LOL if Adam and I are in 100% agreement there MUST be something to said
about the issue. I strongly suggest members of the hobby start writting
letters to authors or editors of these sort of articles
I think 20% or 20 grams is pretty generous. Some dealers exceed this
expectation and others don't. The ones that don't should be forced to
adhere
or lose official status on their stones.
incase anyone wasnt aware the 20 grams or 20% rule isnt an actual rule but a
guideline. If you are simply unwilling to provide the required amount shop
around for labs to classify the material. say you get a wickedly orientated
rock that you suspect to be martian - it's 99% crusted and you dont want to
cut into the flow lines int he front or the bubbling crust on the back. Find
a researcher who is willing to do the work and when they submit the
classification they can simply apeal to the nomcom to waive the type
specimin deposit requirement. If it's a choice between securing what is
avalible of a valuble meteorite for science and meeting some arbitrary
donation threshold the right thing to do should be obvious. I wouldnt
suggest that this proceedure should be abused, but in some rare cases it
simply doesnt make sense to cut a meteorite to satisfy some guideline.
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