[meteorite-list] A Simple Question

[Mark Bowling]

I guess the lesson there is "careful what you wish for"!

;-)  That is too funny!



----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, March 10, 2010 1:53:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Simple Question

I agree.  20% for the collector and 80% for the Smithsonian. :)

On 2010-03-10 3:48 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Jeff and list,
>
>> I just threw the number 50% out there because it seemed like a fair 
> compromise.
>
> I like 20% better.  :)
>
> Sonny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 12:35 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Simple Question
>
>
> I just threw the number 50% out there because it seemed like a fair 
> compromise.  Trust me, collectors won't get such a deal from the 
> federal government on vertebrate fossils or cultural artifacts!  But 
> in this case, everybody wins if the owner (the federal govt, 
> representing the people) splits the specimens with individual 
> finders.  Unlike the fossils and artifacts, meteorites can be divided 
> without losing their major scientific value. Without a solution like 
> this, everybody loses: the owners get nothing and anybody who collects 
> meteorites could be a criminal.
>
> Jeff
>