[meteorite-list] New Collector Card Series

[joseph_town at att.net]

Creative use of waste materials. Very good. Scarcity of material will not allow for mass production? Will each card have it's own classification #? How can collectors be sure that your dust is pure cutting slop? Pure to each designation made by you alone.

Garbage, hogwash and hype.

Bill


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From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
> Thanks Ed,
> 
> Stonehenge was selected as an icon because it is a well-known ancient 
> observatory where both the Lunar and Maritain cycles were witnessed among 
> other celestial bodies. As a matter of fact, the table stone in the center 
> of Stonehenge is used to track the Moon.
> 
> I have had outside interest in mass producing a similar series but this 
> simply isn't possible. There is no automated way of depositing the aliquot 
> in the sample bay due to variability so this was done manually, a very time 
> consuming process. Also, the scarcity of planetary material available to 
> such a project would not allow for mass production. I priced all of the 
> cards the same although my costs exceeded that of production in a few cases. 
> The Artwork alone added a considerable amount to my costs.  The nice thing 
> is that I got a new logo out of the deal.
> 
> I only produced 50 of each to see what happens.  In all honesty, any revenue 
> generated by this project will come no where near close to offsetting the 
> costs of cutting loses. I just thought it would be a fun project and a good 
> way to distribute small fragments/cutting dust in a presentable package. It 
> took me over 5 years to collect sterile cutting dust or small fragments from 
> 12 different planetary meteorites. It is the least expensive way for many to 
> actually own a piece of the Moon or Mars, assemble an SNC set or own a piece 
> of both the Highlands and Mare regions of the Moon plus I think they are 
> cool!
> 
> Take Care,
> 
> Adam
>  
> 
> 
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