[meteorite-list] Meteorite market trends - a critical note

[GREG LINDH]

  Hi Darren,

  I couldn't agree with you more.  I love meteorites just because of what they are.....rocks from space.  I love all meteorites.  I, like you, wish that everyone had access to tons of meteorites of all kinds....I love all of them.  After a year and a half of collecting, my excitement for these rocks has not diminished.  Even if I could find hundreds of meteorites surrounding my home here in Arizona, my love for them would remain.
  I'd like to see a "crash" also.
  To all of you dealers.....sorry, but that's how I feel.

  Greg Lindh




> From: cynapse at charter.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market trends - a critical note
>
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:10:15 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>Sorry to see there are people out there that want the market to crash.
>>Not very realistic.
>
> Where did I say that the idea was realistic? Just how I wish things were...
>
>>If they were as common as rocks, I think they would loose quite a bit of
>>their appeal for many.
>
> Then to heck with those people. They ARE as common as rocks-- countless
> megatons of every type are available-- just a little difficult to access. I
> deeply rue, morn, lament, regret (where did I leave that thesarus) the primitive
> state of our colonization of space. I fundamentally wish that just about anyone
> with the urge could rent a spaceship and visit any and all meteorite parent
> bodies on the weekend and collect as much asteroidal/lunar/Martian material as
> they could carry (intestellar collecting trips would have to wait for longer
> vacations). The inability to do so truly, deeply saddens me, as does the
> inability to visit the geological past. So, yeah, I want pristene
> extraterrestrial material on Earth to be as cheap and common as a chunk of
> granite or limestone or quartz that you'd pick up in your front yard (depending
> on where you live). For the people that collect them because of "rarity" and
> how much they can sell them for, let them stick with pokemon, pogs, and Beanie
> Babies.
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