My god Armando, We are not talking about Mars rock here, we are talking about Campo del Cielo, a meteorite with HUNDREDS, actually THOUSANDS of TONS of material. Now, I do not break up Campo to make the coins, I buy the shredded and tumbled scraps from people who do cut them up, they are the large crystals which actually fall apart when the meteorite is cut/smashed apart. They are pretty much useless since most weigh 1 gram or less. So I found a unique usage for them, and people can enjoy a tiny piece of meteorite with information on the coin, rather than in a plastic baggie. Give me a break Armando, this is getting old, grow up and if you do not like what I am doing, keep it to yourself, or buy up all the Campo on the market. Michael Farmer --- Armando Afonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry Mike. > I am back OK, but in compensation, you are here all > the time. > I forget all the time how sensitive you are... > Yes, it is ridiculous to make coins, frogs and > Mickey mouses from > meteorites. > This materials deserve a bit more respect than that. > Ridiculous too, is to reduce interesting meteorites > to dust, only to be > abble of selling them (in little bags of 1mg) to > children. A piece of Mars, > wow! > I dont think that this is a service to science. > To collect this things is acceptable, but the > specimen value should be > preserved. > This are rocks, so the texture and structural > features should be visible in > the smallest specimens, or their pedagogic value is > reduced to zero. > The chemical composition should be preserved. > Engine oil, acrylic resin substituting olivine do > not comply with my > definition of cosmic material. > If the concern is the conservation of the > meteorites, they should be > de-hidrated and stored in inert gases, maybe in nice > glass containers, why > not? > Please excuse me again. > Warm regards. > AA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Armando Afonso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > "Martin Altmann" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Thaddeus Besedin'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 3:45 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and > other ridiculous wastes > oftime > > > > Armando is back, I knew it would not take long for > him > > to start calling people names again. > > Michael Farmer > > --- Armando Afonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Martin. > >> You are nearly to be erradicated from the list, > >> acused of beeing a > >> comunist... > >> Each time I spoke against this and others > >> "scientific" uses of meteorites I > >> was insulted by the pirates. > >> I warned you. > >> AA > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Martin Altmann" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "'Thaddeus Besedin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:44 AM > >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and > >> other ridiculous wastes > >> oftime > >> > >> > >> Hi Thaddeus, > >> > >> what are your suggestions to improve those > >> circumstances? > >> > >> For me personally, it would be interesting, how > many > >> of the list members > >> opine, that meteorites shouldn't be objects of > >> commerce. > >> > >> Can somebody set up a poll? > >> > >> Martin > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Im Auftrag von Thaddeus > >> Besedin > >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. März 2007 07:38 > >> An: [email protected] > >> Betreff: [meteorite-list] meteorite coins and > other > >> ridiculous wastes of > >> time > >> > >> List, > >> Do we need Franklin Mint-esque coins to hype the > >> insuperable wonder of > >> actual meteoritic material free of made-to-order > >> home shopping network (no > >> trademark) gimmick? > >> These rank amongst the greatest achievements of > Mike > >> Farmer, capitalist of > >> little self-control and imagination. Give us > rocks, > >> and that's it: you sell > >> rocks. Collectors can become humorously obsessive > >> when all reference to our > >> target interests are accepted. Coins will > distract > >> from oxidation, > >> reduction, recrystallization, and chondrules. > >> -Thaddeus Besedin > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> It's here! Your new message! > >> Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! > Toolbar. > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >> > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
