Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-13 Thread GREG LINDH
Lindh - Original Message - From: Mal Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone? Since Paul mentioned this about material drying up on eBay

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-12 Thread PolandMET
Well, Dean, perhaps one should express it less pessimistic and alleviate apprehensions : The market will normalize again. == Normalizing not mean that this will be good time again. For the dealers got new stuff will be harder but prices will go up. For the collectors there will be lesss

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-12 Thread Mal Bishop
Since Paul mentioned this about material drying up on eBay, I've been wondering a little about this eBay seller called, 'jlacroix1' ( I've also followed/watched one or two others for the past month or so who seem to be following sort of the same pattern). Here's an example of what I'm

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-11 Thread dean bessey
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There used to be a good selection of pallasites and decent-sized irons rolling through ebay but it seemed to dry up a few months ago. It's downright pathetic lately. What's going on? I know that many people think that dealers have been making it up for the

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-11 Thread Martin Altmann
Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von dean bessey Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Mai 2007 21:37 An: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There used to be a good selection

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-11 Thread Mark Crawford
Hi Dean/list, Interesting post. This might sound like a naive question - humour me, I'm new to this - but can anyone give even an approximate answer to these questions? 1 - estimated TKW of /all/ meteorites known to have fallen, to date ...and, I guess, much more difficult: 2 - estimated

[meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-10 Thread valparint
There used to be a good selection of pallasites and decent-sized irons rolling through ebay but it seemed to dry up a few months ago. It's downright pathetic lately. What's going on? Paul Swartz __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Where have all the meteorites gone?

2007-05-10 Thread Michael Farmer
Paul, it is what I have been saying all along, they are drying up. The Russians are supplying little these days, the deserts are picked clean, the gold rush is almost over, and dealers like me (smart ones anyway) are hoarding bulk material, what little there is. Michael Farmer --- [EMAIL