[meteorite-list] Great Example of Private + Sciencež

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:02:45 -0800
Message-ID: <20CAB04EC43248279AD034F2EF9A9915_at_bosoheadPC>

This is how it all works!! Congrats Moni. The BIG PICTURE.
Awesome perspective,
Richard M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moni Waiblinger" <moni2555 at hotmail.com>
To: "meteor list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great Example of Private + Science?


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>
> HI List,
>
> I must agree with Greg (and many other meteorite hunters that I know) of
> how fulfilling it is to give to science!
>
> I've been asked many times why I gave the Sutter's Mill meteorite that I
> found to science.
> The answer, of course, is that I knew the De Haas family are actually the
> owners and that they wanted to donate anything found to science.
> I knew well in advance that I was not going to get to keep it.
> I still went along with the group and searched for the meteorite for
> science.
> (Of course, that's when I make my only Sutter's Mill find;-)
>
> My find of Sutter's Mill (SM12 - 17grams) went to many places, see the
> consortium chapter below.
>
> My point is, this donation to science was only possible because of land
> owners and private meteorite hunters working together!
>
> Happy hunting, Moni
>
>
> The following research teams (team lead given) are participating in a
> consortium
> established to coordinate the analysis of Sutter's Mill meteorite
> samples. Please contact if you like to join this effort with unique
> ability (POC) :
>
> P. Jenniskens SETI/NASA ARC Meteorite recovery #2,12
>
> T. Hiroi Brown U. Reflection spectroscopy #30,12
>
> G. Cooper NASA ARC Organic volatiles #2,12
>
> S. Pizzarello ASU Isotope organics #2,12,41
>
> D. Glavin NASA/Goddard Amino acids #2,12,51
>
> P. Schmitt-K. H.-Z., Germany mass spectroscopy #2,12
>
> D. Sears NASA ARC Thermoluminescence #2,12
>
> M. Grady NHM Petrography/UVVIS spectroscopy #2,12,30
>
> A. Rubin UCLA Petrography #2,12
>
> K. Ziegler U of NewMexico O isotopes #2,12
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> S.V.S. Murty PRL, India N/Ar isotopes #2,12
>
> P. Rochette Aix-M.,France Paleomagnetism #12
>
> G. Flynn SUNY Plattsburgh XANES #12
>
> H. Yabuta Osaka U., Japan IOM isotopes #12
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