[meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio

[Michael Farmer]

Why are such people discussing the meteorite market. I doubt any of them know anything about it.
I have sold to Carnegie institute many times. They wanted material that only I could provide them. Perhaps They should ask for funding to go get it themselves?
Michael Farmer 

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On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:15 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam is right.  Shut down the interview and walk out.  That whole
> "black market" propaganda is getting very tired and old now.  It's
> utter rubbish.  Complete and total baloney.  And anyone who knows a
> single thing about how the market operates, knows that there is no
> black market for meteorites.  Black markets, by definition, only arise
> when a commodity is completely outlawed or heavily regulated.
> Meteorites are sold legally on an open market, that is the exact
> opposite of a black market.  Again, there may be a few bad apples in
> the meteorite world, but their numbers pale in comparison to the
> problems seen in other fields or hobbies.  Which brings me to another
> thing - the entire meteorite market is not big enough to sustain a
> lucrative black market if it tried.  There just aren't enough people
> and money invested because meteorites are still a "niche" thing and
> small potatoes next to the diamond trade or gold trade.
> 
> People keep insisting that some thriving black market of meteorites is
> going on, well, somebody please point me to it, because I am curious
> to see it.  I typed "meteorite black market" into Google Earth, and it
> sent me to a vacant field outside Walla Walla Washington.  Do I need a
> secret knock or handshake to get in?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
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> On 3/1/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> This talk turned me off from the second the interviewer claimed the Sahara
>> was a black market.  I would have ended the interview right then and there.
>> 
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>> Doesn't the media research anything anymore?  When it comes to integrity, a
>> modern journalist might ask "What are you talking about, I have never heard
>> of such a thing?"
>> 
>> Adam
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>> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 7:39 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio
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>> Howdy List,
>> 
>> Heard Bob Hazen talking about meteorites and the meteorite market last night
>> on C2C.
>> I put that audio on my website in the audio section if you desire to listen
>> to his interview.
>> 
>> http://www.meteorwatch.net/
>> 
>> Mike from SATWATCH.ORG & METEORWATCH.NET
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