Hello List,
Thank you Eric for your straight answer. I am sure many others had heard the same thing so if I was wrong for bringing it up, I apologize.
Also I would like to add to Mike, that my e-mail was not meant as an attack on you and I did not mean it to come off that way, if it did. There have been many rumors n the NWA482, this one I had heard several times so I was wondering and what better place to ask then the list? I am going to drop all of this, not that I was trying to start anything, for the benifit of the list.
Now to comment on Frank's e-mail....
"Either that or the broken scale Mark salvaged from the trash last year in Tucson"
I forgot about that scale. That was funny. A scale of mine broke in Tuscon so we went out and purchased another one locally. During the last weekend of the meteorite part of the show, the Arizona Scale Police came by. Even though the scale was in the trash and broken, it was not an authorized scale. So they pulled it out of the trash and put a label on it that said among other things, that I could not dispose of the scale. So I couldn't throw it away legally in Arizona. Figure that one out.
Mark
----- Original Message -----From: fcressySent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:43 PMTo: Meteorite ListSubject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questionsHello all,
Rob asked:
>So, we're all left wondering: who REALLY owns (or perhaps by now
>"owned") the main mass of NWA 482? Just so we're clear, there are no
>accusations here, only questions. Anyone reading the Meteoritical
>Bulletins should be just as perplexed as I. --Rob
The website set up by the Hupes, www.lunarrock.com, covers this. The main
mass is 312 grams, is owned by the Hupes, and I believe it is still on
display at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Hope this helps.
Incidently, several photos of the meteorite prior to cutting are displayed
on the above mentioned website. A small window maybe the size of a dime is
present. Certainly 250 grams was not lost. I suspect the 1278 gram figure
Mark alluded to came from the sellers antique postal scale. Guess there are
sellers weights and buyers weights. Either that or the broken scale Mark
salvaged from the trash last year in Tucson was used ;-)
Regards,
Frank
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