[meteorite-list] Provenance of Universities' Material

From: Peter Davidson <P.Davidson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:42:26 -0000
Message-ID: <D7171847AEFC6A4893D80C75E547E27105046FEE_at_nmsmail02.nms2k.int>

Hello List

I feel we have discussed this particular topic before on the list - and
at some length. In common with the Smithsonian, the AMNH and the Natural
History Museum London (and many other museums) we at the National
Museums Scotland do appreciate rarity and value, but like our colleagues
at these museums, we cannot purchase material from certain localities
including those mentioned by Jeff. I also agree with Jeff that I cannot
see collections at these institutions becoming dominated by this
material in the near future.

Hope to see you all at Tucson this year. I will be exhibiting at the
Convention centre (Minerals from Bisbee, Arizona). Come and have a look
if you can.

Best Wishes

Peter Davidson
Curator of Minerals
 
Department of Natural Sciences
National Museums Collection Centre
242 West Granton Road
Edinburgh EH5 1JA
Scotland
Tel: 00 44 131 247 4283
E-mail: p.davidson at nms.ac.uk

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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jeff
Grossman
Sent: 18 January 2012 13:02
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Provenance of Universities' Material

  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.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> Adam
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