Hello Martin and Listers,
Martin I liked a couple points you brought up in this post and liked the one
about institutions and collectors..
and there STILL some curators exist who seriously state, that commercial
trade and private hunting/collecting would cause damage to science
I feel
How about prices for meteorites on Ebay? Surely the landowners can see this
and the dollar signs begin rolling in their minds.
When I started searching back in the late 1960's it was a handshake
agreement. And meteorites went for mere dollars per/pound. No one, except
the scientific
Steve,
Speaking of Bob Haag and eating meteorites.
The day Bob returned from Carancas with our meteorites. I asked if he had
gotten sick like all of the others while down there.
Without missing a beat, He replied NO and then took a pinch of the dust from
the bottom of the box and stuffed it
Oh Steve,
what a mythical transfiguration...
Of course I hear always Allende, Allende, Allende - when it comes about the
golden ages.
Steve, Allende is THE exception in history. A 3 tons stone fall, producing
myriads and myriads of small individuals, never happened before in
historical times
Hi Martin, Steve and List,
Martin said - This we will hear in a hundred-voiced chorus in 10
years from now about the
period of 2000-2010, the REAL golden times of meteoritics...
So true. And this illustrates the gap (Grand Canyon sometimes)
between the pre-NWA collectors and the newer class of
Hi Mike,
each time has its people, its meteorites and its stories.
And it's very important IMHO to know and to remember the stories.
Look Mike, if only those strange people trying to ban and to regulate every
meteoritic activities would know these stories!!
Then we wouldn't have all that
Hi Mike,
I changed my pills. And saw how stupid I am. (o.k. that isn't really new).
We simply have to switch the perspective!
10 years ago, if a dealer sold 1 gram of Moon in a month and nothing else,
than he had a good life,
and when he did so 15 years ago, a very very good one.
Or 10grams
Hi Martin,
No worries. Take the pill that is filled with lunar dust and your
senses will return. ;)
The anti-collector attitude that you speak of is a common affliction
in society today - not just with meteorites. What I mean is this -
sometimes it is much easier to point fingers at others
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