Thanks for filling me in, Mike. And yeah, it's quite unfortunate the situation down there,, and it's probably not going to change anytime in the near future...
Cheers ----------- -Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. ----- Original Message ---- From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> To: Alexander Seidel <[email protected]> Cc: Melanie Matthews <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 1:01:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT TO BE? Hi Alex and List, I know this question was directed at Melanie, but I was just talking about this to another collector, so I will say what I told him. There is a vicious and violent drug-war going on right now between the Mexican government and members of various drug cartels. The cartels are very brutal and do not care for outsiders or bystanders. They will kidnap, torture and shoot anyone who crosses their path. It is very unsafe to go out into the countryside away from the heavily-policed tourist areas. Just recently a meteorite hunter went missing from the area near the Allende fall and has not been heard from since. Best regards, MikeG On 8/31/10, Alexander Seidel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Melanie, > > could you please explain to me/us European(s) in a bit more detail, why you > think this is so down there in ole Mexico? > > On a sidenote: I heard and read from some European visitors of the latest > Tucson show that people use(d) to walk around there with guns ´n weapons for > their own protection. Is that just "normal practice" down South or elsewhere > in the country? > > Well, nothing but just a question.... > > Alex > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> Datum: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:19:37 -0700 (PDT) >> Von: Melanie Matthews <[email protected]> >> An: Adam Hupe <[email protected]>, Adam >> <[email protected]> >> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT TO BE? > >> Northern Mexico (were the deserts are) would be quite a dangerous place to >> hunt >> meteorites. >> >> >> ----------- >> -Melanie >> IMCA: 2975 >> eBay: metmel2775 >> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 >> >> I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Adam Hupe <[email protected]> >> To: Adam <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 8:03:58 AM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites, TO BE OR NOT TO BE? >> >> I think they will BE. As most scientists and knowledgeable collectors >> will tell >> >> you, a meteorite doesn't care where it lands. I think they will be >> greater >> appreciated when the economy gets better and there is very little left to >> argue >> about. They are not mere commodities as some would like you to think and >> they >> are not a readily renewable resource. I feel it was very fortunate for >> them to >> fall in Northwest Africa where the climate preserves them well and the >> world's >> best recovery team was there to collect them. The gold rush has been over >> for >> some time reaching its pinnacle a few years ago. It is time to find the >> next >> plateau, will it be the Mojave or Mexico? >> >> >> >> Happy Collecting. >> >> Adam >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ 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
