[meteorite-list] Another fake name, serious business

[mark ford]

Goes back to the point I made months ago, we need an industry standard
record card (a sort of 'meteorite passport') particularly for the more
valuable pieces, that way valuable info is preserved...

Mark Ford

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Grossman [mailto:jgrossman at usgs.gov] 
Sent: 17 November 2004 12:05
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another fake name, serious business

I don't know if this will help, but maybe it would be a good idea if you

dealers start keeping good records of how meteorites are divided and 
labeling specimens accordingly.  So when you get a new meteorite named
and 
you own the whole thing, begin numbering the subspecimens you prepare in

the way that JSC does, by adding a comma and a split number.  You can
then 
sell something as NWA 3133,10.  At least then an educated buyer could
tell 
the difference between a "pedigreed" sample and one with suspicious
origins.

I know this doesn't help for the thousands of NWA meteorites already
sold, 
but maybe this will help in future cases.

Jeff

Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Phone: (703) 648-6184   fax:   (703) 648-6383


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