Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions

[Michael Farmer]

He he, I never heard that story, but that is a good one. yep, Tucson is getting horrible when it comes to scales and the Gem show. Pathetic if you ask me. You should see the Moroccan scales, old levers with hand-made lead weights with gram weights on them. The oldest scam in the book, overweighing produce. That is why I now have left 2 digital scales in Morocco permanantly to have them when I am there, you should see the hassles trying to take digital scales through customs! If you want to use Moroccan scales, good luck and God be with you. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: MARK BOSTICK To: fcressy ; Meteorite List Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions 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: fcressy Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:43 PM To: Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482 questions   Hello 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list