Hi Mike, I strongly agree with your post, and in particular this statement,
"It's a fun and positive thing that laymen can become involved in science in an indirect way that produces real results. And this is also another example of how find coordinates for some meteorites is secondary to more important secrets the specimens hold. In this particular case, the find coordinates are not fundamental to the discovery." Thanks for sharing that with us, John Higgins IMCA # 9822 ----- Original Message ---- From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> To: Meteorite List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 11:50:31 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Private involvement helping science Hi List, I don't want to re-open the debate between science and laymen over the involvement of private meteorite hunters. But I think something should be pointed out in regards to the recent development about the age of the solar system (story linked below). This story is a perfect example of how private involvement can benefit meteoritics and science as a whole. This NWA meteorite has yielded some potentially-valuable data, and the stone was made available by private nomad hunters and private collector/dealers. Without private involvement, this meteorite would still be laying undiscovered in the desert and possibly buried forever by the marching dunes, or left to suffer the fate of terrestrialization as a part of desert pavement. It's a fun and positive thing that laymen can become involved in science in an indirect way that produces real results. And this is also another example of how find coordinates for some meteorites is secondary to more important secrets the specimens hold. In this particular case, the find coordinates are not fundamental to the discovery. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=meteorite-nugget-pushes-back-age-of-2010-08-23 Best regards, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ 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
