Hi Bob,
Do people buy them because they are cheap,
Yes, some do.
because they are a mystery,
Yes, some do.
or for some other reason?
Yes, some may want to create a diorama-like strewn field for display
purposes. I have sometimes thought of doing this.
Some (myself included) have bought them to give away to kids at various
functions.
I recently had a country crock container about filled with cheap NWA
material that I gave away to boy scouts after they looked at the moon
through my scope. Of course, being at night in a campground, some boys lost
theirs in the grass so I would just reach in and hand them another.
Some buy cheap NWA material to practice with, when they are first learning
to cut meteorite material.
Some buy them for re-sale, possibly thinking a huge mark-up will make them a
lot of money.
If someone else gets one classified,
Few will bother to even attempt to get an NWA classified unless they first
have cut a window into it and discovered what may be an achondrite.
Hope this helps,
-Walter Branch.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:07 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Unclassified NWAs: What's the attraction?
Hi all,
I've seen on some websites that dealers are selling unclassified NWAs.
Maybe it's because I'm such a newbie, but I don't understand why anyone
would want to buy them, especially if they look like just a typical
ordinary
chondrite or iron? It's just a space rock that was found somewhere in NWA
(not a specific place) and isn't even classified yet, so you don't know if
it's an H, L, LL, etc. Do people buy them because they are cheap, or
because they are a mystery, or for some other reason? If someone else
gets
one classified, you have no way to know if the one you just bought is
paired
with it, or another one or is unpaired. There is no record, so no way to
find out later.
I'm sorry if this has been talked about on this list before. I've been
lurking for only a couple months and hadn't seen it mentioned.
Thanks for any feedback!
Regards,
Bob
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