[meteorite-list] What private collector has the most localities?

[Shawn Alan]

Hello Listers

I thought my 50 meteorite I have were alot to handle but having over 3000 meteorite localities would too much for me to handle. I think I would need a room devoted to that, which living in NYC would cost alot of coins. I am wondering as well Mike G who has the most localities? Af for size goes, if your not collection for aesthetic reasons, I think as long as you can see it, its good enough. What I think can make a meteorite a better meteorite, is how its displayed, is it framed, or does it come in a nice case :) One I get more money, ill buy me more ryker cases and might think about getting a shadow box and placing some of my fav meteorite in there to have it on display to look :). And on day when I have a grand to spend I would like to buy a nice xxxNWA, a big rock to show off when people come over that dont know much about meteorites. For them its about size a beauty.

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[meteorite-list] What private collector has the most 
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Michael Gilmer meteoritemike 
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Hi List, 

This is a curiosity-based question. I know 
many list members have 
outstanding and enviable collections. The Hupes, 
Farmer, Cottingham, 
Strope, and Kilgore come to mind as dealers/collectors 
who have insane 
collections of meteorites that most collectors would drool 
over. Main 
masses, football-sized planetaries, coffee-table sized slabs of 
pallasite, and historical rarities populate many high-end collections. 

But, what I am curious about is - number of localities. What 
collector has the most localities represented in their collection? 
This 
number could include sub-gram micros, so I am thinking that the 
"biggest" 
collection (in terms of localities and not specimen size) 
might not belong 
to one of the obvious heavyweights we would expect. 

If there was a 
leaderboard for number of localities, who would be 
sitting on top of that 
list? 

Using the EOM website as a rough guide, it seems that Gerald 
Armstrong 
has an impressive catalog of localities. But not every major 
collector uses the EOM, so who is top dog? 

For the record, my own 
collection numbers about 80 localities. This 
number fluctuates frequently 
because my collection has a high turnover 
rate, and I have had to sell off 
my entire collection three times to 
pay bills. My locality count has dipped 
as low as 10 and peaked as 
high as 130. Of course, this is small potatoes. 
LOL. 

Best regards, 

MikeG 

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