Hi, Keith, I'd figured there was enough banter amongst the group already, but here is a last ditch effort to provoke some thinking. We haven't met yet, but I'm a collector in Atlanta. While I don't necessarily think it was a "horrible end" for this particular meteorite, the point, generally speaking, is a quite good one to consider (not taking and distributing photographs, which I'm sure everyone very much appreciates). It is unfortunate that this business has a built-in financial incentive to cut meteorites into very small pieces for distribution (because there is a larger market for smaller pieces at a higher per-gram price many meteorites are essentially destroyed...this is a plain fact). I'm not a tree hugger by any stretch, and in the case of this particular meteorite specimen the principles may not fully apply. But the larger point might be that it is, in fact, truly "stupid" to call someone else stupid for opening up the dialogue. Isn't respectful collaboration and exchange the point of a list such as this, anyway? Best to all, Dave
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arizona Keith Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:58 PM To: M come Meteorite Meteorites; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day Hello List I can't understand why you think this is a horrible end for a meteorite. You can see the 3 dimensional Widmanstatten perfect and the shape of the troilite inclusions, better than in any 2D slice. No materiel was wasted in getting the cube shape, other than normal saw and grind waste, It was a large long brick, after removing several slices it's a cube. I think the Karl's did a great job. I'll post more later this week. Thanks for your time Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day > ARGH what horrible end for a meteorite.. > > Matteo > > ----- Original Message ----- > Da : "Arizona Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A : <[email protected]> > Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the > Day > Data : Sun, 3 Feb 2008 13:24:25 -0700 > >> Hello List >> >> I like to post a Tucson Show Meteorite photo of the Day >> >> Joachim and Moritz Karl 5.3 kg Cape York Cube, IIIAB om, >> Greenland, Found 1818. >> >> > http://www.geocities.com/arizonaviking2000/Tucsonshow2008cc199thecube.jpg >> >> On display in Mike Farmer room, at the Inns suites. >> >> Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did seeing it. >> >> Keith >> Chandler AZ >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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
