[meteorite-list] Might Something Need To Be Done Department

[Darryl Pitt]

Hi Pat,

I believe that Allende continues to be the most studied meteorite for  
reasons that are intrinsic to Allende.  Also, far more Allende was  
recovered than initially reported:  there is easily more than an order  
of magnitude more Allende than Murchison.   /dp



On Feb 15, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Pat Brown wrote:

>
> Darryl and the list,
>
> That Allende is the most studied is in part due to luck. In what was  
> one of the best ways to spend our tax dolars, IMNSHO, the USA built  
> a team of the best scientists with the best tools to study the lunar  
> rocks. This team was all dressed up with no rocks to study, and  
> along comes Allende.
>
> The question, IMNSHO, is not: Why is Allende so inexpensive?, it is:  
> Why is Murchison is so much more expensive?
>
> Murchison TKW 100Kg per the Meteoritical Bulletin
> Allende TKW >100Kg per the Meteoritical Bulletin
>
> Anybody want to sell me some Murchison?
>
> Pat
> Scientific Lifestyle Meteorites
>
> --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Might Something Need To Be Done Department
>> To: "<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
>> >" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 10:25 AM
>> It seems odd, does it not, that the single most researched
>> meteorite (Allende) sells for only $10/g?
>>
>>
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