On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:22:51 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > What is to stop someone from buying a nicer, low >weathered, unclassified NWA meteorite and >claiming/submitting it for analyzation and naming as a >find from a local desert- say in the western US?
I'd say, so what if they do? I agree there is SOME value in knowing WHERE a meteorite landed-- an idea of the total mass, an idea of the orbit-- but those are two of the least important, most cosmetic and incidental aspects of the meteorite. The main scientific value lies in the contents of the stone itself. So I would say that just about the only harm that would be done would be to the wallets of the collecters trying to get stones from specific locations. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
