[meteorite-list] How To Collect Meteorites Part 2

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:02 2004
Message-ID: <20021020181239.76470.qmail_at_web10307.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all

I collect all type of meteorites, falls, founds,
slices, individuals, micro - for me is no possible buy
a 1 gr. of Chassigny ;-) - and when I find a big piece
of the same meteorite I sale my first piece and I take
a piece + big, if I find another piece + big, I sale
my piece and I take this etc...... The unique material
I no collect is the impact material, I have only
material from Tunguska but no other.
regards

matteo

--- almitt <almitt_at_kconline.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> One thing I left out on the last (long message) is a
> thin section is also a good way
> to go. (disclaimer: I sell thin sections and in no
> way am I promoting this here. There
> are other good sources for these but they offer a
> good choice with good surface area
> over very small costly specimens.) Many hard to
> obtain types are possible as well as a
> cost effective way to own a wanted class.
>
> I know many people collect in many different ways. I
> have heard of some only
> collecting pallasites (stony-iron meteorites) and
> who can blame them for their beauty.
> Are there some that collect only mesosiderites??
> Some have micro collections. I myself
> collect by class and always wanting as many classes
> as possible. My restrictions are
> where there are only one or two examples of a class.
> Sometimes a related more
> available class is sufficient to fill in the
> unobtainable gap. In the early days when
> only Antarctic lunar meteorites existed and after
> the Calcalong was found, I seriously
> doubted that I would ever be able to get my hands on
> a lunar class specimen. Not too
> long after this list was formed came the beginning
> of the lunar meteorite rush (keep
> in mind that there is low total weight on the
> lunites). I had even told a customer
> that I wouldn't hold my breath on obtaining a lunar
> in this life time (glad I said it,
> and one time I was very glad to be wrong in my
> assessment). A year or two later many
> people on the list and in collections all over, the
> lunar classes became filled. With
> the NWA and DAG's came many hard to obtain classes.
>
> Though I aim to collect different class types, some
> like collecting only one type
> class or related classes. Some that come to mind are
> aubrites, pallasites, lunars,
> martians (SNC's), Vesta types (HED's, howardites,
> eucrites and diogentites) and
> carbonaceous types. No doubt there are many more and
> some that never have crossed my
> mind as a way to collect. Certainly the ordinary
> classes (and more readily available)
> H's, L's and LL's are a nice class type to collect.
> Iron meteorites are certainly one
> other way to collect and I am sure there are many
> nice iron collections. There are 13
> different classes in the iron meteorite category and
> over 80 ungrouped. Irons would
> represent a harder class to preserve in humid
> environments many of us live but with
> proper care and carefully watching it can be done.
>
> Some collect by state (or country!), wanting as many
> types from the various locations
> in the state or country they are from or the state
> they live in (might not be the same
> state they grew up in :-) State and country
> collecting can be challenging due to the
> years that have gone by and total know weight.
> Specimens use to get eaten up in the
> old days of examination and no doubt many misplace
> or lost. Some collect by Falls only
> wanting meteorites that were seen to fall or were
> found after a fall was witnessed and
> later recovered. I don't know anyone that
> specifically collects just by finds (not
> seen to fall but found sometime after the event went
> un-witnessed to the information
> out there) but I am sure there are some.
>
> Nininger had an excellent two part book titled
> Shapes and Orientation and went into
> great detail of the various types of shapes and
> Orientation of meteorites. No doubt
> there are some trying to obtain as many interesting
> shapes and orientation as they can
> but might not be the only criteria in such a
> collection.
>
> I have heard of rare type collectors, only wanting
> the rarer classes for their
> collections, obtaining as many different finds and
> falls as possible of various
> classes. Again there are micro collections types
> that span a great deal of many
> classes, types and no doubt allow for a more
> completed collection. Macro collections
> are also similar with the specimens usually being a
> bit larger. Both fit nicely into
> cases that can be displayed fairly easy and allow
> for collectors who display and
> educate an easy method to transport their pieces to
> various locations. Again there are
> some these days that are collecting mostly by thin
> sections and desire as many
> representative types as possible but may be focused
> on location or some other
> criteria.
>
> There isn't really any right or wrong way to collect
> and I would be interested in
> hearing from others on this subject. Keeping your
> collection pieces preserved and
> intact are an important part of collecting.
> Sometimes for me this involves if I really
> want to cut a specimen or not. I try to "do no
> damage" when ever possible. There are
> many specimens that become more valuable when cut,
> either to take a piece that wasn't
> so nice on the outside and display a great interior
> that has been hiding for billions
> of years. Though we are the current owners, someday
> our pieces will be part of some
> other collection of the future and we are simply the
> care takers for today, owning
> pieces that have been around millions and billions
> of times longer than our meager
> existence. It is the information they hold that
> makes them more than interesting or
> they would just simply be another rock that fell
> from the sky. I believe it is this
> passion and what they truly represent that makes
> them honored in our collections.
>
> I am sure there are many gaps in my brain-storm
> messages here and will leave others to
> fill in the gaps. Perhaps we can come up with a
> general list and put it together for
> future collectors. Your turn!
>
> --AL
>
>
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