[meteorite-list] New Canadian Meteorite

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Greg and All,

I agree Greg, and likewise I hope the Canadian  Government Researchers are 
making their GPS coordinates of all their finds  available to private hunters so 
that the private hunters can compile data into  their GPS units to be able to 
get all the meteorites recovered from within the  strewnfield.

I totally agree with Greg, this is a great opportunity for  scientists, 
hunters and collectors to work together.
 
In fact, if the government employees would publicly state how much they  
would be willing to buy, and at what price they will pay, agreeing to let the  
rest go through the export permit process without challenge would be a great  
help too.  If local land owners and hunters would know what the values  would be, 
then better decisions could be made for everyone involved.
 
Quotes in the newspapers that there "could be millions of dollars of  
meteorites on the ground" and that a head sized rock "could be worth $50,000" or  
that a "1 kilo rock is worth $10,000" is all nice, but it is so vague as to what  
the real values are that I am sure the locals are a bit confused right now. 
 
Letting the locals cash in on the finds will only help more Canadians in  
future falls get excited about going out and hunting too.
 
It will turn out bad if all the locals think that if 500,000 g are found  
that they can automatically expect to get $5,000,000 (or more) out of it, then  
the government ends up only buying a kilo's worth and then no one else is  
interested in paying anything 6 months from now because a new fall (or 2 or  3) 
will have diverted everyone's attention elsewhere.

Letting all the  kilos of Tagish Lake fall to the bottom of the lake when the 
thaw came was an  embarrassment for all the people claiming they were "acting 
in the best interest  of science by not sharing the information."  Here is 
their chance to  redeem themselves, while the world is watching.

If there is indeed  thousands of stones, weighing hundreds of kilos total, 
there is no way a single  college professor/researcher will be able to hunt the 
entire strewnfield... even  if he took a 10 year sabbatical to keep hunting.

But with cooperation  with the private hunters, there is a chance that many 
if not most could be found  in a short period of time, maybe in a year or two.

We will see what  happens...

Steve Arnold #1
www.SteveArnoldMeteorites.com  



In a message dated 12/5/2008 12:46:39 P.M. Central Standard  Time, 
gmhupe at htn.net writes:
Hello All,

I hope all who are finding  material from the new Canadian meteorite fall are 
sending their GPS  coordinates to the investigating scientists so they can 
compile the data  into their databases to get the best possible length and 
width of the  strewnfield. Not only that, it is a great opportunity for 
scientists,  hunters and collectors to work together!

Congratulations to Sonny,  McCartney and all who have already found some of 
this new  chondrite!!

Best regards,
Greg
 
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