Hi MikeG and List
Your points are well taken. You are correct in that the Internet has opened
up the world for direct communication and sales, not only for meteorites,
but everything on Earth (and new visitors from space)! That is a good thing!
This is not the point of discussion in this thread, but a good subject all
the same.
Getting back on track...Here are just a couple examples of single-stone NWA
meteorites with zero pairings:
NWA 482 Lunar (its been over 10 years since its discovery)
NWA 998 Martian (one stone with a few interlocking pieces)
NWA 1195 Martian (one stone in two pieces)
NWA 1459 Olivine Diogenite
skipping ahead a little...
NWA 4468 Martian
NWA 4472 Lunar
NWA 5000 Lunar
....and the list goes on, and these are only a couple of single-stone NWA
classifications we have dealt with. I should have written in my first reply,
"...discovered by me, Adam and others throughout [time with the help of
finders like nomads in the case of some NWA's]."
With all of the different nomads, NWA dealers and foreign hunters in
Northwest Africa, any 'pairings' would have certainly appeared by now,
especially considering planetary meteorites where the original finders went
back time and time again without further finds, like in the case of NWA 482,
being the oldest in my list above. People complain about "no strewnfield
information" when it comes to NWA's, but since the NWA finders DO keep track
of their find data, they are able to find more of a meteorite, IF there is
more to be found. I would venture to say that the NWA data will come out
eventually once the hunters there decide to release it. Sure we may never
receive this data from some of the NWA finders, but I would hope the more
responsible people in NWA will encourage their friends to offer up this data
eventually, adding to the scientific 'value' of the strewnfield. Time will
tell...
Best regards,
Greg
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <[email protected]>
To: "Greg Hupe" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Meteorites USA" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 6292 (BRA) IS paired to NWA 5400 !
Hi Greg and List,
I wasn't trying to take a shot at anyone. But the marketplace has
changed, even in the brief 3 years I have been active on it. There
was a time, not long ago, that the number of stateside dealers who
bought directly from the Moroccan sources could be counted on two
hands - not counting buying from a wholesaler at a show like Tucson.
10 years ago, how many people were wiring money to the Moroccans for
Fed-Ex packages full of meteorites that were destined for resale? I
would wager that it was not very many compared to now. On Facebook
alone, there are no less than 2 dozen overseas and Moroccan dealers
who are selling directly to the end collector. These sellers know
they can get more money for their stones by selling to a newbie dealer
or end collector, than selling to a veteran dealer. I wasn't taking a
shot at NWA 5400 or the Hupes. I think that nowadays, any meteorite
that is offered to one dealer, is going to be offered to several
dealers and collectors - to maximize profit. Our overseas friends are
eager students of capitalism and they are simply applying the same
lessons they have learned after years of watching their stones get
sold for pennies on the dollar and then flipped onto the market of end
collectors for a profit. This is happening more and more now.
Speaking from personal experience, I have now processed (sliced and
polished) a new NWA meteorite from 2 independent Moroccan sources.
Guess what? It's the same meteorite and there is a 3rd dealer
offering this same material. All 3 meteorites are exactly the same
and have 3 different NWA numbers. Of course, I am making a casual
pairing based on handling the material and I cannot say for certain
they are exactly the same without microprobe and/or O-isotope. But
from talking to these dealers, each one had no idea that other dealers
were being offered the same material. Each one thought they were
getting an exclusive deal.
If I am an overseas source, I know I will get more money per gram for
my stones if I sell them to a collector on Facebook versus selling
them to a seasoned dealer like Adam or Greg. Now that this fact is
well known, the genie is out of the bottle. Exclusivity for NWA finds
is dead.
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 9/28/10, Greg Hupe <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Eric and All,
MikeG wrote:
"So, if NWA 5400 turned up in the Hupe inventory, you can bet your bottom
dollar that the same meteorite will show up in other dealer inventories
under a different NWA number(s)."
MikeG obviously made a hip-shot, knee-jerk uninformed comment.
Considering
there are plenty of single stone classifications discovered by
me, Adam and other people throughtout. At least some people are finally
discussing that
in order to make an NWA 5400 pairing, oxygen isotope work MUST be
completed, period!! This has been my argument from Day 1 when "NWA 5363"
was
claimed as a pairing without any oxygen work being performed!
People need to go back and re-read my very first announcement of NWA
5400,
and then my first comments about "NWA 5363". As mentioned in my last
email
regarding this thread, I do not feel I need to keep harping on these
facts.
I appreciate a few cool heads making these statements on their own,
refreshing to know a few people still understand the value of patience
and
thorough work!
Best regards,
Greg
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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
[email protected]
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
====================
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Meteorites USA" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 6292 (BRA) IS paired to NWA 5400 !
What do you mean, am I reading this right? You assume because 1 person
has a piece of a rare meteorite that it's an absolute that more of that
meteorite exists?
This certainly doesn't take into account single meteorite
classifications at all. Are you saying the EVERY NWA ever classified has
a pairing? Because that's what this sounds like.
Regards,
Eric
On 9/28/2010 12:36 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
So, if
NWA 5400 turned up in the Hupe inventory, you can bet your bottom
dollar that the same meteorite will show up in other dealer
inventories under a different NWA number(s).
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