[meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:57:43 -0700
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That's what I was thinking too, Steve, but I haven't even been up there so
what do I know?
It might even be more meaningful, even more appropriate, to have a stone
found by a local.
That's, of course, in addition to the donated selection.
Linton

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> Anne and all,
>
> There are also locals who have and who will find meteorites that might be
> very happy to give (or permanently loan) a meteorite that would stay
> local, instead of just keeping it in their sock drawer or safety deposit
> box.
>
> Steve Arnold
> Of Meteorite Men
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> From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:58
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion
>
> Hi Anne,
>
> I completely agree. It is actually foolish to use donated funds -- at
> this time -- to purchase stones from the latest Wisconsin fall. Very
> little bang for the buck. For the same money, you could buy an NWA
> chondrite over 100 times larger that is nearly as fresh-looking.
>
> I think a far better use for the limited funds would be a modest
> variety of medium-sized, relatively inexpensive meteorites. For
> the cost of one tiny, unimpressive specimen from the lastest
> Wisconsin fall, you could instead purchase and donate a large iron,
> a pallasite or mesosiderite, an ordinary chondrite *AND* an
> achondrite. --Rob
>
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] WisconsinSchool project - Suggestion
>
> Michael,
>
> If I may make a suggestion...........
>
> Lets think about Meteorites in general, rather than just one Wisconsin
> meteorite.
> Since you now have about $750.00, buy an assortment of reasonably
> priced, classified, known meteorites. Maybe a Canyon Diablo, a small
> Brenham, a couple stonies with different classification. No crumbs,
> large enough pieces so they can see what a metorite looks like, and how
> many different types there are. That would lead to a much better
> understanding of meteorites, than just one small stone.
>
> If you decided to do that, I am quite sure you would find more offers
> and more help. In fact, I would be willing to help you with donations.
>
> And if you really insist on getting them a piece of the Wisconsin stone,
> then I suggest you wait 6 months to a year, when more stones have been
> found, and the price has gone down. As it always does with new falls,
> particularly when it is an ordinary chondrite; look at Buzzard Coulee:
> $40/g during the Tucson Show, $10/g now.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Anne M. Black
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