[meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days

[Greg Hupe]

Dear Stan and List Members,

Stan wrote:
"...an angrite slice paired to nwa 2999/3164 that shows off translucent 
augite..."

Stan, this looks like very bad business ethics in a few ways, especially in 
undermining collector confidence in what YOU sell. Your eBay title reads, 
"new NWA angrite meteorite possible NWA 2999/3164 pairs". This appears to be 
more self-pairing, are you a scientist? What is YOUR NWA number that was 
assigned to this material which actually looks like your ureilite a while 
back you claimed as "pallasite-like" (now that phrase sounds familiar!!).

When I discovered NWA 2999 (the real McCoy!), there were only 12 complete 
stones in which I cut every single one of them and provided material to have 
thin sections made to determine they were all paired, which they were. Here 
is a link to a photo of those twelve OFFICIAL NWA 2999 stones: 
http://www.lunarrock.com/nwa2999/nwa2999a.jpg (notice how they are all flat 
on bottom where I cut a piece off for thin sections).

There were however, a couple additional "potential angrite" stones that 
proved not to be angrite material so you need to have the scientists do 
their job and get an officially assigned NWA number for your material, 
whatever it may be. This needs to be done with all suspected meteorites, 
especially as rare and important as an angrite! In your eBay ad you state 
the material was purchased for you from someone at the Denver Show, most 
likely a Moroccan who made the pairing is my guess and we know what happens 
when you go strictly by their word, or even anyone else such as yourself in 
this case.

Do the right thing, get it analyzed by a lab and have an NWA number 
assigned, the meteorite community deserves this of ALL of this type of 
thing. I see the coat-tailing happening again, not just with you, but with 
other self-made "scientists" who do not do the right thing.

Best regards,
Greg

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com
IMCA 3163
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stan ." <laser_maniac at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] [ebay] ending in about 2 days


>
> hello all....
> i have a handfull of ebay auctions running right now that end in about 2 
> days. closing starting 19:00 PDT on monday the 16th. included in this 
> grouping are some more great seymchans, a micro of nwa 2737 the 
> chassignite, a nice shock veined shergotitte endcut, a new low TKW 
> acapulcoite that is unpaired with the other ACAP material floating around 
> recently, an angrite slice paired to nwa 2999/3164 that shows off 
> translucent augite, an awsome piece of nwa 801 CR2, and a few more than 
> i'm probably not remembering to mention.
>
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZlaserprogramQQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0?
>
> TIA!
>
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