Goes back to the point I made months ago, we need an industry standard record card (a sort of 'meteorite passport') particularly for the more valuable pieces, that way valuable info is preserved...
Mark Ford -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Grossman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 November 2004 12:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another fake name, serious business I don't know if this will help, but maybe it would be a good idea if you dealers start keeping good records of how meteorites are divided and labeling specimens accordingly. So when you get a new meteorite named and you own the whole thing, begin numbering the subspecimens you prepare in the way that JSC does, by adding a comma and a split number. You can then sell something as NWA 3133,10. At least then an educated buyer could tell the difference between a "pedigreed" sample and one with suspicious origins. I know this doesn't help for the thousands of NWA meteorites already sold, but maybe this will help in future cases. Jeff Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society) US Geological Survey 954 National Center Reston, VA 20192, USA Phone: (703) 648-6184 fax: (703) 648-6383 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
