[meteorite-list] NWA is Far Better Than Antarctica

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:31 2004
Message-ID: <101720030102.17174.405e_at_att.net>

Adam and others,

Not to take sides on this issue...I've always been curious why the scientific
community gets so caught up with the lack of information on the location of
the Sahara finds when the "pristine and pure" Antarctica finds are only
located relative to the winds and shifting ice...having nothing to do with
where they landed. I would think that making pairings of Antarctica finds is
as difficult, or even more than the desert finds.

I guess locations do provide patterns of such finds and the possibly the
mechanics that congregate them, but nothing more. In the desert we certainly
would have less numbers and more pairings if the finds were kept together and
the research was completed.

Another point is that the Antarctica finds are certainly less handled by
man...the great contaminator.

Puzzled as usual,

John
Received on Thu 16 Oct 2003 09:02:55 PM PDT