[meteorite-list] More on the Lorton... or Lorton hears a Who ?

From: Elizabeth Warner <warnerem_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:15:22 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1001290708340.32479_at_gaia.astro.umd.edu>

Well, as a new person on the list, I was pretty surprised at the tone the
list took for a few days after the Lorton fall... My first thought after
reading some of the messages was "parasite, vulture"... And I nearly
dropped my subscription. But I thought, well, I'm sure not all collectors
are like that...

Clear Skies!
Elizabeth


On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Richard Kowalski wrote:

> I've been informed privately that it was apparently the Smithsonian that contacted the owner of the land and offering payment.
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> I didn't mean to slight any hunter or dealer by my suggestion that one contacted the land owner...
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> I'm a firm believer that sufficient samples need to be submitted for classification and research but I have a huge problem with some researchers that feel they need to horde every milligram for no reason other than to keep it out of the collector market.
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