Since the new millinium started everybody in the
meteorite world has had a wonderful problem: To many
meteorites. I think everybody who buys meteorites from
me wants to know how to get a meteorite classified.
Since I moved down under I have found a very
enthusiastic and helpful meteorite community
Interesting question Mike. I've always wondered what the entire annual
international turnover of the meteorite trade would be? Including all sales
and trades both private and commercial. Many pieces would even be sold 2 or
3 times in the one year. I bet it would add up very quickly... $25M...
Yes, it would be interesting and quite informative to
compare prices, conditions, speed and of course
quality of different classification services available
world wide. Does any-one has this info?
Regards,
Arriere
--- dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since the new millinium started
Yes, it would be interesting and quite informative to
compare prices, conditions, speed and of course
quality of different classification services available
world wide. Does any-one has this info?
Regards,
Arriere
--- dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since the new millinium started
Yes, it would be interesting and quite informative to
compare prices, conditions, speed and of course
quality of different classification services available
world wide. Does any-one has this info?
Regards,
Arriere
--- dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since the new millinium started
Well, as far as quality of different services go I
dont think there is much difference. The meteoritical
society has an extremily high standard before they
will accept a classification and everybody submitting
classifications needs certain expertise and equipment.
The real problem is in speed -
I'd guess that there are some differences. Exotic and tricky material will
be more accurate classified at institutions, which have more experience with
exotics. Ordinary chondrites require less efforts and equipment, there
wouldn't be a remarkable difference.
Whether human factors may play a role,
Dear List;
I can't help but think that an accurate survey of annual meteorite sales
in dollars would be followed by an annual sales tax on meteorites in
dollars!
I presume the feds already have some one that looks into what meteorites
do to the economy as all of us in the US file income tax
Dear List,
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Hi Jeff, Dave, List
That's not only an interesting, but an essential question,
when we read in press about the value of meteorites and hear the statements
in the looting debates of recent times.
As most of the most important retailers and certainly also several of the
most mighty collectors are
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1385336.ece
Meteorite doubts emerge
Astronomers were excited by what they thought was a meteorite that fell near a
Norwegian house over the weekend. Now an expert at the National History Museum
in Oslo says he thinks it's just an ordinary earthly
Hi all,
I find this very interesting (below) - is anyone on the list in the
know on this event and what it was about?
--
Getafe: On the afternooon of June 21, 1994, Jose Martin and his wife,
Vicenta Cors, were driving in Spain from Madrid to Marbella. As they zoomed
past the town of
Hi Dean,
Congrats on scoring a good connection down under.
While I have not kept abreast of the specific developments,
I do know that at the time of the Tucson Show Marvin Killgore
Dr. Dante Lauretta of the U. of A Southwest Meteorite Center
were intending to institute meteoritic
I believe the general feeling is that this is an unusual slag, but it isn't
entirely certain. There is a steel plant in the area, and slag sometimes
drops onto roads. The fact that this piece hit a car allowed its fall angle
to be estimated at 20°, which isn't possible for a meteorite of this
In Tucson Killgore noted classified opportunities during his talk. I
spoke with Killgore after the talk and was told a person would purchase a
subscription that would allow them so many a year. The price had not been
established, and if you signed the book in his room you were suppose to be
Meteorite Classification
This might be a good time to announce that in about 2 weeks
I will be making a major change to my website . For the past 2 years
or more I have been working on a set of
Guidelines for Meteorite classification . The first version of that was
to be on our CD
Hi list,
as the attitude to fire arms in USA and the involved risks of rates of
killings are always somewhat scary to Europeans,
I have to say, that I'm very content with the work of my guard cats
and honestly, if you don't collect pallasite slices and if you don't have
precious display
Hi Mark,
I am just wondering how you can disagree with a statement
that something MAY be available to people and the suggestion that
they check it out for themselves?
It doesn't sound like you have called Dr. Lauretta at the number
I posted.
Jeez, Mark - it seems like
Anyone have access to the full article?
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/mg19125594.100.html
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Hello Michael,
I am not involved in any way with the deal Dean arranged for classifications
and I hope it is alright to disagree.
I signed a list to be notified when they got things going as I stated and
have not been notified. We have discussed Marvin's possible classification
service on
Michael,
This is a somewhat touchy subject that I'm about to bring up, so I will just
come out and say it.
Nothing against Killgore or Dr. Lauretta personally, but lets not forget
that their new meteorite center was founded because of the 'private
collecting community cutting up and
Hi All,
OK, I contacted the Southwest Meteorite Center at U of A.
Dr. Lauretta was on vacation, but I was able to get ahold of
Marvin. Marvin informed me they are far from ready to be able
to do analysis in a timely manor and, while that is a definite
future goal, until other aspects of
Stephan Kambach
Germany
Dear List Members
If someone is interested - I want to sell my 9.75 g Efremovka slice (CV3
red.). The price should be
850 EUR. - the same amount once I paid for it.
Efremovka is one of the intensively studied carbonaceous meteorites. Rarely
seen on
the market.
For
Hi,
I believe the quick and enthusiastic response
to this incident was potentiated by the earlier
Norwegian bolide last month. Word of it didn't
even get reported for several days but interest
built up after a week. It was unexpected and so
it took people awhile to wake up to the event.
Hi Stan,
While I more than appreciate your concern - since I am a collector
and a dealer, of course, I would share your perspective IF that were
what the center were about. However, in protracted discussions with
Marvin and Dr. Lauretta that is certainly not the sense I get, at all.
In
I was in Spain and saw the photos of the car. It was some sort of scam.
Mike Farmer
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Stephan Kambach
Germany
Dear List Members
If someone is interested - I want to sell my 9.75 g Efremovka slice (CV3 red.) for 850
EUR. - for the same price once I paid.
Efremovka is one of the intensively studied carbonaceous meteorites. Rarely seen on
the market.
For pictures and
Hi Michael,
Only Bill Gates could afford to buy every gram of material
on the market.
...as to think they could generate the hundreds
and hundreds of millions of dollars it would take to buy EVERYTHING
Humhem - Market-Trend-Michael, now I'm really surprised.
Do you not agree with my
Dear List Members,
Just a quick note to let you know there are several eBay auctions I have
ending about when this email lands in your inbox. There are several great
values, many still at just 99 cents! I also listed earlier in the week many
unclassified individuals and NWA 869-paired 1-kilo
on 7/12/06 1:40 PM, Martin Altmann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are thousands of other
people than Bill Gates, who could afford to clean up the market with a
fingers' click!
Buckleboo!
Martin
Hi Martin,
You are undoubtedly right - technically - but I think
it does
While I more than appreciate your concern - since I am a collector
and a dealer, of course, I would share your perspective IF that were
what the center were about. However, in protracted discussions with
Marvin and Dr. Lauretta that is certainly not the sense I get, at all.
Michael,
Unfortunately I know only very few, which are interested in meteorites :-)
Hehe, there are 35.000 known meteorites.
Imagine you would be able to get access to all of them,
also to the 25.000 Antarctic ones and all, which are closed away in museums
and never were available.
Well, if you would
Hello,
I think you mean 380 tons TNT,
not 380 kilotons, right!?
Hiroshima was about 20 ktons TNT,
so your figure is approaching almost a
half Megaton TNT, that's awsome!
Else, I absolutly agree on what is the point of your article,
I think the first incident spawned the last, yes. That was
what
How could this dust be in better condition than Stardust samples when only a
third of it might have been contributed by a comet? How can they be sure
this material came from a comet? With Stardust you know with 100% certainty
where it came from plus there is no terrestrial contamination.
Check
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:52:53 -0500, you wrote:
This kind of report -- the odd rock and the
strange hole in the garden kind of report -- tends
to come, singly or in a small flurry, after a real
event. The seed of the notion is already in place.
Humans see what they are prepared to see.
http://cgi.ebay.com/meteorites_W0QQitemZ160006582551
Take a look at these wonderful specimens:)
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Mark,
The "reason I keep bringing it up" is because you had issued a warning to the list that this might be a "meteorwrong" after you went out and saw the piece. You did not state your reasons clearly regarding your observations of this specimen.
It sure looks like a meteorite to me, and in fact
Hello Steve,
You noted You did not state your reasons clearly regarding your
observations of this specimen.
I am not sure if you read what I wrote. I think I gave a very detailed
report on my observations. I said why I thought it was a meteorite and why
I thought it was not. The buyer and
Why?
Is that a good price?
Walter L. Newton
Golden, Co
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Gotta love the description!
David H.
--- Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Take a look at these wonderful specimens:)
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Hello Michael,
If there was not an immediate and clear business plan to classify and/or
examine suspect meteorites, as we were led to believe in Tucson, why did
they start selling Trophies to help their 'business' efforts in order to
do so in a timely manner? Also, I believe we were told the
-- MARK BOSTICK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Steve,
You noted You did not state your reasons clearly regarding your
observations of this specimen.
I am not sure if you read what I wrote. I think I gave a very detailed
report on my observations. I said why I thought it was a meteorite and
Mark and all,
What is the story on this meteorite.
Someone paid big bucks for it. Is it or is it not a meteorite.
Steve Schoner
AMS
IMCA #4470
From Mike Fowler, proud owner of Aventura del Monte
Chicago
ebay--starsandrocks
Hi Steve and List,
Although it has not been officially
Thanks for your e-mail Mike.
Clear Skies,
Mark
PS: I will respectfully e-mail you off list Steve.
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The whole thing stinks of posturing to me!
To me, it sounds extremely interesting, and I am anxious to read more! ( I
can't get enough of this stuff!)
Cheers,
Pete
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Antarctic comet dust
I didn't here either of those statements - but these are questions better
asked of Marvin.
Best wishes, Michael
on 7/12/06 5:06 PM, Greg Hupe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Michael,
If there was not an immediate and clear business plan to classify and/or
examine suspect
Hi All,
I spent a considerable amount of time both in Tucson with Marvin and
Dante and on the phone discussing the nature of the SWMC, all of which
I wrote about in the May 2006 issue of Meteorite Magazine.
Hopefully reading that article will make the mission of the Center
more clear to the
Ashley, Gail M. and Delaney, Jeremy S, 1999, If a meteorite of
Martian sandstone hit you on the head would you recognize it?
1999, Lunar and Planetary Science XXX, abstarct no. 1273
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1273.pdf
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:14:27 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
If a meteorite of
Martian sandstone hit you on the head would you recognize it?
I'm guessing no. Nor would you recognize your parents, a map of Florida, or
Harrison Ford.
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Hi,
You're right, of course. That kilo just slipped in
there unconciously.
Back on June 17, Darren Garrison posted this:
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_37571.shtml
300 tons of TNT. That's the kinetic energy of the meteoritic fireball
sighted
June 7th in Norway, according
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