If the lab says it's paired, then I would have thought you could sell it as paired with xxx ... no-one can argue you haven't done the right thing. I think the problem comes when someone claims a pairing without getting it looked at, at all.
MF -----Original Message----- From: Herbert Raab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2004 17:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, & NomCom Mark Ford wrote: > It's quite simple, if you don't know where it comes from and it > hasn't been classified then its 'unclasssifed' ... Unfortunately, it is not that simple. As I wrote in my previous message, the stone was sent to a major lab for classification. They cut off a type specimen, made a thin section, and classified the stone accordingly. The result was that it is paired to another NWA chondrite that already has (at least) three separate numbers. So the lab said they won't bother to add yet another number to the very same material. But as the stone has already sereval designations, I can at least take a choice with which dealer I want to get in trouble about "stolen" NWA numbers... ;^) Best greetings, Herbert ______________________________________________ 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