Hi Mike, Actually, that is a good question. Aside from personal ethics, I don't know of any objective analysis which can verify a given location. Anyone else?
-Walter --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Groetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 7:22 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Substitution- What if... > Good (COLD and WINDY) Evening from Ohio- > I have been wondering this all weekend and trying > to come up with some logical answers myself- but so > far am at a loss. > And I sincerely hope this question does not give > anyone ideas. People on this list are generally more > than trustworthy so I'm going to ask it. > 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 know there is nothing to actually stop someone > from trying - but I wonder if part of the lab > analyzation includes typical surface weathering > features for the area, soil type, etc. relating to the > location of claim? > I'm hoping there are reasons that this would be > caught and stopped- would anyone on the list know? > > Thank you > Mike > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > http://my.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > 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
