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

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 12 20:22:34 2004
Message-ID: <41BCEF0C.7050909_at_fascination.com>

Dear Darren;
Yup, that's a real good point there on the wallet comment. My Rock
Springs is not for sale but if it was, it would be only at $50 a
gram....due to only a very limited amount.
So, how many L-6's from NWA go for nothing?
Yes, ONLY the wallets of those who want from specific locations.....
It would really be a mess if crooked meteorite people became active...
Dave Freeman
mjwy

Darren Garrison wrote:

>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.
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