[meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION
From: impactearth_at_space.com <impactearth_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:20 2004 Message-ID: <20020822180517.1281.h014.c000.wm_at_mail.space.com.criticalpath.net> Another quick point. Yes, you are right, there are many nomads, but I would say there AREN'T that many nomads hunting and picking up meteorites. I would say that every NWA being picked up right now is by a full time meteorite hunting Nomad who SHOULD know how to use a map and a GPS. 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 09:05:13 PM PDT |
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