[meteorite-list] Meteorite testing locations -Was meteoritemillionaire

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:29:29 -0700
Message-ID: <46016ECB60014EFCB0F386EB58D56434_at_bosoheadPC>

Being here in Davis, and despite UC Davis not having a meteoritics lab, I
have been assisted in having an occasional thin section made, not only for
my own curious self but for the hungry graduate-student's wonders... (and,
despite years of seeing rights and countless wrongs, there is still this
pesky one which someday I spring on everyone...drat the crust issues, since
the mass is large and the thin-section was made from the exfoliating
material...but that's another story...)

Mostly my comment is to encourage Greg's suggestion. There must be
countless universities willing to break out of minerology and into
meteoritics.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Adam Hupe"
<raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite testing locations -Was
meteoritemillionaire


With some of the larger or more well known places stopping public testing, I
would like to offer up a suggestion for those that want to have meteorites
tested.

Try to contact your local state colleges for those in the USA. Even smaller
colleges may have a geology lab that can work on meteorites, but often do
not have the funding to do so.

Be kind, give them a little more then required and you may end up with a
great resource for having meteorites tested. Thats how I did it when I could
not find anyone who wanted to test my material.


Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another meteorite millionaire wannabe
> To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 3:16 PM
> I forgot to mention NAU is now off of
> the public classification services list
> along with ASU; two very prominent meteorite classification
> powerhouses now gone
> within the last year and both from Arizona. They seem
> to be dropping out one by
> one at an alarming rate.
>
> I am not trying to be overly dramatic. I just see
> things going the wrong way
> the last couple of years. More and more land is now
> off limits including my
> home state of Washington. This really upsets me
> because I tied a goal around
> finding one there. The late Richard O. Norton warned
> that this could happen
> over a decade ago. He was one of the first to
> recognize that responsibility
> would translate into preservation if managed
> properly. I listened to him for
> several hours at a private party in Tucson over ten years
> ago and his points
> were well received. I feel almost guilty for being so
> complacent but now will
> openly mention issues that bother me.
>
>
> Best Regards and happy Hunting,
>
> Adam
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