the term "flake" I was using the term 
in its archaeological definition. In this definition, 
a flake is a man-made artifact.  In that case, I was 
talking about artifacts, not natural pieces of LDG. I 
apologize if that terminology wasn't clear. However, if
had bothered to look at the context of the discussion,
instead of flying off the handle, you would have seen 
that I consistently referred to **artifacts** composed of 
Libyan Desert Glass in the discussion as being potential 
illegal to trade in.

Dean wrote:

>SO NOW YOU 100% CONLICT WITH WHAT YOU 
>SAID TWO DAYSAGO. MAYBE YOU HAVE JUST 
>NOW CHANGED YOUR MIND?

I didn't change my mind, it is just that their
some confusion of the definition of "flake"/
If Dean would bother to read the various posts
it is quite clear that only artifacts composed
of Libyan Desert Glass is being discussed.

Only time will tell whether people need to be
careful about trading in artifacts composed
of Libyan Desert Glass.

Yours,

Keith
Louisiana