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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 14052
Loc: Houma Louisiana
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Congrats to our own Todd Carter (Talstarone) for being accepted into the IMCA! 
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Celestial Irons
Gear : Astro-Tech 66ED on custom GEM, assorted binoculars, RKE & UO Ortho eyepieces.
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JShrum
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/14/07
Posts: 687
Loc: Bay City, MI, USA
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Now that's very cool...well deserved.
Congratulations Todd! 
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Jeff Shrum
Bay City, MI
CPC 1100 XLT
WO 2" Crayford 2-speed Focuser
OPT 2" Dielectric Diagonal
Sunset Astronomical Society
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edwincjones
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/10/04
Posts: 4104
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congratulations,
but what does this mean-being accepted into the IMCA?
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n w arkansas
Binocular, Solar, General Amateur Astronomy
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7264
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Thanks Mike,Jeff,and Ed. I appreciate the thought and the post very much.
Hi,Ed,My Friend, the IMCA is the International Meteorite Collectors Association.The IMCA guarantees that meteorites bought,or sold are 100% Authentic Specimens Worldwide.
There is a lot more to it but it would be easier to let you visit the site:
www.imca.cc
And Mike,Thank You My Friend for getting me started on becoming a collector.But now I have moved from collector to addict.Is there a MA(Meteorites Anonymous)?   
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Refractor
BO/TMB Planetary 9MM EP
Burgess 65 Deg. 20MM WA EP
Celestron E-LUX 25MM Plossl EP
Celestron E-LUX 40MM Plossl EP
Smart Astronomy 5X's APO(3-Element)Barlow
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 14052
Loc: Houma Louisiana
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The IMCA is the collector/dealer organization that unofficially governs the sale and handling of meteorites by it's members. Members agree to a set of standards of conduct when joining. Collectors are usually admitted more rapidly, where dealers are usually vetted first and take longer to be accepted. The IMCA is the sole watchdog that helps ensure the handling and trade of meteorites meets some professional standard. Of course, I am *not* an IMCA member at this time, so I do not speak for the organization - I am merely relaying my understanding of the IMCA.
By contrast, the Meteoritical Society is an academic group of mostly scientists and researchers who study meteorites and related planetary subjects - publishing papers in two major journals that are put out by the MS, primarily the "MAPS" or Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. MS membership is open to anyone, with less vetting than the IMCA, because the MS does not concern itself with the sale/dealing of meteorites - only their study.
Being a member of either one demonstrates that one is "serious" about meteorite collecting and/or their study.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Celestial Irons
Gear : Astro-Tech 66ED on custom GEM, assorted binoculars, RKE & UO Ortho eyepieces.
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7264
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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The IMCA is the collector/dealer organization that unofficially governs the sale and handling of meteorites by it's members. Members agree to a set of standards of conduct when joining. Collectors are usually admitted more rapidly, where dealers are usually vetted first and take longer to be accepted. The IMCA is the sole watchdog that helps ensure the handling and trade of meteorites meets some professional standard. Of course, I am *not* an IMCA member at this time, so I do not speak for the organization - I am merely relaying my understanding of the IMCA.
By contrast, the Meteoritical Society is an academic group of mostly scientists and researchers who study meteorites and related planetary subjects - publishing papers in two major journals that are put out by the MS, primarily the "MAPS" or Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science. MS membership is open to anyone, with less vetting than the IMCA, because the MS does not concern itself with the sale/dealing of meteorites - only their study.
Being a member of either one demonstrates that one is "serious" about meteorite collecting and/or their study.
Very Well Said,Mike.And Thank You For Letting Collectors Know more about the IMCA and also letting many know about the Meteoritical Society. A Very Well Respected Organization in its own right.
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Refractor
BO/TMB Planetary 9MM EP
Burgess 65 Deg. 20MM WA EP
Celestron E-LUX 25MM Plossl EP
Celestron E-LUX 40MM Plossl EP
Smart Astronomy 5X's APO(3-Element)Barlow
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edwincjones
Post Laureate
Reged: 04/10/04
Posts: 4104
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thank you for the information
edj
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n w arkansas
Binocular, Solar, General Amateur Astronomy
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Mike Sandy
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/29/03
Posts: 1079
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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Congrats Todd - welcome aboard! 
Mike Sandy - IMCA # 9192
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Mike Sandy
http://www.DarkSights.com
Takahashi FRC-300, FS-78
Apogee U16M
Starfish Guider
Televue TV-102
Paramount ME
Giro III on a Astro-Physics Tripod
AP SPL - 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm (x2)
Ethos - 8mm, 13mm
Naglers - 2.5mm, 3.5mm, 5mm, 16mm (x2)
Panoptic - 24mmm (x2)
AP/Baader Mark V
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7264
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Quote:
Congrats Todd - welcome aboard!
Mike Sandy - IMCA # 9192
Thank You Mike.Always a pleasure to meet a fellow IMCA member.
In fact Ed Deckert(LostInSpace)is also a fellow IMCA member here on CN.And I would imagine there are some other IMCA members on CN.
But as long as you are a meteorite collector in your heart you dont have to be a member of any organization.All you have to do is have a love for collecting meteorites.
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Refractor
BO/TMB Planetary 9MM EP
Burgess 65 Deg. 20MM WA EP
Celestron E-LUX 25MM Plossl EP
Celestron E-LUX 40MM Plossl EP
Smart Astronomy 5X's APO(3-Element)Barlow
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csa/montana
Astro Ambassador
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 25568
Loc: montana
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Todd, a sincere Congratulations of being accepted in this prestegious organization! Can't think of a better person to be a new member!
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Talstarone
Vendor (Inner Planetary Products)
Reged: 09/12/06
Posts: 7264
Loc: Benson, North Carolina
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Thank You Sincerely Carol.I appreciate your wonderful post.
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Todd C.
Celestron NexStar 4SE(102mm F/13)Maksutov-Cass
Meade ETX-80AT(80mm F/5)Refractor
BO/TMB Planetary 9MM EP
Burgess 65 Deg. 20MM WA EP
Celestron E-LUX 25MM Plossl EP
Celestron E-LUX 40MM Plossl EP
Smart Astronomy 5X's APO(3-Element)Barlow
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