[meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy

[Peter Marmet]

Hello Norbert, Adam, Marcin and All,

it seems I didn't make myself very clear. I have absolutely nothing  
against the term:
This one is kind of a Rosetta Stone for this and this...or some sort  
of a Missing Link...or some
kind of a Smoking Gun for...but what makes me feel similar as Marcin,  
was the following:

The finders sold their NWA 908 for years under the name NWA  
908...suddenly NWA 908 is THE(!) Rosetta Stone
which means THE ONE AND ONLY....

...ok, the main reason why I wrote this e-mail
was to get more info about this rather special / stunning /  
fantastic / one of it's kind lithology story!
... Adam wrote:  that displays two (2) lithologies
...Norbert wrote: displaying three (3) distinct lithologies

Very interested to hear more about this unique meteorite...
not very keen to hear more about what names are legal / honest /  
ethical and
which are not...sorry, if I started this debate!

Peter




Norbert Classen wrote:

> Dear Marcin,
>
> I didn't use that term for marketing reasons, and it is not a  
> synonym for
> Dhofar 908 in general but I just used it for the 81g main mass of  
> Dhofar
> 908, displaying three distinct lithologies linking previous finds  
> together.
> That's why I called it a Rosetta stone. Back in 2003 virtually  
> nobody was
> willing to believe that e.g. Dhofar 489, and Dhofar 305 did belong  
> to one
> and the same (ancient) fall. That's not the same thing as calling  
> it "Donald
> Duck", it's a linguistic ploy to express something of scientific  
> meaning...
> Do you think Baker and Bizzaro used their analogy as a marketing  
> ploy, or
> just because the liked the funny name?
>
> BTW, as to my knowledge neither Adam nor I did use the Rosetta  
> stone analogy
> without making it very clear that we were talking about Dhofar 908,  
> not in
> general, but in respect to a certain stone/fragment of Dhofar 908,  
> and its
> special history/properties.
>
> And, as for the monetary "value" of certain specimens: do you think  
> that a
> specimen of, let's say normal Zagami will demand the same resale  
> price as a
> specimen with dual lithologies, including the DML (dark mottled  
> lithology)
> of Zagami? You are correct, the "meteorite will stay the same", but  
> I fear
> you won't get the latter one, cheap. And: if you know of a source  
> who sells
> dual-lith Zagami at the price of normal Zagami, just give me a  
> call :-)
>
> My 3 lithologies,
> Norbert
>
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> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy
>
> Dear list members.
> Every meteorite is special.
>
> For me is better to call meteorite with his official name even if  
> this is
> ugly NWA 9999999 name, than create some unreal "marketing" names  
> that have
> nothing to do with meteorites. I see only one reason for this,  
> better sales
> becouse of better name. If we call it Rosetta Stone,  Louis  
> Michelle or
> Donald Duck or Shrek, meteorite will stay the same and not become more
> importand or rare.
>
> Thats my two CH3nt's
>
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