[meteorite-list] Classification Labs

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:19:15 -0400
Message-ID: <018d01c79b46$0c4e9100$6101a8c0_at_BranchFamily>

Hi Pete,

Try this one:

Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0E8
Attention: Meteorite Identification

I got this address from a poster sent to me from Maria Haas. It was signed
by many of the Tucson attendees this year and it is a beautiful meteorite
poster. I was evidently produced in Canada and has English text on one side
and French on the reverse.

The text further reads "The specimen will be examined and reported on free
of charge. Payment will be made after positive identification..."

I don't know how accurate any of the information is but it may be worth a
shot.

Hope this helps!

-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
To: <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Classification Labs


> 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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