[meteorite-list] slabbed meteorites

[stan .]

>I was attempting to be sarcastic.

ah - it's late here too and i must have missed it.

>  I mistook Bill's comments to be an attack
>on profiteering.  I'd rather pay the $7/g because I know there's a lot of
>value added from of all the effort it takes to have the testing, cutting
>etc. done.  I'd rather spend what free time I do have on prospecting and
>meteorite hunting around here (and so have that lower paying stable job 
>most
>of us settle for) and leave Morocco to those who have the necessary drive 
>it
>takes to succeed.

FWIW you dont have to be a hard core meteorite dealer with 30 trips overseas 
under your belt to be able to buy out of morocco.. it's something that 
really anyone can do.