[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August 26, 2010 thanks to the Hupes

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:12:25 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTikeZ77-M-MiTyk8W2o=6L+47AH23sefPDAAyMsP_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Adam and List,

Thanks for sharing your specimens, time, money, and effort with the
community at large.

This is another example of how science and meteoritics benefit from
private involvement working in tandem with institutions and
scientists.

The vast majority of these NWA meteorites would be languishing
undiscovered in the desert, if not for the efforts of private parties
to bring them to light. Sure, it can be argued that these same
meteorites could survive for thousands of years more to be discovered
later by "official" expeditions sponsored by governments or
institutions. But, the problem with that argument is that there are
no official expeditions in that region. Sure the Swiss and Germans
have made some expeditions into Oman, and we have ANSMET, but the
"official" hot desert finds are tremendously outnumbered by private
finds in both quantity and quality.

It is a pity that more governments and institutions cannot realize
this - instead of rebuking private involvement, they should embrace it
and take full advantage of it. Everyone wins.

When I see the Smithsonian sending teams of scientists into
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Niger, and the other regions of the
Sahara, I might alter my stance. But I'm not going to hold my breath
waiting for that to happen.

Best regards and happy huntings!

MikeG

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On 8/26/10, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you Steve and other List Members for the positive remarks.
>
> I am pleased to see material from Northwest Africa being embraced by major
> institutions and collections. The only piece in this beautiful collage that
> came
> from my collection is NWA 5000. TCU and the Adler Planetarium also have
> great
> representative samples of NWA 5000 in their collections. It is a win-win
> situation when both private and public sectors can share in a find.
>
> Here is an image of Dr. Tony Irving and NASA Apollo 16 Astronaut/Moonwalker
> Charlie Duke holding the Ambassador slice of NWA 5000. This slice is being
> used
> in part to promote future missions to the Moon. I can not think of a higher
> honor. It is great when personalities of the highest esteem have no problem
> whatsoever of where a meteorite landed so long as it was obtained legally.
> The
> image is little grainy since it is a scan of an original:
>
> http://themeteoritesite.com/DukeIrvingSlice-b.jpg
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Dunklee <steve.dunklee at yahoo.com>
> To: m_graul at yahoo.de; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Thu, August 26, 2010 8:00:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August
> 26,
> 2010 thanks to the Hupes
>
> I can see more contributions here by the Hupe Brothers. A thanks and
> congradulations. Clear skys. Steve
>
> On Thu Aug 26th, 2010 5:44 AM EDT Mirko Graul wrote:
>
>>Hi Laurence and list,
>>
>>wow, what great pieces!
>>A very beautiful composition!
>>My personal favorite is the Isheyevo slice 421g. ;-))
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Mirko
>>
>>
>>Mirko Graul Meteorite
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>>(International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery Science)
>>
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>>
>>--- Michael Johnson <michael at rocksfromspace.org> schrieb am Do, 26.8.2010:
>>
>>> Von: Michael Johnson <michael at rocksfromspace.org>
>>> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - August
>>> 26,
>>2010
>>> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Datum: Donnerstag, 26. August, 2010 05:11 Uhr
>>> http://www.rocksfromspace.org/August_26_2010.html
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