[meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:54:29 -0500
Message-ID: <B4A0DAD53EFA417DB0EB3E37393DE495_at_meteorroom>

Hi, Keith,
I'd figured there was enough banter amongst the group already, but here is a
last ditch effort to provoke some thinking. We haven't met yet, but I'm a
collector in Atlanta. While I don't necessarily think it was a "horrible
end" for this particular meteorite, the point, generally speaking, is a
quite good one to consider (not taking and distributing photographs, which
I'm sure everyone very much appreciates). It is unfortunate that this
business has a built-in financial incentive to cut meteorites into very
small pieces for distribution (because there is a larger market for smaller
pieces at a higher per-gram price many meteorites are essentially
destroyed...this is a plain fact). I'm not a tree hugger by any stretch,
and in the case of this particular meteorite specimen the principles may not
fully apply. But the larger point might be that it is, in fact, truly
"stupid" to call someone else stupid for opening up the dialogue. Isn't
respectful collaboration and exchange the point of a list such as this,
anyway?
Best to all,
Dave

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Keith
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:58 PM
To: M come Meteorite Meteorites; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day

Hello List

I can't understand why you think this is a horrible end for a meteorite.
You can see the 3 dimensional Widmanstatten perfect and the shape of the
troilite inclusions, better than in any 2D slice.
No materiel was wasted in getting the cube shape, other than normal saw and
grind waste, It was a large long brick, after removing several slices it's a

cube.
I think the Karl's did a great job. I'll post more later this week.
Thanks for your time
Keith


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From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <info at mcomemeteorite.it>
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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day


> ARGH what horrible end for a meteorite..
>
> Matteo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Da : "Arizona Keith" <arizonakeith at cox.net>
> A : <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the
> Day
> Data : Sun, 3 Feb 2008 13:24:25 -0700
>
>> Hello List
>>
>> I like to post a Tucson Show Meteorite photo of the Day
>>
>> Joachim and Moritz Karl 5.3 kg Cape York Cube, IIIAB om,
>> Greenland, Found 1818.
>>
>>
> http://www.geocities.com/arizonaviking2000/Tucsonshow2008cc199thecube.jpg
>>
>> On display in Mike Farmer room, at the Inns suites.
>>
>> Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did seeing it.
>>
>> Keith
>> Chandler AZ
>>
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