Creative use of waste materials. Very good. Scarcity of material will not allow for mass production? Will each card have it's own classification #? How can collectors be sure that your dust is pure cutting slop? Pure to each designation made by you alone.
Garbage, hogwash and hype. Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks Ed, > > Stonehenge was selected as an icon because it is a well-known ancient > observatory where both the Lunar and Maritain cycles were witnessed among > other celestial bodies. As a matter of fact, the table stone in the center > of Stonehenge is used to track the Moon. > > I have had outside interest in mass producing a similar series but this > simply isn't possible. There is no automated way of depositing the aliquot > in the sample bay due to variability so this was done manually, a very time > consuming process. Also, the scarcity of planetary material available to > such a project would not allow for mass production. I priced all of the > cards the same although my costs exceeded that of production in a few cases. > The Artwork alone added a considerable amount to my costs. The nice thing > is that I got a new logo out of the deal. > > I only produced 50 of each to see what happens. In all honesty, any revenue > generated by this project will come no where near close to offsetting the > costs of cutting loses. I just thought it would be a fun project and a good > way to distribute small fragments/cutting dust in a presentable package. It > took me over 5 years to collect sterile cutting dust or small fragments from > 12 different planetary meteorites. It is the least expensive way for many to > actually own a piece of the Moon or Mars, assemble an SNC set or own a piece > of both the Highlands and Mare regions of the Moon plus I think they are > cool! > > Take Care, > > Adam > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list