[meteorite-list] ATTENTION: Scientists and Researchers Who Classify Meteorites.. Urgent

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:27:12 -0400
Message-ID: <BAY141-W241ECEECF5B02BFE5CE0C0F81F0_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, Mike and All,
 
I'm sure most of us have hoped for a dependable/predictable service.
I haven't seen an "ugly" or "ordinary" meteorite yet, once it's held under a microscope, and wanted to know the classification specifics.
 
Is your proposed high fee the incentive for quick work?
>$250.00?!
I'm confident that most on this List are amateurs, and not in that league!
 
Dean Bessey had a service advertised on his old New Zealand web site for ~$90.00 USD, promising a result in about a half year, if I remember right.
Has anyone on the List tried that one?
Or another institution that doesn't sit on samples?
 
Maybe we could have an on-going thread which lists institutions that are quick and reasonable and needing of customers, and also post cautions for which to avoid because of their overwhelming backlog.
 
Cheers,
Pete
 
 
> From: mikewren at gilanet.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:32:19 -0600
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] ATTENTION: Scientists and Researchers Who Classify Meteorites.. Urgent
>
> Hello,
>
> I am in need of a serious person or institution to classify meteorites. I believe the time has come for a fee based classification service to be offered. The revenue gleaned from such activity could provide income to work-study students, provide scholarships for students who are studying the meteoritic sciences and most certainly the fee could help offset the expense of such classifications in the first place.
>
> The problem I have in recovering meteorites from the field is that after I give a farmer $10,000 dollars for their meteorite, I usually have to wait up to 2 years for the classification results. This is not much of an incentive to invest in many new discoveries. In fact, I have 4 new possible recoveries that I could purchase, but not having a timely classification service makes for difficult choices. I usually just say to myself-I can't afford to have 5k into this meteorite for 2 years with no return. Does not make good business sense and overall not really good for science either.
>
> I propose a $250.00 to $500.00 per meteorite classification fee. Checks made out to whatever scholarship or department fund you see fit. Done in a timely manner of 3 months or less. Anyone out there interested, please respond to me off list.
>
> Thanks and Best Wishes
>
> Michael Cottingham
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
_________________________________________________________________
Take your contacts everywhere
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 07:27:12 PM PDT