[meteorite-list] Remember this common find?

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:15:29 -0500
Message-ID: <EF957E2CF30A44B2A321A7CA768FD670_at_meteorroom>

Hi Mike, Dick, List,

Mike G, I cringe every time as well, and this was no exception. A few quick
things here, as I'm still at the moment working with the writers of these
articles to clear this epic mess up...

First, neither Karl, Robert or myself knew anything about either of the
recent articles (from WUSTL and Space.com) until they hit the internet. Dr.
Korotev gave a very nice interview for the first article, some things were
lost in translation beteen himself and the writer, quite innocently, then
Space.com picked up the story and really blew it out of the water.

No time for details beyond that now, other than to apologize for even an
indirect association with these unintentional misrepresentations, which I'm
sure we can all agree are not good for the meteorite arena whatsoever.

Mike G, thank you as well for placing the criticism where it was due, which
is seemingly rather uncommon these days...

All the best,

Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Gilmer
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:26 PM
To: Dick Lipke
Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Remember this common find?

Hi Dick and List,

Conception Junction is a spectacular pallasite find and everyone involved
with the find should feel a well-deserved sense of accomplishment.

But, I cringe every time I see an article like this.

Worth $3.4 million dollars? Really? To whom? Something is worth what
someone will pay for it. In the history of meteorites, how many specimens
have sold for millions of dollars? To my knowledge - none.

Carelessly throwing around cash numbers like this is irresponsible at best
and damages the entire meteorite community by unrealistically raising
expectations amongst lay people who are not knowledgeable about the
meteorite market.

Every article like this creates scammers intent on making a quick buck from
slags, landowners wanting astronomical sums for common chondrites, and draws
unwanted attention from legislative authorities who might feel tempted to
interfere with meteorite market via taxation or regulation.

I expected better from Space.com.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 11/10/11, Dick Lipke <RICHARDLIPKE at comcast.net> wrote:
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> www.space.com/13578-missouri-farmer-rare-meteorite-conception-junction
> .html  I recall someone saying it was only a common find!!!
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>  Richard Lipke
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