[meteorite-list] Micromounts and weights - Standards Vary

From: Dan Furlan <danfurlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 02:33:41 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTim5_KjMrcYvPnPjNXaimraHE0A4EA_at_mail.gmail.com>

I agree that if something is sold as a "micro-mount" with no weight
specified then it is assumed the piece is small and can technically
even be even as small as 1 mg.. although when selling mounts that have
specified weights or ranges in weights it only makes sense that the
actual specimen be that weight or fall into the range specified
because if it doesn't then the item is being misrepresented
regardlless if the seller eye balls the pieces or doesn't have a
proper scale to weigh it. If you sell something to me personally at a
certain weight it better weigh that much that is my expectation. If i
buy something that is a micro-mount with no weight specified i usually
ask the seller for an approximate weight to give me an idea of what i
am buying and that is when i would get a weight that has a range for
example 10 - 20 mg which is a rough estimation and that would give me
an idea of the size of the mount.. but when people sell something with
a specific weight or say that the weight is at least a certain amount
then they are responsible to provide what they are selling rather then
come up with lame excuses.
Daniel Furlan
Received on Fri 01 Jul 2011 02:33:41 AM PDT