[meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy

[Peter Marmet]

Hello Norbert, Adam, Marcin and All,

it seems I didn't make myself very clear. I have absolutely nothing  
against the term:
This one is kind of a Rosetta Stone for this and this...or some sort  
of a Missing Link...or some
kind of a Smoking Gun for...but what makes me feel similar as Marcin,  
was the following:

The finders sold their NWA 908 for years under the name NWA  
908...suddenly NWA 908 is THE(!) Rosetta Stone
which means THE ONE AND ONLY....

...ok, the main reason why I wrote this e-mail
was to get more info about this rather special / stunning /  
fantastic / one of it's kind lithology story!
... Adam wrote:  that displays two (2) lithologies
...Norbert wrote: displaying three (3) distinct lithologies

Very interested to hear more about this unique meteorite...
not very keen to hear more about what names are legal / honest /  
ethical and
which are not...sorry, if I started this debate!

Peter




Norbert Classen wrote:


> Dear Marcin,

>

> I didn't use that term for marketing reasons, and it is not a  

> synonym for

> Dhofar 908 in general but I just used it for the 81g main mass of  

> Dhofar

> 908, displaying three distinct lithologies linking previous finds  

> together.

> That's why I called it a Rosetta stone. Back in 2003 virtually  

> nobody was

> willing to believe that e.g. Dhofar 489, and Dhofar 305 did belong  

> to one

> and the same (ancient) fall. That's not the same thing as calling  

> it "Donald

> Duck", it's a linguistic ploy to express something of scientific  

> meaning...

> Do you think Baker and Bizzaro used their analogy as a marketing  

> ploy, or

> just because the liked the funny name?

>

> BTW, as to my knowledge neither Adam nor I did use the Rosetta  

> stone analogy

> without making it very clear that we were talking about Dhofar 908,  

> not in

> general, but in respect to a certain stone/fragment of Dhofar 908,  

> and its

> special history/properties.

>

> And, as for the monetary "value" of certain specimens: do you think  

> that a

> specimen of, let's say normal Zagami will demand the same resale  

> price as a

> specimen with dual lithologies, including the DML (dark mottled  

> lithology)

> of Zagami? You are correct, the "meteorite will stay the same", but  

> I fear

> you won't get the latter one, cheap. And: if you know of a source  

> who sells

> dual-lith Zagami at the price of normal Zagami, just give me a  

> call :-)

>

> My 3 lithologies,

> Norbert

>

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>

> Dear list members.

> Every meteorite is special.

>

> For me is better to call meteorite with his official name even if  

> this is

> ugly NWA 9999999 name, than create some unreal "marketing" names  

> that have

> nothing to do with meteorites. I see only one reason for this,  

> better sales

> becouse of better name. If we call it Rosetta Stone,  Louis  

> Michelle or

> Donald Duck or Shrek, meteorite will stay the same and not become more

> importand or rare.

>

> Thats my two CH3nt's

>

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