[meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

From: Ma Lan <chinaren76_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:22:28 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <868397.80020.qm_at_web52705.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Hi listees,

If the dealer, collector, dealer-collector or collector-dealer are defined as prior discussion, the question left for us is, HOW MANY?

Nobody knows a true number of them worldwidely. But i can provide an estimate number of Chinese dealers, collectors, dealer-collectors or whatever. According to my experience and instincts, the number of China men related to deal or collecting of meteorites is 80-100 or so. Most of them do activities within China only.

Best to all,
Ma Lan
Beijing China

--- On Fri, 7/11/08, M42protosun at aol.com <M42protosun at aol.com> wrote:

> From: M42protosun at aol.com <M42protosun at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:13 AM
> Good evening list,
>
> In my mind, nobody can give a true number of meteorite
> dealers.
>
> Asume that we are talking only about professionals. Are
> they all meteorite
> dealers? I think no! You can sell a meteorite only, if you
> have the sureness
> that the piece is a meteorite. Otherwise you are a mineral
> seller (dealer).
>
> And that is the problem!
>
> There is no gapless tracking information about the most
> (small) items.
>
> 1. If a piece of rock contains chondrules it must not be a
> meteorite
> because some complex sediments or some porphyric contain
> chondrule-like
> pebbels
>
> 2. igneous rock may have a fusion crust different in color
> of its interieur,
>
> 3. Haematite-Magnetite clusters can show on a polished cut
> a hexagonale
> texture like Widmanstaetten
>
> 4. Regmaglypte-like buckles can be on a piece of metal of
> a nade from WWII
> time
>
> 5. to be the member of IMCA or other parties gives not the
> certitude for the
> buyer, that he will buy a meteorite.
>
> Normally, if the gapless tracking is interrupted, a new
> certificate must be
> produced to start a new gapless tracking for the item. But
> this is not given
> in the market.
>
> So, if you have found a number of meteorite dealers,
> devide this by the
> number of fingers you have. The result may be an estimated
> value with a certain
> trueth.
>
> After beginning collecting meteorites, I bought a lot of
> rebbish stuff for
> expensive money. Now I have my own small LAB for physical,
> chemical and
> petrological researches. This gives me some sureness that
> the seller from whom I
> buy might be a true METEORITE DEALER.
>
>
> Uwe
>
>
>
>
>
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