[meteorite-list] AD - 86 Auctions - A Case for Mercury?

[Rob Wesel]

 I was surprised too, so much in fact that I didn't bother reading it in the 
Bethany Holiday Catalog figuring it was BS as no authors were listed. Now to 
see it is a real article composed by some long standing and reliable names, 
I share in David's guarded optimism and I am pleased to see science stepping 
outside of the box and taking a swing at defining the angrites better. This 
will undoubtedly be further discussed and contested, I applaud the folks at 
UW, NAU, and Carnegie for taking that first step.

Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weir" <dgweir at earthlink.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - 86 Auctions - A Case for Mercury?


> Hello Adam and List,
>
> Adam wrote:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> A very interesting abstract titled "Unique Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For 
> Samples From Mercury" can be found at the incredibly long link below. The 
> TKW for the official designation, NWA 2999 consisting of a dozen stones 
> which were each studied individually is 392 grams not the reported amount 
> in the abstract although additional pairings have been found. Under a 
> different designation which has yet to be assigned, the pairings have 
> already been locked down for study or were permanently acquired by two 
> major collections.
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Congratulations again on your new angrite, I love my specimen. Certain 
> constraints of a mercurian origin for angrites that were in the literature 
> previously have been pretty well explained in this abstract, and I am a 
> bit more optimistic now that the possibility is real... cautiously 
> optimistic at least. I have a webpage that provides a glimse into the 
> current investigation of the indicators of a mercurian meteorite:
>
> http://meteoritestudies.com/protected_MERCURY.HTM
>
> As for your NWA 2999, I have been made aware of a dealer publicly selling 
> this same angrite as NWA 3164 in his Holiday 2005 catalog. He has quoted 
> verbatim the significant parts from both the classification abstract and 
> the main points of the abstract from the AGU Fall Meeting that you 
> referenced in your post, for which you and your brother are co-authors. It 
> may be plagiarism or copyrite violation, but it certainly is poor business 
> ethics. I was a bit shocked by this dealer's blatent disrespect for not 
> giving the proper credit to the original authors, but instead has simply 
> copied word for word and inserted his NWA number where NWA 2999 was 
> before. He also hypes his new angrite as "Planet Mercury Meteorite 
> Discovery!" I really shouldn't expect better from this particular dealer, 
> and will remain cautious of his tactics.
>
> David
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