[meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell In TheirCourtyardinIndia

[Martin Altmann]

Hi Chris,

and exactely Svend,

India has a long collecting tradition that rivals that from European
countries. That it also the reason for Indian falls ranking among the most
expensive meteorites in Cohen's and Ward's price lists.

Perhaps the list-member of India can give us some more historical hints
here.

Best,
Martin

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Svend Buhl
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TheirCourtyardinIndia

There are in fact. India has a long and successful record of recovering 
meteorites. The Museum of the Geological Survey of India in Calcutta hosts 
one the world's top collections. Each generation of scientists from the 
Geological Survey has contributed their part to the growing knowledge on 
meteorites and not only on those from their subcontinent. The brief 
bibliography attached to this paper may give you some idea: 
http://www.turnstone.ca/indmet.htm

Nonsense reports on false meteorite claims and common misconceptions have 
been and will always be repeated by the media, everywhere. My experience is 
that the number of journalists who don't "know a thing about meteoritics" 
outbalances the number of scientists who don't "know a thing about 
meteoritics" by far. And I assume that this phenomenon is not limited to 
India.

Best regards

Svend

www.niger-meteorite-recon.de


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell In TheirCourtyard

inIndia


> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that when "India" and "meteorite" 
> appear in the same story, it's going to be rubbish. I wonder if there's a 
> single "scientist" in India who knows a thing about meteoritics?
>
> Chris
>
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