[meteorite-list] Great Example of Private + Science‏

[Richard Montgomery]

This is how it all works!!   Congrats Moni.  The BIG PICTURE.
Awesome perspective,
Richard M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moni Waiblinger" <moni2555 at hotmail.com>
To: "meteor list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great Example of Private + Science‏


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> HI List,
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> I must agree with Greg (and many other meteorite hunters that I know) of 
> how fulfilling it is to give to science!
>
> I've been asked many times why I gave the Sutter's Mill meteorite that I 
> found to science.
> The answer, of course, is that I knew the De Haas family are actually the 
> owners and that they wanted to donate anything found to science.
> I knew well in advance that I was not going to get to keep it.
> I still went along with the group and searched for the meteorite for 
> science.
> (Of course, that's when I make my only Sutter's Mill find;-)
>
> My find of Sutter's Mill (SM12 - 17grams) went to many places, see the 
> consortium chapter below.
>
> My point is, this donation to science was only possible because of land 
> owners and private meteorite hunters working together!
>
> Happy hunting, Moni
>
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> The following research teams (team lead given) are participating in a 
> consortium
> established to coordinate the analysis of Sutter's Mill meteorite
> samples. Please contact if you like to join this effort with unique
> ability (POC) :
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> P. Jenniskens SETI/NASA ARC Meteorite recovery #2,12
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> T. Hiroi Brown U. Reflection spectroscopy #30,12
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> G. Cooper NASA ARC Organic volatiles #2,12
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> S. Pizzarello ASU     Isotope organics #2,12,41
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> D. Glavin NASA/Goddard Amino acids #2,12,51
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> P. Schmitt-K. H.-Z., Germany mass spectroscopy #2,12
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> D. Sears NASA ARC Thermoluminescence     #2,12
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> M. Grady NHM Petrography/UVVIS spectroscopy #2,12,30
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> A. Rubin UCLA      Petrography   #2,12
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> K. Ziegler U of NewMexico O isotopes        #2,12
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> S.V.S. Murty PRL, India N/Ar isotopes   #2,12
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> P. Rochette Aix-M.,France Paleomagnetism   #12
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> G. Flynn SUNY Plattsburgh XANES      #12
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> H. Yabuta Osaka U., Japan IOM isotopes         #12
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