[meteorite-list] Questions regarding Unclassified meteorite sales

[Martin Altmann]

Good point,

I have no idea, what the gram-price for an Antarctic meteorite would be, but
to me it seems, that the ANSMET searches are a little bit more sumptuous,
than to have travelled to Morocco to buy ALL stuff in bulk.

The original strewnfield information is lost also with the Antarctic stuff,
as it was transported by the movement of the ice.

Cheers!
Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Göran Axelsson" <axelsson at acc.umu.se>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Questions regarding Unclassified meteorite
sales


> If it was such a loss to science that unclassified NWA:s were traded,
> don't you think some scientist would apply for a grant to buy it in bulk
> from the Moroccans?
> I haven't heard about any expedition to Morocco by NASA scientists so I
> guess this isn't a big problem.
>
> The only data lost is pairing and location. Any interesting stone that
> is cut will probably get into the hands of scientists.
>
> Personally I would be glad to leave type samples of every unclassified
> NWA in my possession for classification. Anyone interested?
>
> /Göran
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