[meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder

[Michael Farmer]

Oh come on Doug, 

Ratty old Moroccan chondrites, I hope it was a rotted out one, but still, it
will fascinate hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps turn stamp
collectors to meteorites, and at minimum, get meteorites in the news (which
it already has). Heck, certainly no worse than orangutan carvings.....
No harm, no foul, I have already ordered a pile of them.
Mike Farmer

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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:27 PM
To: baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite
Powder

En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 1:26:22 PM Mexico Standard Time, 
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov escribe:

<< Six hundred thousand copies of the stamp have been made so far. Each
 stamp will contain 0.03g of star dust, the Austrian Post Office said on
 Thursday. >>

Hot cross buns, hurry up and get 'em.  Thirty-three thousand to go and the 
19Kg's will all be dust.  I feel bad about this this one.  Even if you like
the 
idea, it can only enrage the fire of the backlash in the world of saving 
meteorites for posterity.  To each his own, I guess.  How very stupid to
pulverize 
a meteorite beyond recognition to encourage stamp collecting.  I'll stick to

edelweiss, and not change my opinion of the disproportionate amount of great

contributions Austrians have made to the world.  No sale here...
Saludos, Doug
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