[meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:32:49 -0400
Message-ID: <9E635829-E6BD-4C5F-A005-4F034830463D_at_dof3.com>

Hi Adam.....List......

Methinks you're going much too far in your disparagement of the Chinese.

As to specifics, I've exchanged words with a curator of meteorites in China regarding said specimen and your conjecture is unfounded. This specimen is on the radar.



All the best / Darryl





On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Adam Hupe wrote:

> It looks like the Fukang main mass has just been found! 25 tons of Pallasite!
> It will probably be chopped into little pieces, exported as iron ore to get
> around Chinese law and put on the market soon judging from how they have managed
> their resources in the past. Now, they will have real meteorite specimens to
> offer instead of magnetite. It will be interesting to see how they deal with it
> and its final disposition. In my opinion, it belongs in a museum but their
> new-found love for capitalism will probably dictate otherwise.
>
>
> Adam
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