[meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy

[Peter Marmet]

...sorry, should be DHOFAR 908, not NWA!

Peter



Peter Marmet wrote:


> 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

>>

>> -----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----

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