Darren- In a sense- you are right. But in another aspect- the find location and historical link is also part indivdual preferences. Heck- even Walter Branch and I agreed one time that the diversity and originality of names of the locations can add some excitement and wonder to the piece. You have a good point- but also- why pay $10 a gram for piece when in reality it could have been bought for a $1 a gram. And be mislead.... There was a comic to this effect one time in Meteorite magazine. Mike
--- Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
