[meteorite-list] Meteorite found in Xinjiang

[Darryl Pitt]

Hi Adam.....List......

Methinks you're going much too far in your disparagement of the Chinese. 

As to specifics, I've exchanged words with a curator of meteorites in China regarding said specimen and your conjecture is unfounded.  This specimen is on the radar. 



All the best / Darryl





On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Adam Hupe wrote:

> It looks like the Fukang main mass has just been found!  25 tons of Pallasite!  
> It will probably be chopped into little pieces, exported as iron ore to get 
> around Chinese law and put on the market soon judging from how they have managed 
> their resources in the past.  Now, they will have real meteorite specimens to 
> offer instead of magnetite. It will be interesting to see how they deal with it 
> and its final disposition.  In my opinion, it belongs in a museum but their 
> new-found love for capitalism will probably dictate otherwise.  
> 
> 
> Adam
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