[meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION
From: impactearth_at_space.com <impactearth_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:20 2004 Message-ID: <20020822180116.6583.h015.c000.wm_at_mail.space.com.criticalpath.net> Good points, but, why are the nomads in this... M O N E Y. If they realize they could get more money by doing these things, I think they would. When Dean talks about "NOMAD'S", we all have this picture of some 15th century camel jockey. We'll, I think that is the PICTURE he wants us to have. If they are smart enough to have an account or address to have money sent to them, they are smart enough to pinpoint a location. I ask again, why aren't they doing this? They could be making much more money. What gives? Laziness or stupidity? Ray On Fri, 23 August 2002, drtanuki wrote: > > Dear Ray, > There are 1) many nomads 2) no nomad trusts another, > 3) batteries(expensive) and technology(dangerous if in > the wrong area of the Sahara..ie.border > areas) are easy to sell for money, 4) they cannot see > any personal gain from it since others will have their > location, 5), and 6) they nomads may be the > source of the meteorites; but they are basically not > the ones selling them to the foreign buyers. I tried > to leave my GPS with a "nomad" basically seller > and he didn't want to bother to learn to use it. > Cultures are different and persons different. Go to > the Sahara and then you can understand more clearly > what I am saying. > Your solution is perfectly logical; but maybe > impossible. Dirk...Tokyo > > impactearth_at_space.com wrote: > > > Perhaps Dean could call up the Nomads on their cell > > phones, provided they are currently wondering the area > > of the desert with cell phone reception, and ask them > > to start documenting the finds. WHY HASN'T THIS > > HAPPENED? Maybe ship them a GPS unit and some graph > > paper to map out the strewn field? I mean, in this > day > > and age of communication, the only reason the "nomads" > > aren't doing this is for 2 reasons. 1 being they are > > too lazy, 2 being, no one has asked them to. Think of > > the what could happen, the next NWA's to be found > could > > acutally be documented, knowing the TKW, location, > etc. > > Why isn't this happening? Everyone, collectors, > > dealers, NOMAD'S, could be making more money. > > > > Ray > > > > On Fri, 23 August 2002, drtanuki wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear List Members; > > > A meteorite cannot be paired unless analysis is > > done > > > to prove so. A > > > practice that is common in the market is to classify > > > one stone > > > (sometimes more) and call the remainder the same. > The > > > fact that they > > > are &quot;called&quot; the same does not prove that > > they are the > > > same type of > > > meteorite or even paired. Dean's NWAs all look > > similar > > > due to the local > > > environment that they were found (probably within > the > > > same region of the > > > Sahara). > > > Desert varnish or sand erosion covers most of > the > > > meteorites and > > > rocks in the Sahara and other deserts. Desert > varnish > > > is characteristic > > > in colour or texture depending on the local > > > environment; and even the > > > terrestrial rocks look similar in appearance. > > > I hope this answers some of the questions that I > > > have been asked to > > > respond to. Sincerely, Dirk Ross....Tokyo > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > <a > > > href="<a href="http://mail.space.com//jump/http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a>">http://mail.space.com//jump/http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a></a>; > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at > <a href="http://mail.space.com//jump/http://www.space.com">http://www.space.com</a>. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > <a href="http://mail.space.com//jump/http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a> ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. Received on Thu 22 Aug 2002 09:01:12 PM PDT |
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