People, it is 20 grams, OR 20%. 20 grams is the max you ever have to give for a meteorite to be accepted. A one ton meteorite needs 20 grams donated for the classification and curation sample. Of course, more would be appropriate. Michael Farmer --- Timothy Heitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Andi, > > What about a stone that is 5 grams? > > Tim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andreas Gren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Peter A Shugar'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Samples > > > Hi Pete > > 20% or 20g is the rule > > Andi > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Im Auftrag von Peter A > Shugar > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2007 18:24 > An: LIST > Betreff: [meteorite-list] Samples > > Hello Listies, > Maybe someone can answer this for me. > Where did the 20% value come from to classify a > meteorite? If a meteorite > were found > that, say , was 1.2 grams, unpaired with anything > else, then the sample must > needs be > .24 grams, if I've figured right. This is a very > significant portion of the > meteorite. > Then on the other hand should one be found that was > 1 ton, the sample would > be 400 > pounds. If a classification can be done with .24 > gram, why can't it be done > with a much > smaller piece of the 1 ton meteorite? > Just learning here, please bear with me. > Thanks, > Pete > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
