[meteorite-list] Meteorite Substitution- What if...

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 12 19:32:03 2004
Message-ID: <jfopr0t468hh0ssp4u4ouojl82eotf7l7k_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:22:51 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

> What is to stop someone from buying a nicer, low
>weathered, unclassified NWA meteorite and
>claiming/submitting it for analyzation and naming as a
>find from a local desert- say in the western US?

I'd say, so what if they do? I agree there is SOME value in knowing WHERE a meteorite landed-- an
idea of the total mass, an idea of the orbit-- but those are two of the least important, most
cosmetic and incidental aspects of the meteorite. The main scientific value lies in the contents of
the stone itself. So I would say that just about the only harm that would be done would be to the
wallets of the collecters trying to get stones from specific locations.
Received on Sun 12 Dec 2004 07:32:04 PM PST