I do not know if the pallasite has anything to do with it, but I am
anxiously awaiting the full details of the curatorship.
Matt
Michael Farmer wrote:
Matt, that was also a different time, Nininger was the pioneer in
meteoritics, before him, really nobody in the USA cared much for them,
so without him, meteorites would have always taken back burner. It is
clear from reading Nininger's books, which I do often, that he cared
for meteorites more than anyone.
This is a different time, real money is involved, and commercial
dealers have NO PLACE in being curator of a university collection.
Honorary position is fine, but it seems Marvin has been given the gold
key. I wonder if Fukang has anything to do with it? Does Uof A know
that they are holding a stolen treasure from China?
Mike Farmer
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UofA giving collection to dealer control.
One of the "Gods" of meteoritics, H.H. Nininger was also a dealer
named curator of the "Colorado Museum of Natural History". I am not
saying I agree with the UofA decision, and I understand Mike's
viewpoint entirely, but the precedent has been set. The difference
here may be the fact that Nininger stopped dealing once appointed as
curator. Is this the case for the SW-Meteorite Lab? If it is, then
fine, give him a chance. If not, then something is terribly wrong.
Matt Morgan
Michael Farmer wrote:
The more I think of this, the more outraged I am.
I have donated tens of thousands of $$$ of meteorites to the UofA,
and now they have been turned over to the control of a meteorite
dealer.
I wonder if some of them will be submitted at the auction in Tucson?
This is in my opinion a huge conflict of interest. How can they do
that? Why not put Christies in charge of the Smithsonian art
collection, and Butterfields in charge of the American Museum of
Natural History? When did Universities start doling out the job to
commercial dealers?
Is anyone outraged at this?
No more donations to the UofA for me, I might find my Moon and Mars
rocks on http://www.meteorite-lab.com/.
This is total bunk, I guess museums are for sale.
Mike Farmer
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