[meteorite-list] Samples

[Dave Carothers]

Are there that many meteorites being found in Nevada and California to "clog 
the whole system"?

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "JKGwilliam" <h3chondrite at cox.net>; "Mark Crawford" <mark at meteorites.cc>
Cc: "'AL Mitterling'" <almitt at kconline.com>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Samples



>A major part of the problem are the people hunting in

> Nevada/California, submitting every 2 or 3 gram

> chondrite they find, it has clogged the whole system.

> Michael Farmer

> --- JKGwilliam <h3chondrite at cox.net> wrote:

>

>> I know that many of the Arizona meteorite hunters

>> had loyalties to

>> University of Arizona and/or Arizona State

>> University in the

>> past.   Several years ago, it wasn't unusual to get

>> a classification

>> (free) done in just a few months depending on who

>> you knew at which

>> school and what you relationship to them was. The

>> Arizona

>> universities were excited to see more Arizona

>> material start showing

>> up. But as time went by and meteorite hunting

>> popularity increased,

>> so did  the amount of material submitted to labs for

>>

>> classification.  I don't know if I'm right, but I

>> suppose that the

>> meteorite scientists might have lost their interest

>> in the common

>> stuff after seeing so much of it.  Prior to that,

>> there was very

>> little material submitted for classification.

>>

>> Just my opinion,

>> John

>> At 12:17 PM 12/29/2007, Mark Crawford wrote:

>> >John/list,

>> >

>> >At the risk of sounding naive, why /wouldn't/ you

>> pay for

>> >professional classification?  If Bessey's fee of

>> around $80 is

>> >typical (and I admit, I don't know if that's the

>> case), why would

>> >you risk lost samples or interminable delays?  Why

>> not just add an

>> >extra buck/gramme to the sale price?

>> >

>> >I guess what I'm asking is, what's the

>> non-financial reason for

>> >lodging with a non-fee-charging establishment?  Do

>> 'professional'

>> >labs only validate a limited range of types (eg -

>> Bathurst don't do

>> >irons)? Do you have no say over where the type

>> specimen gets lodged?

>> >

>> >Mark

>> >

>> >

>> >JKGwilliam wrote:

>> >>I suppose the only solution is to pay for the

>> classification

>> >>services so true "professionals" will be handling

>> your

>> >>specimen.  Please don't misunderstand my use of

>> the word

>> >>"professional."  I'm talking about scientists who

>> are also business

>> >>professionals.

>>

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