Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite numbers

[Michael Farmer]

Bob and all, that is why I dont take shipments any more
I got a few, but the only way to buy is boots on the ground, this 33 trips 
completed to Morocco.
Mike Farmer

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Mike,
If you got a shippment of meteorites from the Amgala strewnfield , would 
you
bother to have it classified or just sell it as Amgala ? Regardless of who
had the initial sample classified.

NWA #'s are not proprietary. I know that people such as Adam wishes they
were.
If you get a shippment from Morocco .......... you trust your supplier. 
This
is something that will always be a problem. All we really can do is trust
the dealer we choose to buy from. Because god knows once the material is 
in
the hands of a moroccan dealer we really cant be 100% sure where they got 
it
from , unless we were there to pull it out of the sand ourselves.

Bob E
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From: Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite numbers

To clarify something that is obviously causing some problems in the
meteorite world right now, I want everyone to know that
NWA 788, 787, and NWA 482 are numbers that came from rather large or
meteorites with hundreds of pieces bought during one of my expeditions.
The Hupes and many other people have the right to those numbers.
Now, there are other numbers being widely used without proper title (as 
Dr
Grossman has stated publicly and with finality that people do not own
numbers, but numbers are assigned to specific meteorite specimens and 
must
not be used with other meteorites just because you heard or someone told
you
it is the same).
Let's all please stop this practice as it is really hurting our business
and
hobby. Virtually every dealer including myself has been or is guilty of
this, we are in the process of correcting the situation and to start
people
MUST immediately comply or this will just spiral downward as we see
tonight.
I perused eBay today and it is still rampant with sellers using numbers
they
seem to have drawn from a hat. So please ask you seller next time you buy
something, how they got that number, who it was assigned to and if not
them,
just how they came to call it that.
Mike Farmer
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