[meteorite-list] New Collector Card Series

[Adam Hupe]

Bill,

Do you trust that the little pink pills your doctor prescribes to you so 
that you can maintain minimal motor skills and be somewhat socially 
acceptable are pure?  It is a matter of trust!

If trust is not enough, believe what you want to believe, most of this 
material came directly from cutting type specimens at the University of 
Washington laboratory or in my shop in the presence of scientists. I don't 
need to justify this material to anybody, you are welcome to have a 
laboratory test the samples yourself..  The precision saws where sterilized 
before and after the cutting with preservation of this material in mind. 
Scientists helped in this endeavor.  What else is somebody supposed do, 
flush it down a drain?  What is neat about these cards is you can actually 
see the different shades in color when comparing them with one another

Regards,

Adam
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <joseph_town at att.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Collector Card Series


> Creative use of waste materials. Very good. Scarcity of material will not 
> allow for mass production? Will each card have it's own classification #? 
> How can collectors be sure that your dust is pure cutting slop? Pure to 
> each designation made by you alone.
>
> Garbage, hogwash and hype.
>
> Bill
>
>
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> From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
>> Thanks Ed,
>>
>> Stonehenge was selected as an icon because it is a well-known ancient
>> observatory where both the Lunar and Maritain cycles were witnessed among
>> other celestial bodies. As a matter of fact, the table stone in the 
>> center
>> of Stonehenge is used to track the Moon.
>>
>> I have had outside interest in mass producing a similar series but this
>> simply isn't possible. There is no automated way of depositing the 
>> aliquot
>> in the sample bay due to variability so this was done manually, a very 
>> time
>> consuming process. Also, the scarcity of planetary material available to
>> such a project would not allow for mass production. I priced all of the
>> cards the same although my costs exceeded that of production in a few 
>> cases.
>> The Artwork alone added a considerable amount to my costs.  The nice 
>> thing
>> is that I got a new logo out of the deal.
>>
>> I only produced 50 of each to see what happens.  In all honesty, any 
>> revenue
>> generated by this project will come no where near close to offsetting the
>> costs of cutting loses. I just thought it would be a fun project and a 
>> good
>> way to distribute small fragments/cutting dust in a presentable package. 
>> It
>> took me over 5 years to collect sterile cutting dust or small fragments 
>> from
>> 12 different planetary meteorites. It is the least expensive way for many 
>> to
>> actually own a piece of the Moon or Mars, assemble an SNC set or own a 
>> piece
>> of both the Highlands and Mare regions of the Moon plus I think they are
>> cool!
>>
>> Take Care,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
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