...sorry, should be DHOFAR 908, not NWA!
Peter
Peter Marmet wrote:
Hello Norbert, Adam, Marcin and All,
it seems I didn't make myself very clear. I have absolutely nothing
against the term:
This one is kind of a Rosetta Stone for this and this...or some
sort of a Missing Link...or some
kind of a Smoking Gun for...but what makes me feel similar as
Marcin, was the following:
The finders sold their NWA 908 for years under the name NWA
908...suddenly NWA 908 is THE(!) Rosetta Stone
which means THE ONE AND ONLY....
...ok, the main reason why I wrote this e-mail
was to get more info about this rather special / stunning /
fantastic / one of it's kind lithology story!
... Adam wrote: that displays two (2) lithologies
...Norbert wrote: displaying three (3) distinct lithologies
Very interested to hear more about this unique meteorite...
not very keen to hear more about what names are legal / honest /
ethical and
which are not...sorry, if I started this debate!
Peter
Norbert Classen wrote:
Dear Marcin,
I didn't use that term for marketing reasons, and it is not a
synonym for
Dhofar 908 in general but I just used it for the 81g main mass of
Dhofar
908, displaying three distinct lithologies linking previous finds
together.
That's why I called it a Rosetta stone. Back in 2003 virtually
nobody was
willing to believe that e.g. Dhofar 489, and Dhofar 305 did belong
to one
and the same (ancient) fall. That's not the same thing as calling
it "Donald
Duck", it's a linguistic ploy to express something of scientific
meaning...
Do you think Baker and Bizzaro used their analogy as a marketing
ploy, or
just because the liked the funny name?
BTW, as to my knowledge neither Adam nor I did use the Rosetta
stone analogy
without making it very clear that we were talking about Dhofar
908, not in
general, but in respect to a certain stone/fragment of Dhofar 908,
and its
special history/properties.
And, as for the monetary "value" of certain specimens: do you
think that a
specimen of, let's say normal Zagami will demand the same resale
price as a
specimen with dual lithologies, including the DML (dark mottled
lithology)
of Zagami? You are correct, the "meteorite will stay the same",
but I fear
you won't get the latter one, cheap. And: if you know of a source
who sells
dual-lith Zagami at the price of normal Zagami, just give me a
call :-)
My 3 lithologies,
Norbert
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Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy
Dear list members.
Every meteorite is special.
For me is better to call meteorite with his official name even if
this is
ugly NWA 9999999 name, than create some unreal "marketing" names
that have
nothing to do with meteorites. I see only one reason for this,
better sales
becouse of better name. If we call it Rosetta Stone, Louis
Michelle or
Donald Duck or Shrek, meteorite will stay the same and not become
more
importand or rare.
Thats my two CH3nt's
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