[meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

[Ma Lan]

Hi listees,

If the dealer, collector, dealer-collector or collector-dealer are defined as prior discussion, the question left for us is, HOW MANY?

Nobody knows a true number of them worldwidely. But i can provide an estimate number of Chinese dealers, collectors, dealer-collectors or whatever. According to my experience and instincts, the number of China men related to deal or collecting of meteorites is 80-100 or so. Most of them do activities within China only.

Best to all,
Ma Lan
Beijing China

--- On Fri, 7/11/08, M42protosun at aol.com <M42protosun at aol.com> wrote:

> From: M42protosun at aol.com <M42protosun at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:13 AM
> Good evening list,
> 
> In my mind, nobody can  give a true number of meteorite
> dealers.
> 
> Asume that we are talking only  about professionals. Are
> they all meteorite 
> dealers? I think no! You can sell a  meteorite only, if you
> have the sureness 
> that the piece is a meteorite.  Otherwise you are a mineral
> seller (dealer).
> 
> And that is the  problem!
> 
> There is no gapless tracking information about the most
> (small)  items.
> 
> 1. If a piece of rock contains chondrules it must  not be a
>  meteorite
> because some complex sediments or some porphyric contain 
> chondrule-like 
> pebbels
> 
> 2. igneous rock may have a fusion crust different  in color
> of its interieur,
> 
> 3. Haematite-Magnetite clusters can show on a  polished cut
> a hexagonale 
> texture like Widmanstaetten
> 
> 4. Regmaglypte-like  buckles can be on a piece of metal of
> a nade from WWII 
> time
> 
> 5. to be the  member of IMCA or other parties gives not the
> certitude for the 
> buyer, that he  will buy a meteorite.
> 
> Normally, if the gapless tracking is interrupted, a  new
> certificate must be 
> produced to start a new gapless tracking for the item.  But
> this is not given 
> in the market.
> 
> So, if you have found a number of  meteorite dealers,
> devide this by the 
> number of fingers you have. The result may  be an estimated
> value with a certain 
> trueth.
> 
> After beginning collecting  meteorites, I bought a lot of
> rebbish stuff for 
> expensive money. Now I have my  own small LAB for physical,
> chemical and 
> petrological researches. This gives me  some sureness that
> the seller from whom I 
> buy might be a true  METEORITE DEALER.
> 
> 
> Uwe  
> 
> 
> 
> 
>    
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