[meteorite-list] NWA Meteorites
From: Jamie Ekholm <jekholm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:42:02 2004 Message-ID: <002601c08356$a2be9900$63dba6d0_at_oemcomputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C08324.57857800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been reading entries to the Meteorite Mailing List and a question = came to me regarding these Moroccan meteorites that people have been = talking about. This may be a "stupid" question, but here goes anyways. What is = stopping someone from purchasing one of these meteorites (I understand = most have not even been looked at or classified), and then sitting it = outside to weather at that persons location for a year or so, or burying = it in soil for the same time frame. They could call a meteorite dealer = and say "I found this odd looking rock while taking a walk out in the = woods" or "I was digging through a farmers rock pile and came across = this strange rock." This person could give the area it was found (general coordinates) etc. = A find from a known location seems to bring a higher price, even if the = meteorite is weathered. They could buy one of these meteorites at $0.50 = cents a gram and possibly sell it to a dealer for much more. What do you think about this? Are there ways to prevent this from = happening? Thanks, Jamie ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C08324.57857800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have been reading entries to the Meteorite Mailing = List and=20 a question came to me regarding these Moroccan meteorites that people = have been=20 talking about.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>This may be a "stupid" question, but here goes = anyways. =20 What is stopping someone from purchasing one of these meteorites (I = understand=20 most have not even been looked at or classified), and then sitting it = outside to=20 weather at that persons location for a year or so, or burying it in soil = for the=20 same time frame. They could call a meteorite dealer and say "I = found this=20 odd looking rock while taking a walk out in the woods" or "I was digging = through=20 a farmers rock pile and came across this strange rock."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>This person could give the area it was found = (general=20 coordinates) etc. A find from a known location seems to bring a = higher=20 price, even if the meteorite is weathered. They could buy one of = these=20 meteorites at $0.50 cents a gram and possibly sell it to a dealer for = much=20 more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>What do you think about this? Are there ways = to prevent=20 this from happening?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jamie</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C08324.57857800-- Received on Sat 20 Jan 2001 10:02:47 PM PST |
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