[meteorite-list] AD: Novato back in the market

[Jim Wooddell]

 Yes....what happened to the type specimen?  I was under the impression no one sent a type specimen that met the standing requirement?

Jim Wooddell - Mobile

Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:

>Perhaps a finder of one of the recovered pieces should step up, and cut a piece for science? 
>I think they need more than 6 grams for the noncom rules do they not?
>Didn't several California hunters find pieces? I guess this will just be another no-name fall.
>Michael Farmer
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:32 AM, Robert Verish <bolidechaser at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, it's still the "Novato" (provisional) meteorite.  
>> It still is not in the Meteoritical Bulletin.
>> 
>> This is the slice that Brien Cook originally cut with the intention of submitting it to UCLA.  But when he read that someone else was going to supply the type-specimen, he then placed it on eBay.  
>> 
>> It would be nice if some Institute or consortium would make an offer and try to repatriate this slice and make it a type-specimen so that this US-fall could finally be made "official".   All I'm saying is, this "leaving an official-status hanging-in-mid-air" would never happen in Canada. They would just simply buy the type-specimen.
>> 
>> It's time for the US to catch-up with Canada.  It's time for a change.
>> Bob V.
>> 
>> --- On Mon, 4/29/13, Matija Bericic <matija.bericic at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> From: Matija Bericic <matija.bericic at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Novato back in the market
>>> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Date: Monday, April 29, 2013, 10:48 AM 
>>> 
>>> Hi list,
>>> We have finished researching Novato meteorite and we do not
>>> need it anymore. 6.6 g  slice was bought on ebay auction on
>>> 27th of October 2012 from hunter Brien Cook. 
>>> Anyone interested in this rare piece make me an offer off list.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Matija Bericic
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> 
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