[meteorite-list] What private collector has the most localities?

From: Shawn Alan <photophlow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:42:45 -0700 (PDT)
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Hello Listers

I thought my 50 meteorite I have were alot to handle but having over 3000 meteorite localities would too much for me to handle. I think I would need a room devoted to that, which living in NYC would cost alot of coins. I am wondering as well Mike G who has the most localities? Af for size goes, if your not collection for aesthetic reasons, I think as long as you can see it, its good enough. What I think can make a meteorite a better meteorite, is how its displayed, is it framed, or does it come in a nice case :) One I get more money, ill buy me more ryker cases and might think about getting a shadow box and placing some of my fav meteorite in there to have it on display to look :). And on day when I have a grand to spend I would like to buy a nice xxxNWA, a big rock to show off when people come over that dont know much about meteorites. For them its about size a beauty.

Shawn Alan
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[meteorite-list] What private collector has the most
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Michael Gilmer meteoritemike
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Wed Mar 21 13:13:10 EDT 2012
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Hi List,

This is a curiosity-based question. I know
many list members have
outstanding and enviable collections. The Hupes,
Farmer, Cottingham,
Strope, and Kilgore come to mind as dealers/collectors
who have insane
collections of meteorites that most collectors would drool
over. Main
masses, football-sized planetaries, coffee-table sized slabs of
pallasite, and historical rarities populate many high-end collections.

But, what I am curious about is - number of localities. What
collector has the most localities represented in their collection?
This
number could include sub-gram micros, so I am thinking that the
"biggest"
collection (in terms of localities and not specimen size)
might not belong
to one of the obvious heavyweights we would expect.

If there was a
leaderboard for number of localities, who would be
sitting on top of that
list?

Using the EOM website as a rough guide, it seems that Gerald
Armstrong
has an impressive catalog of localities. But not every major
collector uses the EOM, so who is top dog?

For the record, my own
collection numbers about 80 localities. This
number fluctuates frequently
because my collection has a high turnover
rate, and I have had to sell off
my entire collection three times to
pay bills. My locality count has dipped
as low as 10 and peaked as
high as 130. Of course, this is small potatoes.
LOL.

Best regards,

MikeG

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