[meteorite-list] Samples

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:36:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <847591.76960.qm_at_web33102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

A major part of the problem are the people hunting in
Nevada/California, submitting every 2 or 3 gram
chondrite they find, it has clogged the whole system.
Michael Farmer
--- JKGwilliam <h3chondrite at cox.net> wrote:

> I know that many of the Arizona meteorite hunters
> had loyalties to
> University of Arizona and/or Arizona State
> University in the
> past. Several years ago, it wasn't unusual to get
> a classification
> (free) done in just a few months depending on who
> you knew at which
> school and what you relationship to them was. The
> Arizona
> universities were excited to see more Arizona
> material start showing
> up. But as time went by and meteorite hunting
> popularity increased,
> so did the amount of material submitted to labs for
>
> classification. I don't know if I'm right, but I
> suppose that the
> meteorite scientists might have lost their interest
> in the common
> stuff after seeing so much of it. Prior to that,
> there was very
> little material submitted for classification.
>
> Just my opinion,
> John
> At 12:17 PM 12/29/2007, Mark Crawford wrote:
> >John/list,
> >
> >At the risk of sounding naive, why /wouldn't/ you
> pay for
> >professional classification? If Bessey's fee of
> around $80 is
> >typical (and I admit, I don't know if that's the
> case), why would
> >you risk lost samples or interminable delays? Why
> not just add an
> >extra buck/gramme to the sale price?
> >
> >I guess what I'm asking is, what's the
> non-financial reason for
> >lodging with a non-fee-charging establishment? Do
> 'professional'
> >labs only validate a limited range of types (eg -
> Bathurst don't do
> >irons)? Do you have no say over where the type
> specimen gets lodged?
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >
> >JKGwilliam wrote:
> >>I suppose the only solution is to pay for the
> classification
> >>services so true "professionals" will be handling
> your
> >>specimen. Please don't misunderstand my use of
> the word
> >>"professional." I'm talking about scientists who
> are also business
> >>professionals.
>
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Received on Sat 29 Dec 2007 07:36:30 PM PST