[meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:20 2004 Message-ID: <004f01c24a42$3da4c260$2a010140_at_computer> Forget that idea, we have tried that for 2 years. They are all FIERCELY competitive and will not tell the exact location to each other. the nomads find the meteorites, the middle men in Morocco snap them up from all over and sell them. Simple. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: <impactearth_at_space.com> To: <drtanuki_at_tkc.att.ne.jp> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA BIG QUESTION > 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. 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