Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2016-04-19 Thread wahlperry--- via Meteorite-list
: ) -Original Message- From: Linton Rohr via Meteorite-list To: Jim Wooddell Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 2:10 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite Hi folks, I just came across this old thread

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2016-04-19 Thread Linton Rohr via Meteorite-list
ad forgotten that they're closed on Mondays. Argh. Next time for sure! Linton -Original Message- From: Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:55 PM To: Carl Agee Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list
Yep 100% agree. I'd go a step further and say data analysis/classification/curation of ALL meteoriteseven the little bitty ones. I got to tell you it's tough...very toughbeing a hunter...wanting to do the right thing getting finds classified and in curation. Especially when I a

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
Hi Jim, Just between you and me -- and everyone else on the internet -- I wish NASA would spend a tiny fraction of their ~$19B annual budget on the recovery, classification, curation, and data analysis on scientifically valuable meteorites originating outside of Antarctica. They spend piles of mon

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list
Hi Carl! I agree it is good where it's at. I really appreciated the opportunity to touch and see the Old Woman Meteorite. The girl in the office gave me the evil eye when I tried to roll it out of the BLM building! She thought I was joking around! ;) If there truly are additional pieces of t

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread Carl Agee via Meteorite-list
I think the Old Woman could be in worse hands. Last time I checked the Smithsonian was our county's repository for national treasures -- i.e., it belongs to all Americans. I certainly enjoyed seeing the full slice on my last visit there -- also good to know that the main mass is on display in Calif

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list
Hi Sonny, I thought the miners..or one of them passed? Let's go get it! Did they say how big the other pieces are? Jim On 5/21/2014 10:58 AM, wahlperry--- via Meteorite-list wrote: Hey Adam and list Not too many peoplehave the resources to fight the federal government. Just talk to themi

Re: [meteorite-list] Prices for SouthWest Dry Lake Finds??? Old Women Meteorite

2014-05-21 Thread wahlperry--- via Meteorite-list
Hey Adam and list Not too many peoplehave the resources to fight the federal government. Just talk to theminers that lost the Old Woman meteorite. With the Old Women Meteorite a second piece has been found. A third piece has also been found wedged under a large boulder half exposed. I have t