[meteorite-list] Re: [meteorite-list}lottsa nwa's A bird in the hand...
From: Howard Wu <freewu2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:00 2004 Message-ID: <20030926173953.14472.qmail_at_web9302.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1823687685-1064597993=:14321 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There is something personal to be said about falls and historics. I've begun collecting more of these, though I lean toward ones of known scientific interest. But I think some people who appreciated the rarity of meteorites have some resentment of the abundant NWA's. For them I say would you have us put them back in the desert? Oh I forgot we don't know exacted where they were picked up. Bother, we'll just have to keep them. Howard Wu Sharkkb8_at_aol.com wrote: freewu2000_at_yahoo.com writes: << Where they land is of secondary interest. i.e. better a meteorite from NWA than a meteor-wrong from the White House lawn. >> Well, surely there's NO ONE who would actually prefer the latter choice. Presenting it as a choice between a real desert meteorite and a fake meteorite from somewhere else is really not at the heart of the debate. I think the more balanced debate, if there is one, is between relatively equal rocks coming from either unknown desert locations with relatively less find-detail, or from known non-desert locations with relatively more find-details (or with FALL-details, of course). There are pro's and con's of both sides - mostly personal preference as far as I'm concerned. Certainly the comparative affordability of desert rocks is a major consideration to many. Gregory --------------------------------- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo!Messenger --0-1823687685-1064597993=:14321 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <DIV>There is something personal to be said about falls and historics. I've begun collecting more of these, though I lean toward ones of known scientific interest. But I think some people who appreciated the rarity of meteorites have some resentment of the abundant NWA's. For them I say would you have us put them back in the desert? Oh I forgot we don't know exacted where they were picked up. Bother, we'll just have to keep them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Howard Wu <BR><BR><B><I>Sharkkb8_at_aol.com</I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <DIV> <DIV><A title=mailto:freewu2000_at_yahoo.com href="mailto:freewu2000@yahoo.com">freewu2000@yahoo.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial> << Where they land is of secondary interest. i.e. better a meteorite from NWA than a meteor-wrong from the White House lawn. >></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, surely there's NO ONE who would actually prefer the latter choice. Presenting it as a choice between a real desert meteorite and a fake meteorite from somewhere else is really not at the heart of the debate. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the more balanced debate, if there is one, is between relatively <U>equal</U> rocks coming from either unknown desert locations with relatively less find-detail, or from <EM>known</EM> non-desert locations with relatively more find-details (or with FALL-details, of course). There are pro's and con's of both sides - mostly personal preference as far as I'm concerned. Certainly the comparative affordability of desert rocks is a major consideration to many.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SCRIPT" PTSIZE="12">Gregory</FONT><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"> </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2">Want to chat instantly with your online friends? <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/"><b>Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger</b></a></font> --0-1823687685-1064597993=:14321-- Received on Fri 26 Sep 2003 01:39:53 PM PDT |
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