[meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy

From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:58:17 +0200
Message-ID: <A5C61446-7813-4072-B637-2E11EE979557_at_mysunrise.ch>

...sorry, should be DHOFAR 908, not NWA!

Peter



Peter Marmet wrote:

> Hello Norbert, Adam, Marcin and All,
>
> it seems I didn't make myself very clear. I have absolutely nothing
> against the term:
> This one is kind of a Rosetta Stone for this and this...or some
> sort of a Missing Link...or some
> kind of a Smoking Gun for...but what makes me feel similar as
> Marcin, was the following:
>
> The finders sold their NWA 908 for years under the name NWA
> 908...suddenly NWA 908 is THE(!) Rosetta Stone
> which means THE ONE AND ONLY....
>
> ...ok, the main reason why I wrote this e-mail
> was to get more info about this rather special / stunning /
> fantastic / one of it's kind lithology story!
> ... Adam wrote: that displays two (2) lithologies
> ...Norbert wrote: displaying three (3) distinct lithologies
>
> Very interested to hear more about this unique meteorite...
> not very keen to hear more about what names are legal / honest /
> ethical and
> which are not...sorry, if I started this debate!
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> Norbert Classen wrote:
>
>
>> Dear Marcin,
>>
>> I didn't use that term for marketing reasons, and it is not a
>> synonym for
>> Dhofar 908 in general but I just used it for the 81g main mass of
>> Dhofar
>> 908, displaying three distinct lithologies linking previous finds
>> together.
>> That's why I called it a Rosetta stone. Back in 2003 virtually
>> nobody was
>> willing to believe that e.g. Dhofar 489, and Dhofar 305 did belong
>> to one
>> and the same (ancient) fall. That's not the same thing as calling
>> it "Donald
>> Duck", it's a linguistic ploy to express something of scientific
>> meaning...
>> Do you think Baker and Bizzaro used their analogy as a marketing
>> ploy, or
>> just because the liked the funny name?
>>
>> BTW, as to my knowledge neither Adam nor I did use the Rosetta
>> stone analogy
>> without making it very clear that we were talking about Dhofar
>> 908, not in
>> general, but in respect to a certain stone/fragment of Dhofar 908,
>> and its
>> special history/properties.
>>
>> And, as for the monetary "value" of certain specimens: do you
>> think that a
>> specimen of, let's say normal Zagami will demand the same resale
>> price as a
>> specimen with dual lithologies, including the DML (dark mottled
>> lithology)
>> of Zagami? You are correct, the "meteorite will stay the same",
>> but I fear
>> you won't get the latter one, cheap. And: if you know of a source
>> who sells
>> dual-lith Zagami at the price of normal Zagami, just give me a
>> call :-)
>>
>> My 3 lithologies,
>> Norbert
>>
>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
>> PolandMET
>> Gesendet: Montag, 4. Juni 2007 00:01
>> An: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Rosetta Stone Analogy
>>
>> Dear list members.
>> Every meteorite is special.
>>
>> For me is better to call meteorite with his official name even if
>> this is
>> ugly NWA 9999999 name, than create some unreal "marketing" names
>> that have
>> nothing to do with meteorites. I see only one reason for this,
>> better sales
>> becouse of better name. If we call it Rosetta Stone, Louis
>> Michelle or
>> Donald Duck or Shrek, meteorite will stay the same and not become
>> more
>> importand or rare.
>>
>> Thats my two CH3nt's
>>
>> -----[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-----[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-----
>> http://www.Meteoryt.net marcin at meteoryt.net
>> http://www.PolandMET.com marcin at polandmet.com
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>> --------[ Member of Polish Meteoritical Society ]--------
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