Hi Sean, Think of it like this. If you put the Earth in a giant blender, mix it all up, then take a shovel full, the ratio of precious metals would be higher than if you didn't blend it. In essence it would be like sampling a chondritic asteroid. Go to an asteroid or bring one back, every scoop is high in rare earth elements because it is not differentiated and is equal to the solar ratio. That's the way I understand it. If I'm off someone correct me please.
Sincerely, Larry Atkins IMCA # 1941 Ebay alienrockfarm -----Original Message----- From: Sean Brooks via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 4, 2016 9:27 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Mining Asteroids Hello Listers, Over the years there's been a lot of talk about mining asteroids for gold, diamonds, platinum and other valuable metals. There are groups forming companies, looking for investors and finding them. What I'm wondering is if all that treasure is out there wouldn't we already have found it in the tens of thousands of meteorite samples we know about within the meteorite community? I realize we've found nano diamonds and nickel along with the iron group material but is there any thing indicating that there's any reason to justify the expense of an space mining operation? If I'm wrong about what we've already found in meteorite samples please correct me. Any thoughts? Sean Brooks #7781 ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
