In a message dated 7/10/2009 8:23:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
carloselgua...@hotmail.com writes:
Hey Steve,
You might want to put this first on your fact sheet: I am not from
Chicago.
Carl
LOL.
You know Carl...while I assume you stated that as a joke, that probably is
a great
In a message dated 7/10/2009 8:32:40 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
deannari...@gmail.com writes:
Hi Steve,
How about a copy of some facts and maybe misconceptions (eg. they
are not radioactive) with some nice photos of other fresh falls that
might be published as a 'what to be on the lookout
Hello Michael and all,
I am sorry for being so delayed in responding to your post. I have been
busy today interviewing with the Fox TV station in York, and the NBC station
in Lancaster and some other network (maybe ABC) in Baltimore. Then I had a
radio interview with NPR after that. It
Hey All,
Just for everyone's information, I personally think that if at least two
good video's can be found from two different locations, the intersection can
be found where the MD-PA bolide extinguished. That should be the heart of
the strewnfield.
My primary purpose in going ahead
In a message dated 7/9/2009 4:46:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
drtan...@yahoo.com writes:
Regarding what a meteorite is worth it is worth what you or someone is
willing to pay, so I suggest that you re-phrase the question to the
reporter when asked, and reply that I am willing to pay
Chris,
I agree to a point. But if one has some good video, there is nothing even
the best eye witness of a 1 am fireball could add. Once it goes dark,
there is nothing to see to report on. Maybe if it was a day time fireball,
someone might see a stone hitting the ground, but not at
Chris,
How fast is a meteoroid going when it burns out? And at what point in the
flight does it go below the speed of the sound barrier?
I might have been mistaken, but I thought really close to the point of
dark flight it slowed down where the sonic booms stopped being crated as well.
Dirk,
Yea, it is hard to answer the question: What are meteorites worth?
Personally I don't like to lie to people and say they are not worth anything.
Especially when a simple search on ebay will show that meteorites are
indeed worth from around 5 cents a gram up to $1,000 a gram.
List,
Someone should copy off Martin's replies, have them printed on vellum,
hard bound and sold as a meteorite collectible themselves. Whatever the
price, it wouldn't be too expensive.
Or maybe they can each be framed and hung on the walls for all to see.
Or possibly they can be
MikeG and all,
You said: It is in nobody's best interest to restrict the search for,
discovery
of, and trade of meteorites.
I want to correct you. It is in the financial short term best interest
for researches and their institutions in a country to get grant money to
study their new
Woo Hoo! Way to go Dr. Jack!How cool is that? Congrats and best of
luck in finding a lot more of them.
300 miles = 1 meteorite
I like that ratio!
Steve Arnold
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shoulder held bazookas. I feel safer now!
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Hey all,
Just for the fun of it, every item in my Ebay Store that had at least one
person watching that item, I decided to place it in a 30% Off Sale.
The 30% Off Sale will start at the top of the hour (5pm Eastern) and it
will last for just 24 hours.
Be the first to get to the Buy it Now
Hey all,
I just put most of the items in my Ebay store on Sale, 20% off for this
weekend. Sale starts in a half an hour or so.
Check them out here:
http://stores.ebay.com/Steve-Arnold-Meteorites?refid=store
Thanks,
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Hello List,
I have added a few things to my Ebay Store. Some cool Oriented Gaos and
other oddities.
Of note is the 20% sale I am running on the Thin Sections for this weekend
(starting at 1pm Eastern). They were priced low to start with. 20% off
is a great deal.
Even if you don't
Hello List,
I am looking to generate some cash and so I am considering selling one of
my larger Brenham specimens on Ebay. But before I list them there, I
wanted to make a more private offering (read: avoid Ebay commissions) thus
this
announcement.
I have several Brenham specimens in
I am shocked and saddened on hearing the news of Richard Norton's passing.
We, in our small community, were so blessed to have Richard as one of our
standard bearers during the last couple of decades. His contribution
cannot be measured.
A memory that pops into my mind just now is of a
Bernd and all,
I just sold a little piece of Murchison today on Ebay. Just another day
in the life of a meteorite dealer. However, this very rock (like many of
the other meteorites we have) is often mentioned as being 4.56 Billion years
old.
One human life might make it 100 years.
Eric,
And you have a degree in WHAT to qualify you to do such research? Hummm?
:-)
Steve Arnold
In a message dated 5/8/2009 10:13:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
e...@meteoritesusa.com writes:
Sucks that the media thinks you need a degree in something to be
qualified to talk
It really is a tough situation. Sounds like the producer didn't do their
job ahead of time.
But in their shoes, what should they do they do? They brought the
scientist in to talk about the science, and probably brought Darryl in to talk
about how much it might be worth on the collector
In a message dated 5/8/2009 11:25:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
meteoritem...@gmail.com writes:
I just don't understand how any expert could be fooled by that
object in the first place.
MikeG,
It happens ALL the time. And reporter experts are sometimes the worst.
I don't know how
All,
In my last post, I failed to tie the first point together with the second.
Sometimes experts actually do get it right, but the members media of the
media are the ones that twist it and make it wrong with misquotes.
There is a story today in the Wichita paper (at least online) with
Of course: all Finds did fall at one time. As all Falls were found at one
time.
I would think being able to assign a specific date and even a time of day
with some certainty to a meteorite landing is what anchors it into the Fall
category. All others recoveries that are found without
Hello Again List,
Once again, I am requesting info on any Murchison that might be available
out there for sale or for trade.
Please respond to me off list directly.
Thanks a lot.
Steve Arnold
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Jeff,
Does the Nomenclature Committed assign official synonyms such as West as
well?
As they say, it is hard to get the toothpaste back in the tube once it is
out.
Steve Arnold
Arkansas
In a message dated 4/16/2009 8:02:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
jgross...@usgs.gov writes:
I
Urban legends are already growing: When struck by the meteorite, the
creek became as ash.
Steve Arnold
Arkansas (synonyms: #1, the original, Brenham Steve, Birthday Boy #2, IMB)
In a message dated 4/16/2009 11:51:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
majbaerm...@web.de writes:
Anyway, dear
One problem with naming a meteorite too soon is that we end up with
meteorites like Norton County, Kansas.
One problem with naming a meteorite too late is that we end up with
meteorites like Ash Creek.
I assume that Ash Creek runs in both McLennan County and Hill County?
From that aspect
So, does this make West and Ash Creek Officially Paired?
Steve Arnold
Arkansas (synonyms: #1, the original, Brenham Steve, Birthday Boy #2,
IMB)
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Hello List,
First off, I need to make a correction: according to my meteorite cutter,
the exact weight of the West meteorite I have was 1,663g and not 1,673g (I
guess the Post Office scale was off a tad)
Just a short note to let you guys know that I only have 8 full slices of
my 1,663g
In a message dated 4/9/2009 2:09:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net writes:
If someone tosses a mouse
down the 100-foot shaft, the mouse lands on his feet,
shakes his head dizzily, and says, What the hell was
that all about? although to our ears it sounds like
Eeeek!
Dave,
This reminds me of when I was in Park Forest, actually in Steger, IL, 6
years ago this week, where a local man had his rear window of his car knocked
out
by a meteorite. I asked him if he wanted to sell the meteorite, and he made
it plain to me that he would not sell it for ANY
In a message dated 4/3/2009 6:55:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
carloselgua...@hotmail.com writes:
I would love to see this show but don't have the Science Channel. :( When
this airs can someone copy this to a dvd? I'm sure others are on the same boat
as I.
Carl
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List,
I haven't talked with either Sonny or Mike yet, but some of this story
smells a little fishy.
Not that you can believe anything you see or read in the media, as stories
seldom get confirmation before deadlines have to be reached, and stories tend
to get sensationalized for sales
Dave (and list),
I will address the things point by point:
In a message dated 4/2/2009 4:47:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
carother...@gmail.com writes:
Read the article again. A 66 year old lady confronted two burglers on her
property last October. Given that, Sonny and Mike are lucky
Hello George,
I have done something similar in the past at places like what we did at
Brenham. But with so much land to cover at West, and so little time to cover
it,
for me it was just easier to hunt where one was wanted. I had ground where
land owners were happy to let us hunt with no
Jason,
Remind us all what weights you found and how much the trip cost you and your
dad, and the cost of the time your dad had to invest in lost Medical Doctor
wages to find what you guys found? OK, leave out of the formula what your
dad's time is worth, that is none of our business. Why
I don't doubt that Mike and Sonny were on private land without permission,
they have admitted so.
Was there was grounds for an arrest buy an unbiased police men?
Sure.
It was for a court case to decide their guilt, had they wanted to plead Not
Guilty. As I understand, they decided to
Hello Jason,
I have a feeling this is going to get deep.
You are a collector that likes to buy things as cheap as you can, intending
to never sell your collection ever, and as such, your only concern is to get
as much good stuff as cheap as you can. You don't care at all what your
Dave,
You said:
I thank you for the detailed explanation, but I still have issue with your
idea that a land owner would owe you an explanation other than No when
asked to search their property.
When I clearly stated in my last post:
Does he have an obligation to tell me why he said no?
Jason and List,
Let me add:
If anyone wants to go to West and find meteorites on their own they should
try and hope they find their's at the $12/g you found yours at. And then if
they (or anyone else that has found some) want, they can sell theirs for less
than what I am selling mine
Hello List,
Here is my take on the recent falls in North America. While there actually
may be more now, as it seems like we had a long drought since Park Forest, I
am wandering if much of this can be traced back to Buzzard Coulee.
The Canadian event gained strong media attention shortly
Hey List,
I just got my second and final batch of freshly cut West Full Slices in
today from Marlin Cilz, and I now have new photos up on Photobucket. The new
slices are the ones with the PINK background instead of the yellow background.
I have only one remaining slice from my first batch
Hey Guys,
I have a customer that is looking for a 0.5g to 1g cool looking Lunar and or
a $500 priced range SNC.
I still have some West (or other things) that I would be willing to trade if
someone can help us out.
Please respond off list.
Thanks,
Steve Arnold
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Hey List,
I mistakenly put a great 8.8 gram brecciated Part Slice of West up on Ebay
for just 24 hours when I planned on having it up for 5 days. Oh well, it
closes in an hour or so. It will be interesting to see where it ends up.
I am also trying to get photos of all the individual
Hey List,
There have been some requests for photos of my Indian Arrow Points I found
in the West strewnfield, so I just put up a couple of photos of them and my
Dinosaur toe bones up.
http://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo52/stevearnoldpmh/
Steve Arnold
Arkansas
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Hello List,
I am excited to offer the first large full slices of my 1,673g West, Texas
specimen. Again, this stone was recovered (rescued) the day before the
monsoon rains hit the strewnfield this last week.
These slices were expertly cut by Marlin Cilz at the Montana Meteorite Lab
with
Hey Guys,
A special congrats goes out to my wife Qynne who found one of those dam
hammer stones!
Literally, the rock hit an earthen dam of a stock pond near West. And not
only that, it is a 100% crusted oriented specimen as well.
6.1 grams.
Photos here:
In a message dated 3/18/2009 12:39:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
gmh...@htn.net writes:
Respectfully Steve,
I do not think a meteorite hitting an earthen dam would qualify as a
hammer. Think of all of the stones that hits roads (dirt or paved), crop
field (man made), etc. I personally
Thanks Carl.
None of the 69 meteorites I recovered were purchased. All were found.
I will go into more details about the 1,673g find a little later.
I am not sure if it is the Main Mass, as I am not sure the exact weights of
others that have been found.
By the way, it WAS raining the
In a message dated 3/18/2009 12:50:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
meteorite...@yahoo.com writes:
Um, I hope this is a joke, as far as calling it a hammer.
.
Mike and all,
While I will leave the interpretation of hammer up to the beholder, the
post was indeed more of a joke, or double
Greg,
I think all meteorite specimens have a story.
Some of the stories are lost. Some are preserved.
Some stories will be more appealing to some people than they will be to
others.
If a rock hit a pond, or a dam, or a car or a road, etc. it is all part of
that rock's story. Some
In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:14:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
cdtuc...@cox.net writes:
Again,
Where is Michael? A mound is a structure specifically designed to function
as such. And Steve, I would like to buy the Dam hammer as I think Blood will
rule in it's favor. How much? Carl
Carl,
.
In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:28:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
gmh...@htn.net writes:
Adding trees, dams, mounds, playfields, lawns and other man-made or touched
places is reaching to an extreme, and yes, it does cheapen the true
smashers.
.
Greg,
I found two specimens in an Indian
Maybe I should have entitled the thread Damn Hammers or Damn wanna-be
Hammers instead?
Steve
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After being bit by too many of those Texas Fire Ants, I was hoping to find
at least one squished ant on the bottom of one of my finds, but alas, I never
found the elusive Ant Hammer Stone.
Steve
In a message dated 3/18/2009 2:04:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
jgross...@usgs.gov writes:
Hey Guys,
Twenty-seven days after pulling into West, Texas, I am eating my last
Kolache at the Czech Stop getting ready to head home..
My new inventory totals that I am leaving town with are:
69 specimens, with a total of 2,362 grams.
As one of my hunting buddies said: It's been real;
Hey Guys,
Since my first offering of West Meteorites specimens (that sold out in less
than 24 hours) I have found a few more. And as such I am ready to sell a few
more.
If you are interested in seeing what I have to sell, email me for a list of
what I have to offer, off list.
A special
24 meteorites found by me personally, 1 meteorite purchased by me, total
weight 372.4g
Steve Arnold
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Hey List,
If a meteorite hits a dirt road, is it a hammer stone?
If it has been run over by meteorite hunters and roughed up a bit, is it a
hammered hammer?
Steve Arnold
Arkansas
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Hey Guys,
Slow start today, but I will try my luck again later this morning.
Meanwhile, I wanted to throw out an offer to trade some West, Texas material
for some
Murchison.
If you have some Murchison, maybe around 5 to 20 grams, I would like to
discuss a trade with you further.
I
Hey All,
It was a rewarding day outside of West today.
We got out of the field to the steak house then back to the hotel room and
broke out the rock saw. I cut one of the 97 stones our team has found so far,
a 5.3g part stone, and folks, this is a freaky looking rock inside.
Portales
Hello List,
Does anyone know at what altitude the West, Tx meteor extinguished at the
end of the fireball?
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To: Steve Arnold, Chicago
You are a liar!
I know about that stone you bought.
I have seen the stone you bought.
I know where it was found.
I know who found it, because he was on my team.
I know who sold it to you.
I know what you paid for it.
You did NOT pay $90/g for it.
You paid
In a message dated 2/24/2009 6:36:05 A.M. Central Standard Time,
altm...@meteorite-martin.de writes:
I want a photo of the dog.
How is his name?
Martin
.
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Martin,
The dog's name is Hopper. The story actually very very funny. A group of
us were gridding a piece of ground yesterday,
In a message dated 2/23/2009 12:32:44 A.M. Central Standard Time,
mojave_meteori...@cox.net writes:
in related astronomical fields it is customary to avoid choosing proper
names that are a subset of existing
ones (e.g. Clearwater West, Kelly West, Laundry West, Victoria West, West
Hawk,
Hey List,
I have one West, Texas specimen I would be willing to sell. Contact me off
list if you might be interested.
I will not be able to respond until late tonight to any replies.
Steve Arnold
www.SteveArnoldMeteorites.com
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Hello List,
In reply to Anne's post, where she stated:
One of the Show organizers even told me that this has to be the busiest
room in the whole Show!!!
I want to confirm that not only did Anne and Geoff's room have a lot of foot
traffic (some of which even resulted in some sales) it
Wow,
How many freaking mistakes can one little meteorite story have in it?
I count at least 5 big ones.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6264797.html
I guess I will send the reporters of this story and their editor a letter
complaining on this one. This is just too
Hey Guys,
Meteorite enthusiast and collector Ron Dilulio made the New York Times. I
think Ron is a list member. Congrats Ron!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/us/17debris.html
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Hey gang,
I am looking for some Murchison fragments. If anyone has any for sale or
for trade, please contact me off list.
Thanks,
Steve #1
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Hey Guys,
It sounds like the land owners are hiring amateur meteorite hunters up in
Buzzard Coulee. I wonder how much per hour the job pays?
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Security+camera+footage+understanding+meteori
te+origins/1270948/story.html
Steve Arnold
Arkansas
Hello All,
I just wanted to drop a note to say thanks to everyone who came to the
party last night.
If it wasn't for the great turnout each year, Geoff and I would still have
fun, but it wouldn't be the same.
Friends of mine, back in the real world, get a kick out of it when I tell
Hello List,
I arrived in Tucson last night after the long drive. It is great to be back
in town.
In addition to seeing many familiar faces, I was excited to have a chance to
see the batch of Brenham meteorite slices that Geoff Notkin and I
commissioned to be placed in Lucite. The
In a message dated 1/30/2009 1:49:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com writes:
I have questions anf thoughts about Tucson...
Is it really worth going? I would think that prices would be hogher due to
cost of travel and living (room, food etc) for the show and the
Hello List,
OK, I have my gas money to get to Tucson, but now I need some extra money to
buy some food and maybe even a hotel for one night's stay on the way down
there.
So, I have put my piece of Ethiudna, Australia L4 into the saw and I took
off a really nice 4.5 gram part slice and a
In a message dated 1/28/2009 2:32:09 P.M. Central Standard Time,
gmh...@htn.net writes:
Hey Steve,
Better not eat the peanut butter, there has been a nation wide (and Canada)
outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter from one of the larger
manufacturer's. 500+ illnesses and eight deaths so
In a message dated 1/22/2009 11:13:50 A.M. Central Standard Time,
bernd.pa...@paulinet.de writes:
Hello Steve #1 and List,
Steve wrote: Nothing dramatic, just that he had hit it with the plow...
This post was so undramatic and boring that
I couldn't help reading each and every word ;-)
MikeG,
You can get them in Tucson.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Steve #1
In a message dated 1/22/2009 5:06:18 P.M. Central Standard Time,
michael_w_gil...@yahoo.com writes:
Hi Listees!
There is a photo on Geoff's new Tucson Show Guide website that shows
a meteorite auction. In a display
Hello List,
The Caldwell, Kansas Meteorite Story.
For 16 years or so, I have been chasing after the Caldwell, Kansas
meteorite. The 1986 version of the BMNH Catalogue (my original treasure map)
listed
this meteorite as being found in 1961, being 12.9 kg TKW with only about 50
grams
Hey List,
In an effort to pull this topic from the realms of Hate onto some topics
both political AND meteorite related.
Army First, NASA Last, at least that was the order in the Inauguration
Parade.
All,
I am a bit conflicted with this too.
However, to insist that a group of humans stay in a setting from a couple
centuries ago, like keeping apes in a fake looking jungle cage at the zoo,
just
so we can go an see them undisturbed is a bit morbid.
Like others on the list, I too have
Hey MikeG,
First off, the Atacama is a very large place. Lot's of meteorites still to
be found in desolate areas. I don't think there will be any concern about
filling up a fraction of 1% of it, much less all of it. There would be room
for several billion inmates if anyone decided to
In a message dated 1/9/2009 12:07:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,
geok...@notkin.net writes:
Steve's post about the absence of Keep Chile Clean signs took me
right back to that long but thrilling drive from Santiago in southern
Chile all the way up the Pan American highway to Antofagasta
In a message dated 1/9/2009 12:07:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,
geok...@notkin.net writes:
I must say, I do miss the pisco! That was one of the best parts, as
I'm sure Steve will testify : )
.
Geoff,
Honestly, I don't remember all that much about the pisco... ;-)I
remember
Robert and all Hammer Heads,
In retrospect, I didn't address everything in your last email.
I just checked the website where that information you mentioned was listed,
and I have no idea what that dealer's source was the history of his pieces.
As he states there, he did not buy his pieces
In a message dated 1/3/2009 7:56:11 P.M. Central Standard Time,
d...@fallingrocks.com writes:
Sylacauga is a wonderful story,
but the material available to collectors didn't hit Mrs. Hodges on the hip.
Dave,
In 1999 I brokered a couple of pieces of Sylacaga from the King Collection
that
Hello Robert,
To answer your direct question, no I have not seen the Hodges's stone.
However, in Dr. King's Meteorite Collection Catalog he listed the source of
his Sylacaga specimen as, and I quote:
Source: Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist., Douglas Jones
Now, if anyone on the list has access to
Hey List,
Does anyone here have experience encasing meteorites in clear resin,
paperweight style?
If so, could you contact me off the list?
Thanks,
Steve Arnold #1
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In a message dated 12/24/2008 3:50:36 P.M. Central Standard Time, Impactika
writes:
Hello Steve, and all,
Next time you are in Fort Worth, you might ask Art Ehlmann to show you the
main mass of Somervell County.
When Oscar Monnig bought it, it was already a very old and weathered
In a message dated 12/24/2008 4:20:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,
meteorite...@yahoo.com writes:
I have seen Fukang encased in resin as well, when it works, it looks great,
but again, massive failure rate, and the material encased is really destroyed
in the process. The resin does not often
Hey List,
I was doing some sorting of stuff getting ready for Tucson and I found some
small things I thought I would try to clear out now. Before taking the time
and spending the money on Ebay, I thought I would toss out a list of some of
what I have here. If you guys don't want them I
Brenham from the Hopewell Mounds in Ohio were found fashioned as buttons and
ear rings.
Axtell was used as a door stop for years, and had paint drips on the
exteriour from at least one room painting.
An Allende was used as a block to hold up a car in a mechanics garage I
understand.
ASU
Hey List,
Does anyone have a comprehensive list on all of the:
H Impact Melt Breccias
L Impact Melt Breccias
LL Impact Melt Breccias
Other Impact Melt Breccias
Thanks,
Steve Arnold #1
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All,
Maybe the two guys are just publicly asking $50 a gram, so that the
Canadian Government will have to pony up the $50/g to buy what they want from
them
(and or to buy from the other land owners) but in reality they are NOT
expecting to sell any to the rocks for ANY price at this time?
Is this in Canadian dollars or US dollars?
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In a message dated 12/7/2008 10:30:14 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe the two guys are just publicly asking $50 a gram, so that the
Canadian Government will have to pony up the $50/g to buy what they want
from them
All,
You know, on further thought, IF the
Ryan,
I'm not sure I understand your logic here.
If you wished American Institutions would care enough to pay a fair retail
price to the legal owners of new meteorites, then I think we would all agree
with you.
But America has the principles of freedom and property rights that go
Ryan,
There is no law in Canada that you can't contact McCartney or Sonny.
In fact, you are free to buy whatever you want from them.
The export laws only affect exporting of the specimens. No one has
suggested that you can't own one of the rocks McCartney or Sonny found. You
just
In a message dated 12/5/2008 12:16:00 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I agree 100% on this. $50 per gram is too high, the Carancas for example was
$100 per gram at first, now it can be had for under $20 per gram.
I have read several places that it is only valued at $1 -
In a message dated 12/6/2008 4:47:37 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Steve, I am sorry, but your comment than they wont make profit at $50 or
even $100 gram made me almost fall out of my chair! Lets see, a kilo at $50
gram
= $50,000.
Lets say half goes to the
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