[meteorite-list] Unique Stuff?
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:10 2004 Message-ID: <159.1e85a5ff.2bd5c2a4_at_aol.com> --part1_159.1e85a5ff.2bd5c2a4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de writes: > No, I don't think that an LL6 chondrite that fell in Karlsruhe (I'd prefer > Mannheim, my home town) would mean more to me than Park Forest or Thuathe. OK, fair enough. Vive le difference! But I was able to obtain a meteorite specimen from PF that has paint fused to the crust, from its impact on a home. And yes, I enthusiastically plead guilty to the charge that I consider this piece significantly more interesting than a piece of exactly the same composition, which was anonymously collected in some unknown part of a vast desert (and I paid a significantly higher price, accordingly, and was perfectly happy to do so). For those who would really see no difference in those two specimens, why on Earth (no pun intended) would they want to collect anything other than the very cheapest NWA's? Gregory --part1_159.1e85a5ff.2bd5c2a4_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de writes:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">No, I don't think that an LL6 c= hondrite that fell in Karlsruhe (I'd prefer<BR> Mannheim, my home town) would mean more to me than Park Forest or Thuathe.<= /BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> OK, fair enough. <I>Vive le difference!<BR> <BR> </I>But I was able to obtain a meteorite specimen from PF that has paint fus= ed to the crust, from its impact on a home. And yes, I enthusiasticall= y plead guilty to the charge that I consider this piece significantly more i= nteresting than a piece of exactly the same composition, which was anonymous= ly collected in some unknown part of a vast desert (and I paid a significant= ly higher price, accordingly, and was perfectly happy to do so). = For those who would really see no difference in those two specimens, why on= Earth (no pun intended) would they want to collect <U>anything</U> other th= an the very cheapest NWA's?<BR> <BR> Gregory</FONT></HTML> --part1_159.1e85a5ff.2bd5c2a4_boundary-- Received on Mon 21 Apr 2003 05:54:44 PM PDT |
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