..and I second that notion. Altough I strongly disagree that the price of the new WI material, especially individual stones, will come down considerably over time. The number of stones recovered so far doesn't even come close to that of Buzzard Coulee, or even Ash Creek for that matter. Which also explains why there have been no offers of whole stones for the school project. There simply aren't enough of them to meet the demand... and there never will be.
Ryan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Matson, Robert D." <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:58 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion Hi Anne, I completely agree. It is actually foolish to use donated funds -- at this time -- to purchase stones from the latest Wisconsin fall. Very little bang for the buck. For the same money, you could buy an NWA chondrite over 100 times larger that is nearly as fresh-looking. I think a far better use for the limited funds would be a modest variety of medium-sized, relatively inexpensive meteorites. For the cost of one tiny, unimpressive specimen from the lastest Wisconsin fall, you could instead purchase and donate a large iron, a pallasite or mesosiderite, an ordinary chondrite *AND* an achondrite. --Rob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion Michael, If I may make a suggestion........... Lets think about Meteorites in general, rather than just one Wisconsin meteorite. Since you now have about $750.00, buy an assortment of reasonably priced, classified, known meteorites. Maybe a Canyon Diablo, a small Brenham, a couple stonies with different classification. No crumbs, large enough pieces so they can see what a metorite looks like, and how many different types there are. That would lead to a much better understanding of meteorites, than just one small stone. If you decided to do that, I am quite sure you would find more offers and more help. In fact, I would be willing to help you with donations. And if you really insist on getting them a piece of the Wisconsin stone, then I suggest you wait 6 months to a year, when more stones have been found, and the price has gone down. As it always does with new falls, particularly when it is an ordinary chondrite; look at Buzzard Coulee: $40/g during the Tucson Show, $10/g now. What do you think? Anne M. Black ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
