[meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day
From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:49:25 -0500 Message-ID: <FC5A2A909FD549D8AA489E1737B2F390_at_meteorroom> Your points are right on the money, Martin. I very much agree, and it surprising to see that there is little-to-no market appreciation in terms of perceived economic value for this work with irons, particularly slices. I'll assume that perhaps you would second my point below re: stones, and we can leave it at that (in fact, a little marketing machine is being ramped up as we type for a beautiful stone which no doubt will be rolled out to slaughter in short order, and it will be pathetic to watch). The only part of my original note that started volleying back and forth was the point about cutting meteorites and waste. My point had more to do with the larger picture outlined in the list Policies: be courteous and professional, no personal attacks, identify ADs properly and limit them to once per week so as to avoid spamming the group, etc. All good points. All frequently ignored. Best regards, Dave -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:47 AM To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day Hi Dave, "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 wouldn't second that regarding the iron meteorites. Cutting, preparing, stabilizing iron slices is very cost-intensive. One needs machines, consumables, the cut loss is high and a proper cut, grinding, polishing, etching etc is an extremely time-consuming process. So that I would suppose that most iron preparators would rather prefer to sell larger rough specimens and then at a lower price per gram, than smaller slices. Btw with Cape York I feel it more inappropriate to see two of the masses rotting for decades in the Danish rain in the court of the museum in Copenhagen. http://kuerzer.de/iwascapeyork (Photo M.Graul) Best! Martin -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Dave Gheesling Gesendet: Montag, 4. Februar 2008 06:54 An: 'Arizona Keith' Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Keith's Tucson Meteorite of the Day 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 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Mon 04 Feb 2008 10:49:25 AM PST |
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