[meteorite-list] Samples

[Dave Carothers]

Are there that many meteorites being found in Nevada and California to "clog 
the whole system"?

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "JKGwilliam" <h3chondrite at cox.net>; "Mark Crawford" <mark at meteorites.cc>
Cc: "'AL Mitterling'" <almitt at kconline.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Samples


>A major part of the problem are the people hunting in
> Nevada/California, submitting every 2 or 3 gram
> chondrite they find, it has clogged the whole system.
> Michael Farmer
> --- JKGwilliam <h3chondrite at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I know that many of the Arizona meteorite hunters
>> had loyalties to
>> University of Arizona and/or Arizona State
>> University in the
>> past.   Several years ago, it wasn't unusual to get
>> a classification
>> (free) done in just a few months depending on who
>> you knew at which
>> school and what you relationship to them was. The
>> Arizona
>> universities were excited to see more Arizona
>> material start showing
>> up. But as time went by and meteorite hunting
>> popularity increased,
>> so did  the amount of material submitted to labs for
>>
>> classification.  I don't know if I'm right, but I
>> suppose that the
>> meteorite scientists might have lost their interest
>> in the common
>> stuff after seeing so much of it.  Prior to that,
>> there was very
>> little material submitted for classification.
>>
>> Just my opinion,
>> John
>> At 12:17 PM 12/29/2007, Mark Crawford wrote:
>> >John/list,
>> >
>> >At the risk of sounding naive, why /wouldn't/ you
>> pay for
>> >professional classification?  If Bessey's fee of
>> around $80 is
>> >typical (and I admit, I don't know if that's the
>> case), why would
>> >you risk lost samples or interminable delays?  Why
>> not just add an
>> >extra buck/gramme to the sale price?
>> >
>> >I guess what I'm asking is, what's the
>> non-financial reason for
>> >lodging with a non-fee-charging establishment?  Do
>> 'professional'
>> >labs only validate a limited range of types (eg -
>> Bathurst don't do
>> >irons)? Do you have no say over where the type
>> specimen gets lodged?
>> >
>> >Mark
>> >
>> >
>> >JKGwilliam wrote:
>> >>I suppose the only solution is to pay for the
>> classification
>> >>services so true "professionals" will be handling
>> your
>> >>specimen.  Please don't misunderstand my use of
>> the word
>> >>"professional."  I'm talking about scientists who
>> are also business
>> >>professionals.
>>
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