[meteorite-list] AD - material from the 2008TC3 Asteroid, availability of the meteorite Almahata Sitta Ureilite-an

[Matthias Bärmann]

Thanks, Richard, for making this clear. Well, without your keeping eyes wide 
open ... In any case, in my opinion you necessarily should own a piece of 
this meteorite.

My very best,

Matthias


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: "Meteoritenliste" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Stephan 
Kambach" <stephan.kambach at freenet.de>; "Matthias Bärmann" 
<majbaermann at web.de>
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - material from the 2008TC3 
Asteroid,availability of the meteorite Almahata Sitta Ureilite-an



Hello Matthias,

thank you for your kind words.


I just want to be clear here; I discovered 2008 TC3, but I had nothing to do 
with finding or collecting the meteorites now called Almahata Sitta.

As far as I know, very few of the original meteorites collected by 
Jenniskens, Muawia Shaddad and the students of the University of Khartoum 
have been released to researchers in any quantity. Since they were collected 
during expeditions paid for in large part by NASA, I doubt that any of those 
fragments and individuals will be released to the collector market.

I collect meteorites only as a personal hobby and while I hope one day to 
add a piece of "Station 6" to my collection, this offering is a bit beyond 
my current meteorite collecting budget.

Cheers


--
Richard