Sales of all sentences, commas, periods, semi-colons and all other punctuation marks are hereby suspended until further notice.
Ed D----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list" <[email protected]> To: "'Galactic Stone & Ironworks'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 3:42 PMSubject: Re: [meteorite-list] Accepting Inquiries From Accredited Scientificor Educational Institutions...
You are severely underpricing your punctuation. Really good comma's are worth at least two bucks a pair. A proper semi-colon should be $1.00 to $1.50. You should work up a detailed price list... Sterling Webb -------------------------------------- -----Original Message-----From: Meteorite-list [mailto:[email protected]] OnBehalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 1:02 PM To: Peter Richards Cc: [email protected]; Michael FarmerSubject: Re: [meteorite-list] Accepting Inquiries From Accredited Scientificor Educational Institutions... I was trying to be genuinely helpful. And now I am reminded why I do not reply to these kind of inquiries. The messenger always gets shot. I tried in good faith to be helpful to you and you start launchingaccusations. The rest of your replies are too incomprehensible or paranoidto warrant a reply.This is my last reply on this matter. Any further replies will cost you $20 per sentence with punctuation being an extra .25 cents per period or comma.Payment in advance only. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 6/7/15, Peter Richards <[email protected]> wrote:Mike, I think your approach is great for novices. I know that not only you but many professional meteoricists have your "hardline", barely logical, if so, preconceived, "paper form" reply, when, of course, it is an odd inheritor of the mantle of people who once said meteorites did not even exist, which I believe Geoff Notkin has reported included the heads of the Catholic church at one point historically. I get that scientists, like you seem to me to, might prefer to discredit the possibility than be honest, yet, again, it is what it is. My previous statements are what they are. You can call them what you want, at the behest of yourself or your friends or whoever motivates you to do what you do. Of course, oddly enough, you seemingly disingenuous people are leaning into this, and seem prepared to throw your all at me in such a muckracking match, in lieu of the professionals. Really, I have some emails from them, so it is the same. You all are what you are, the rock is what it is (as previously described), and I am what I am, and maybe I should have not been provoked by your message, and ignored it, but, I have already written this and the "send" button is in sight, so do not fight. I know how great you all are. I have explained what you are doing. I don't know why. It does protect your financial interests, and my writing the truth, and not being cowed by past "infidelities" is my attempt to protect my own. cordially, Peter P.S. There are no granite meteorites recognized/officially-known and would it not be bizarre if some people had a bias towards wanting it to stay that way? On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> wrote:Hi Peter, It's hard to tell from the photos, but I do not see any outward signs that would suggest these rocks might be meteorites. I do not see any fusion crust, and what I do see is probably desert varnish. Desert varnish forms on all rocks, not just meteorites. Have you done a streak test or specific gravity test? These are both low-tech tests that anybody can use to narrow down the range of possibilities. If the rocks fails the streak test, it's not a meteorite. If the rock has a specific gravity that falls outside the range for stony meteorites, then it's not a meteorite. You will find that most "accredited" institutions that work with meteorites do not accept unsolicited samples because of the sheer volume of rocks clogging the system waiting for analysis. My advice is to use the streak and specific gravity tests to help rule in/out the possibility of the stones being meteoritic orterrestrial.If the rocks pass these tests, then try cutting a window into one of them and see if there are any chondrules or metal flecks. Best regards, MikeG PS - there are no granite meteorites, so if the rock is "granite" then it is not a meteorite. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------- On 6/7/15, Peter Richards via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote:Hello Michael, no, but I will pass the Actlabs information on to any representatives of accredited institutions who inquire. The stone is a granite, and the photos may not tell the story of the crust glaringly, but it is apparently what is there, for those of us (me only right now) who have the privilege of holding the stone. Thank you for the "bump" anyway, although, of course, I am wondering what your intentions were. Anyway, again, you use official scale cubes, and these animal sculptures are all I have right now, but I understand that it is less than fully ideal, and, again, this is not a commercial sale, so to Mr. Farmer's defence, he is not lowering the price for some associate of his to buy. Yes, I am a real person and an American citizen, and the rock is as it was described, and I am sorry that some people want to tell me it is what sort of terrestrialrock by chance?God knows. Keep looking if interested, and I will try to improve the photos, but there is perhaps adequate visual information already. regards, Peter On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:What kind of Nigerian scam attempt is this email? Trying to sell garbage trinkets? A,asking what makes it on the list these days. Sent from my iPadOn Jun 6, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Peter Richards via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: To whom it may concern, I am offering this link, for the benefit of representatives of accredited educational and scientific institutions, displaying a stone which an Actlabs (of Lancaster, Ontario) report has identified to me as a granite, which, is almost definitely meteoritic, which I say due to the distinct coating, and its shape, given that I have not shaped or coated this stone and that these traits appear in no way artificial. I can only guess what value to anyone denying that this could be a meteorite is, but I will have to preclude such proclamations by reminding people that, unless I have truly missed something, there is less evidence to support such a claim than there is to support myabove-made claim.Here is a link to a photo album, please see first photo (sculptures are for scale reference, btw): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/312101/album/793480 I am gauging interest alone here, I do not suppose this counts as an ad, for the purposes are less than commercial although I, of course, would like to determine if it is legal for any grants, or such things, to be given by any willing recipients of any material I make available, to me, as a token of gratitude, to compensate for my exertions while acquiring this, and to help me better conserve what I have collected, in case there is indeed scientific value belonging to this collection of mine, and, it is ultimately up to Art whether or not this counts as an advertisement technicallyspeaking.Promptness will be much appreciated and rewarded where possible. Once more, this is for accredited educational or scientific institutions. I will hear of interest from outside the U.S., but the state department's approval will be needed before anything is provided to such institutions, as according to law. Thank you and kindest regards to all, Peter E. D. 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