[meteorite-list] Matteo's Challenge Answered(was India #2)
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Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <4b.34f6018b.2cb9af14_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1065899284 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com writes: ......infamous B**** Specks....[snip]....How do you know, other than the reputation of the seller behind it? How does the average collector know that a 50-gram slice is what the seller says it is? You, Steve, are certainly sophisticated enough to visually assess a specimen with great accuracy, and do some labwork to establish authenticity, but the "average collector" probably can't/doesn't do either. Sure, most everyone with a basic grounding in meteorites can tell the difference between all the "familiar" collectible rocks. But past that, I think that very, very few collectors can visually discern the nuances between one unfamiliar Ordinary Chondrite and the next, or do lab follow-up on purchased specimens << so that the minerology (sic) of such can be confirmed via optical and or microprobe means. >>. So it seems unfair to me to focus solely on tiny specimens and point out the difficulty of their verification, and complain that the (subjective) reputation of the seller is the only available criterion for buying them. Reputation alone is what the majority of casual collectors must rely on for any purchase, no matter how big or small the specimens they buy. Gregory -------------------------------1065899284 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <A title=3Dmailto:steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com href=3D"mailto:steve_sc= honer_at_yahoo.com">steve_schoner@yahoo.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"><FONT face=3DArial>......infamous B**** Specks....[snip]....How d= o you know, other than the reputation of the seller behind it?</FONT></BLOCK= QUOTE></DIV> <DIV>How does the average collector know that a <STRONG>50-gram slice</= STRONG> is what the seller says it is? You, Steve, are certainly sophi= sticated enough to visually assess a specimen with great accuracy, and do so= me labwork to establish authenticity, but the "average collector" probably c= an't/doesn't do either. Sure, most everyone with a basic groundin= g in meteorites can tell the difference between all the "familiar" collectib= le rocks. But past that, I think that very, very few collectors c= an visually discern the nuances between one unfamiliar Ordinary Ch= ondrite and the next, or do lab follow-up on purchased specimens <= EM><< so that the minerology</EM> (sic) <EM>of such can be confir= med via optical and or microprobe means. >></EM>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So it seems unfair to me to focus <EM>solely</EM> on tiny spe= cimens and point out the difficulty of their verification, and complain that= the (subjective) reputation of the seller is the only available criter= ion for buying them. Reputation alone is what the majority&= nbsp;of casual collectors must rely on for <EM>any</EM> purchase, no ma= tter how big or small the specimens they buy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"= ></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSS= ERIF" PTSIZE=3D"12"></FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#ff= 0000 size=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SCRIPT" PTSIZE=3D"12"> Grego= ry</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANS= SERIF" PTSIZE=3D"10"> </FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1065899284-- Received on Sat 11 Oct 2003 03:08:04 PM PDT |
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