[meteorite-list] Provenance of Universities' Material

From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:01:41 -0500
Message-ID: <4F16C2B5.2010604_at_gmail.com>

  I guess this means that the Smithsonian, AMNH (New York) and Natural
History Museum (London) curators don't recognize rarity and value.
Perhaps it's something else.

The fact of the matter is that large institutional collections are, in
general, rather lacking in NWAs, Libyan, and Omani meteorites. This is
reflected in the scientific literature. Although there are some
institutional collections with a lot of hot desert meteorites, I doubt
your statement that the collections in institutions will soon be
dominated by hot desert meteorites.

Jeff

On 1/17/2012 10:42 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
> Most museums and institutions who recognize rarity and value now integrate world-class NWA specimens into their collections. The Royal Ontario Museum comes to mind who has an amazing collection. I think the ratio will favor hot-desert finds soon. Their beauty rarity and value cannot be ignored. A meteorite has no control where it lands. A meteorite is a still a meteorite once a meteoroid touches the Earth. We are fortunate that the Sahara desert preserves them well.
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> Kind Regards,
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> Adam
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