Hi listees, If the dealer, collector, dealer-collector or collector-dealer are defined as prior discussion, the question left for us is, HOW MANY?
Nobody knows a true number of them worldwidely. But i can provide an estimate number of Chinese dealers, collectors, dealer-collectors or whatever. According to my experience and instincts, the number of China men related to deal or collecting of meteorites is 80-100 or so. Most of them do activities within China only. Best to all, Ma Lan Beijing China --- On Fri, 7/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:13 AM > Good evening list, > > In my mind, nobody can give a true number of meteorite > dealers. > > Asume that we are talking only about professionals. Are > they all meteorite > dealers? I think no! You can sell a meteorite only, if you > have the sureness > that the piece is a meteorite. Otherwise you are a mineral > seller (dealer). > > And that is the problem! > > There is no gapless tracking information about the most > (small) items. > > 1. If a piece of rock contains chondrules it must not be a > meteorite > because some complex sediments or some porphyric contain > chondrule-like > pebbels > > 2. igneous rock may have a fusion crust different in color > of its interieur, > > 3. Haematite-Magnetite clusters can show on a polished cut > a hexagonale > texture like Widmanstaetten > > 4. Regmaglypte-like buckles can be on a piece of metal of > a nade from WWII > time > > 5. to be the member of IMCA or other parties gives not the > certitude for the > buyer, that he will buy a meteorite. > > Normally, if the gapless tracking is interrupted, a new > certificate must be > produced to start a new gapless tracking for the item. But > this is not given > in the market. > > So, if you have found a number of meteorite dealers, > devide this by the > number of fingers you have. The result may be an estimated > value with a certain > trueth. > > After beginning collecting meteorites, I bought a lot of > rebbish stuff for > expensive money. Now I have my own small LAB for physical, > chemical and > petrological researches. This gives me some sureness that > the seller from whom I > buy might be a true METEORITE DEALER. > > > Uwe > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
