[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -September 4, 2008

[Ma Lan]

Dave and list,

Just say: amazing! Regardless of main mass.

Best,
Ma Lan
Beijing China
Web http://www.malanmeteorites.com



--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Dave Gheesling <dave at fallingrocks.com> wrote:


> From: Dave Gheesling <dave at fallingrocks.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -September 4, 2008

> To: meteoriteguy at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com

> Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 9:37 AM

> Michael & All,

> As a "PS" to that last note, I want to defend

> Aziz Habibi, from whom I

> purchased this stone shortly after it was recovered in the

> first batch that

> Mohammed Zeroual acquired not long after the fall.  I have

> no doubt

> whatsoever that this was at least indeed the main mass at

> that time, and not

> even rumors of anything larger surfaced until earlier this

> year.  He did not

> tell me what I wanted to hear by any means, as this was

> simply fact at that

> time.  For those to whom it is important to acquire main

> masses (and there

> are obviously several collectors in this regard, of which I

> am one

> occasionally), there is an inherent and understood risk of

> an early

> acquisition by virtue of the possibility (even probability)

> that larger

> specimens will later be recovered.  It is what it is...

> Dave

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com

> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On

> Behalf Of Michael

> Farmer

> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:26 PM

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;

> SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of

> the Day -September

> 4, 2008

> 

> Sorry, but not the main mass of Bassikounou, I have seen

> photos of a 70 +

> kilo complete stone in Morocco, even made an offer on it.

> The Moroccans are very good at telling you want you want to

> hear in order to

> sell you a meteorite. I got tired of the endless BS over

> there, have not

> been back in two years, will not likely ever go back for

> meteorites again.

> Incredible stone though.

> Michael Farmer

> 

> 

> --- On Thu, 9/4/08, SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com

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> 

> > From: SPACEROCKSINC at aol.com

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> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of

> the Day - 

> > September 4, 2008

> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7:20 PM 

> > http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_4_2008.html

> > 

> > 

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