That's an absolutely LOVELY letter. Short and to the point. I'd seriously consider sending a copy to Ebay/SafeHarbor. They probably won't do anything about it, but it would be another link in the chain of evidence against this yoyo.
I just received my piece of the "Eagle Butte Meteorite" yesterday. By casual inspection, it looks like a piece of slag that had formed as a crust, then broken loose, almost rectangular and roughly the size or a pack of matches. Along the broken edges are small crystalline structures. I've never had the heart or enough samples of a metallic meteorite to fracture or smack one with a hammer; if you whacked a Sikhote hard enough to break it in one shot, would it show any type of crystal structure along the broken edge? Other than that, I'm pretty sure Eagle Butte (Button; I think I'm going to call it that from now on, thanks Matteo :-) is a bust. Tracy Latimer --learning in the School of Hard Knocks-- On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In regard to the rather astonishingly crude and unprofessional emails Matteo > has been receiving from the self-styled member of the Board of Trustees of > the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta, I sent a polite email to the Museum, > explaining the situation in nonaccusatory terms, and asking about Dr. > Schimpf's relationship, if any, to the institution. They have very kindly > emailed me back, as follows. The response is not surprising, but gratifying > to know. Hmmm, I just might have a few spare moments to write a little > colorful email today....Matteo, what was that email address for "Dr." > Schimpf, again?! > (Anyone else?) > > Gregory > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > _____ > > Dear Mr. Wilson, > In response to your recent email, the Royal Tyrrell Museum is not governed by > a board of trustees. Our Cooperating Society, which is a non-profit > organization which supports the operation of the Museum, is made up of a > 10-member board. However, T.L. Schimpf is not one of its members - nor have > we heard of this individual. > > The Royal Tyrrell Museum focuses on Alberta's palaeontological history and is > not directly involved in the study or exhibition of meteorites. > > I hope this clears up any misunderstandings. > > Sincerely, > Marty Eberth > Media and Community Relations > Royal Tyrrell Museum > PO Box 7500 Drumheller, Alberta, Canada T0J 0Y0 > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > Dear good Museum folks, > > A person by the name of T.L. Schimpf has been defending the sale of an > alleged Canadian "meteorite" on ebay, named "Eagle Butte". This meteorite > name is not recognized by the Meteoritical Society, and potential buyers have > been emailing this person accordingly, questioning the "meteorite's" > authenticity. There have alledgedly been email responses from this Dr. > Schimpf, who claims to be on your Museum's Board of Trustees, which have been > threatening, obscene and astonishingly unprofessional. > > If this person is not associated with your Museum, and is merely dishonestly > claiming to be, I think it's important that you know that someone is > fraudulently representing you. And if this person does represent your > Museum (and is doing such a poor job of it) and is knowingly endorsing the > sale of a fraudulent meteorite, I would think you would want to know that, > too. > > Either way, it appears your good Museum may have a problem. Those of us > concerned are only interested in establishing the truth, so I welcome your > comments. Thank you very much. > > Gregory Wilson > I.M.C.A. #5877 > 2118 Wilshire Blvd #918 > Santa Monica, CA 90403 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
