[meteorite-list] Classification Labs

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:30:22 -0400
Message-ID: <BAY141-F40D93C6FB59D3CBAD6B99FF8300_at_phx.gbl>

Thanks for all the feedback!

For the benefit of the List; I received more than a few responses to my
questions, and the clear consensus is that the way to go is through Dean's
lab contact.

To reiterate Dean's post, contrary to how he has it stipulated here:

http://www.meteoriteshop.com/class/classify.html
http://www.meteoriteshop.com/class/classify.html

it is 20 grams *OR* 20% of stones smaller than 100 grams that is required
for samples sent.

The fee required was unanimously said to be more than fair.


The "free" labs in USA (no info for Europe) are badly back-logged, so for
more the common stones a return could take them up to several years -
fo'getaboutit!

With so many OC NWA's sent in over the past few years, unless you have
something so unique, like a Lunar, most colleges/universities won't take it
in.

Embarrassingly, there doesn't seem to be a lab or university in all of
Canada that does classification.
(There doesn't seem to be anything current on the web that connects Canada
to meteorites, at all! Makes me wonder - who's holding on to all that
Tagish?!)

Thank you again for all the responses.
Knowledge is power!

Cheers,
Pete




From: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Classification Labs
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 12:30:21 -0400

Hi, all,

Does anyone have information for a lab that does Stony meteorite
classification in Canada?

Failing that, what are the preferred labs in the USA?

Free or fees is okay.

Our Dean's lab contact in New Zealand will be my third option, but it reads
like a minimum 20 gm sample has to be sent, and that would be a major
portion of some of the stones I'm interested in classifying.

Cheers,
Pete

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