[meteorite-list] a reply to Hupe and Farmer

[stan .]

>But:
>
>To claim a Lunar or Martian is a better piece than the mysterious world of
>Vesta, that Diogenites, Eucrites and by extension Howardites are not on par 
>with
>"planetary" specimens than those more common ones from the Moon which isn't 
>a
>planet by definition, that maybe they do not offer equally or more clues to
>the genesis of the Solar system...Finally, quality examples of those 
>classes
>are probably more rare on Earth, and further away to get - over 400 kg of 
>moon
>rocks are available to study.


Awww come on Doug. what would you rather crash through the roof of your 
house right now - a 100 kg nose cone orientated lunar / planetary or an HED? 
even if you like HEds better that 100 kg of moon rock could buy you a TON of 
HEDs - literally speaking ofcourse. I like HEDs to, but there is no question 
that the planetary stuff is better to have! :)