[meteorite-list] CD vs Campo

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:53:53 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W32CFDE7B474179F4B1BE98D2C60_at_phx.gbl>

Well that really sucks:
Got ripped off on the first meteorite I bought.
Is there a way to tell a CD from a Campo apart by visual inspection?

Also, I have enjoyed the responses.

Greg S.

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> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] real jobs
> From: mrmeteorite at gmail.com
> To: rhartman04 at earthlink.net
> CC: stanleygregr at hotmail.com; altmann at meteorite-martin.de; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just so you know Mike Miller and I have both tried to to buy his
> Canyon Diablo stash. Turns out they are very expensive Campos - not a
> CD among them! Oh ya, his Toluca, also Campo!
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:51 AM, R N Hartman wrote:
>> Hello Greg,
>>
>> Were they all Canyon Diablos? I have heard of that place for years. I have
>> had students of mine who have stopped there and told me about it, and I
>> wondered how they seem to always have a good supply of freshly dug up Canyon
>> Diablos considering that hunting is illegal. I wondered whether some crater
>> staff may be quietly involved in a commercial venture.
>>
>> Ron Hartman
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Stanley"
>> To: ;
>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] real jobs
>>
>>
>>
>> I found a meteorite store.
>>
>> On Hwy 40 in Arizona near Winslow. It was where I bought my first meteorite;
>> a 23 gram Canyon Diablo. It was back in 1997. I was driving to CA and saw a
>> big "Meteorites" sign, so I pulled in and she showed me hundreds of
>> meteorites.
>>
>> Greg S.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: altmann at meteorite-martin.de
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:39:06 +0200
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] real jobs
>>>
>>> Hmm in recent times people on the list seem to be always somewhat quickly
>>> insulted...
>>>
>>>> I would love for it to be my full time job
>>>
>>> That's easy Joe. Just apply for a job as chief meteorite procurement
>>> operator at the museum in Perth.
>>> I read in their annual report, that they want to enlarge their meteorite
>>> collection.
>>>
>>> Reach an agreement for a probation period, based on your success.
>>> Promise them to double the number of new meteorites in whole Australia per
>>> year due acquisitions and ask for that performance a salary like a curator
>>> or half of a professor.
>>>
>>> Don't be afraid, the pressure to perform won't be that hard for you.
>>> Bring them 2 NWA-OCs per year, you know, that 25$/kg-stuff and every 10
>>> years or so an NWA-EUC and you'll keep your promise.
>>> Hence you'll work only 3 days per year.
>>>
>>> If somebody will complain, refer to the Euromet-Aussie-expedition, where
>>> the
>>> costs for the Millbillillies and Mundrabillas and weathered OCs they
>>> found,
>>> were>1000$ a gram
>>> and buy some Millbillillies and Mundrabillas for them from professional
>>> dealers to calm them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nooo, was just a joooooke. (Euromet made also science, science costs).
>>>
>>> Hmmm, how would one define a "real profession"?
>>>
>>> Maybe if one meets with ones meteorite activities' profit after all
>>> costs&taxes
>>> the average U.S.-net-income per capita? (how high is it?)
>>>
>>> Best!
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: still I'm wondering, how the little chiropody shop in my street
>>> survives
>>> the decades, but that I never found on Earth a meteorite store?
>>>
>>> It's raining goooold from the sky....?
>>>
>>> Better: it's raining CALLUS from the sky !!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Joe
>>> Kerchner
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Juni 2010 18:39
>>> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] real jobs
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>> What is ur deal? If you were ever successful hunting, maybe you would be
>>> singing a different tune. I am insulted by that, I hunt in my free time, I
>>> would love for it to be my full time job, but not possible for me. You
>>> should think before you post next time.
>>> By the way, aren't we about due for you to "quit" meteorites and leave the
>>> list for good, again? For the 15th time? It has been over a month since
>>> you
>>> last "quit".
>>> Im sure im just one of many people you pissed off with you latest post.
>>> Think about what you say once in a while, it may be helpful.
>>> joe
>>>
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