[meteorite-list] The Trials and Tribulations in Dealing withLandowners

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:44:23 -0500
Message-ID: <40EF411A620548ECADFB362E6509591E_at_StuartMcDaniel>

I think so Mike, I saw the process on TV one night where they are soaked in
acid until the metal is gone and the gem harvested.



Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gilmer
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 11:15 AM
To: Mike Miller
Cc: Adam
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Trials and Tribulations in Dealing
withLandowners

Are these meteorites actually being "melted down" for their peridot?
What happens to the rest of the meteorite? I was under the assumption
that the peridots in question were salvaged from badly-oxidized
specimens or were culled from peridots that fell out of the matrix. I
didn't realize whole pallasites were being rendered down to extract
the peridots.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 2/21/11, Mike Miller <meteoritefinder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just so we keep things straight the Admire meteorites are the ones
> being melted down for their peridot and also the strewn field where
> the landowner lives that was given big expectations about the returns
> of the meteorites found on his land.
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:30 AM, <cdtucson at cox.net> wrote:
>> Adam,
>> "One of the main problems is with trust."
>> Speaking of trust. Is there a way to certify this material from Earth
>> peridot?
>> Wait until the eBay *posers* get word of this new Space Gem.
>> Kaching, (sp)?
>> Carl
>> --
>> Carl or Debbie Esparza
>> Meteoritemax
>>
>>
>> ---- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> One of the main problems is with trust. This strewn field has been
>>> available for
>>> over 100 years and for all practical purposes now may be closed. It only
>>> takes
>>> one or two angry landowners to shut down the entire area to meteorite
>>> hunters.
>>> News of fraud, lawsuits and unpaid promised large sums of money, real or
>>> imagined spread like wildfire through these rural communities.
>>>
>>> The quicker this is resolved, the better. The hunting tradition in this
>>> area
>>> dates back to the Kimberly's, Nininger and Haag. It would be a shame to
>>> see it
>>> permanently off-limits now.
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I witnessed the same thing with with the avocation of
>>> treasure
>>> hunting which still has not recovered after 25 years. Property owners
>>> used to
>>> grant permission freely to search but this is a rarity these days.
>>>
>>> Happy Hunting,
>>>
>>> Adam
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