This is basically a personal preference and how you want to organize your collection. Different people have different ideas on this topic. Each number has its own mass and official recogonition. Many are obviously paired but you still have an opportunity to own a main mass at a very low price. Personally, I call them "desert main masses" but that term is not a recogonized meteorite term. Many people love the idea of getting meteorites so cheap and can put up with incomplete scientific data for the 80% savings that they get and are happy with getting five times the meteoritic material at the same cost as another meteorite. Other people put more importance on the coordinates where they fell than on the meteorite itself and wouldent touch them. Maybe they are just so cheap that buying something at that price is beneath them. Whatever turns a person on I guess. But no matter what, collect what you like and how you like. Dont let somebody tell you how you are supposed to collect or enjoy your meteorites. You are collecting for you and not how somebody else thinks that the meteorite world should work. Each numbered NWA meteorite has an official (Or provisional if it is not classified) name and is recogonized seperately. If you have 300 different NWAs you have 300 seperately recogonized meteorites. Likely some will be paired. If you want to take this as different stones do so. If you like the idea of owning a main mass (even if it is Desert main mass) buy one. If you want likely paired NWAs buy them. If you put more importance on some imaginary line on a map drawn by man then dont. Its all a personal preference. If you do like all of the NWAs you can rest easy knowing that you are getting a tremendous price break for the small amount of left out information when you buy your meteorites. And the stones themselves are not somehow inferior just because the finder never had a GPS unit. The GPS unit dont come with the meteorites. When it fell the meteorite never had a GPS signal to follow. And there certainly will not be enough government funding to provite researcher time to get a better analysis of the NWA situation anytime soon or to study every H5 in detail. The important thing is that you buy what you enjoy (And finances permit) and you enjoy them how you want. There is no correct answer to your question. Its all a matter of personal preference. When you show somebody your collection you will have it displayed the way that you like best. Cheers DEAN >
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