[meteorite-list] ATTENTION: Scientists and Researchers Who Classify Meteorites.. Urgent

From: michael cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:32:19 -0600
Message-ID: <7F180583-A92B-4BFE-9640-14C96C67C2EC_at_gilanet.com>

Hello,

I am in need of a serious person or institution to classify meteorites. I believe the time has come for a fee based classification service to be offered. The revenue gleaned from such activity could provide income to work-study students, provide scholarships for students who are studying the meteoritic sciences and most certainly the fee could help offset the expense of such classifications in the first place.

The problem I have in recovering meteorites from the field is that after I give a farmer $10,000 dollars for their meteorite, I usually have to wait up to 2 years for the classification results. This is not much of an incentive to invest in many new discoveries. In fact, I have 4 new possible recoveries that I could purchase, but not having a timely classification service makes for difficult choices. I usually just say to myself-I can't afford to have 5k into this meteorite for 2 years with no return. Does not make good business sense and overall not really good for science either.

I propose a $250.00 to $500.00 per meteorite classification fee. Checks made out to whatever scholarship or department fund you see fit. Done in a timely manner of 3 months or less. Anyone out there interested, please respond to me off list.

Thanks and Best Wishes

Michael Cottingham
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 06:32:19 PM PDT