[meteorite-list] ebay auction meteorites

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 4 11:27:43 2004
Message-ID: <008e01c4c28b$34bc39d0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

On two expeditions in Oman, we found over 100 meteorites before finding my
first achondrite, a rare type of Ureilite.
Achondrites are rare, the flood from Morocco will soon end.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Altmann" <Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de>
To: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ebay auction meteorites


> Hiho Mark,
>
> the region does not make the difference, the finders do!
>
> In Antarctica it's the common process, to number each stone seperately -
> take a look at the Bulletins, there you'll find rare types, found in the
> same place on the same day with different numbers.
> Sahara in general is different, in Oman never were so much hunters around
> as
> in Libya and the Oman stuff does not end up in Morocco.
> And the teams in Oman give always all their finds from one aerea as a
> bunch
> in classification, most in the same place. So different conditions as with
> the NWA-stuff.
> Meanwhile a beginning collector must have the impression, that a
> howardite,
> a mesosiderite, a CV3 or a olivine diogenite must be something extremely
> common, as always when a new one is coming out, in the months to follow,
> appears a dozen numbers of the same material.
> But ask f.e. Afanasjev or Haberer how many ordinary chondrites you have to
> hunt down, until you'll find an achondrite! Make some stats NWA versus
> Dho,
> with the latter I suppose you will get different ratios of rare types to
> common ones, if you count the numbers as own finds.
>
> And of course many of the OCs from Oman are similar looking as in most
> cases, they ae very weathered, W3-4. But take a look in the lists from the
> Bulletins, where you can see from the date of find and the coordinates,
> that
> mostly a large series of subsequent numbers were found on the same trip,
> there you have a wide variety of Ls and Hs with different Fa and Fs values
> and weathering degrees.
>
> So I think, if it costs the same, Stevey is not wrong to prefer Dho
> instead
> of NWA, as in my eyes, they have a higher collector's value (and I'm
> really
> no fan of desert chondrites, I'm sooo conservative and collect names).
>
> Cheeers!
> Martin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
> To: <Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ebay auction meteorites
>
>
>> Hello Martin,
>>
>> I do not keep a list of paired meteorites or possible paired meteorites.
>>
>> Dhofar is no different then DaG or other like regions. I have traded
>> more
>> in DaG so I could tell you some pairs in it. I have seen a few tables of
>> Dhofar's where you have several H5 or L6's that look a lot alike.
>>
>> There have been pairing studies done in DaG, Roosvelt County and
>> Anartica.
>> In all of these high collection places pairings were found to be pretty
>> common. Which I do not see as any problem and that was not a negative
>> Dhofar comment. Anyone thinking it was negative is free to send me all
>> their Roosevelt County meteorites. Should a pairing study be made, I
> think
>> the numbers say you will find Dhofar no different then other areas of
>> meteorite concentration.
>>
>> The naming rules in all these areas say pretty much, unless it fits
>> together, it gets a different name...or number as it is. We seem to have
>> changed this a little to, found within a few feet, as many of the DaG's
> with
>> the same number do not fit together.
>>
>> On my website you will find I have many Dhofar, DaG and other like
> numbered
>> meteorites. However, if you check the gallery, you will see in my
> personal
>> collection, I avoid like classification meteorites from regions of high
>> meteorite concentration.
>>
>> http://www.meteoritearticles.com/photogallerymeteorites.html
>>
>>
>> Mark Bostick
>> www.meteoritearticles.com
>>
>>
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