[meteorite-list] Tagish Lake

From: David Weir <dgweir_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:47:10 -0500
Message-ID: <458AF2CE.2030102_at_earthlink.net>

But Michael, think of the potential value that the strewn field map may
provide us someday (I know I'm not smart enough to imagine it). Maybe
Richard and Roland could spell out for us the great importance of such a
map.

David


Michael Farmer wrote:
> ... You can all forget about recovery of more
> Tagish Lake meteorites. The Canadians lost it all when
> they closed off the site to all but a few people, who
> took two months to make a neat little map of locations
> of pieces frozen into the ice, then lost them all when
> a fast thaw came along. Great job scientists, you lost
> 99% of the rarest meteorite fall on the planet because
> you wanted to keep it all secret and to yourselves....
Received on Thu 21 Dec 2006 03:47:10 PM PST