[meteorite-list] Boorish Comments on A Tektite Web Page
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:14 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV111BVpqKeE000011901_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C424A4.1AFC8610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Keith and list, You bring up some interesting comments on "collecting versus curating". = However, I question if there is that much of a difference. Something tha= t is collected by an amateur in the field or purchased off eBay, is going= to be saved, it will be curated. There are very few of us that would sp= end our money on a meteorite or piece of impactite and then not try to ta= ke the best possible care of it. Looking at most of the large meteorite = collections from the last 100 years, most have found there way into a Uni= versity of Museum collection. In the case of the Escoria impactite, from which you comment on. This ma= terial is collected at the edge of a shore. How long do you think it wou= ld take this very light and fragile material to be torn up and destroyed = by the incoming tide? My personal opinion is that it is better for Norm = to support the local economy of Brazil, and supply items to collections, = such as mine, from which I have used to help educate, using the web, at s= hows and locally. (I did purchase a sample from Norm.) If Universities and Museum refuse to share information to a collector, it= would make it hard for the same collector to share finds, information or= give donations. Something that would benefit nobody. =20 Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C424A4.1AFC8610 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hello Keith an= d list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You bring up some interesting c= omments on "collecting versus curating". However, I question if the= re is that much of a difference. Something that is collected by an = amateur in the field or purchased off eBay, is going to be saved, it will= be curated. There are very few of us that would spend our mon= ey on a meteorite or piece of impactite and then not try to take the best= possible care of it. Looking at most of the large meteorite collec= tions from the last 100 years, most have found there way into a Universit= y of Museum collection.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In the case of the E= scoria impactite, from which you comment on. This material is colle= cted at the edge of a shore. How long do you think it would take th= is very light and fragile material to be torn up and destroyed by the inc= oming tide? My personal opinion is that it is better for Norm to su= pport the local economy of Brazil, and supply items to collections, such = as mine, from which I have used to help educate, using the web, at s= hows and locally. (I did purchase a sample from Norm.)</DIV> <= DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If Universities and Museum refuse to share informat= ion to a collector, it would make it hard for the same collector to share= finds, information or give donations. Something that would benefit = nobody. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Bostick</DIV> <DIV><A hr= ef=3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.com">www.meteoritearticles.com</A></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C424A4.1AFC8610-- Received on Sat 17 Apr 2004 06:47:51 PM PDT |
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