[meteorite-list] A silly question about South Korean Meteorites

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:02:36 +0200
Message-ID: <007d01cda2e0$8bef4420$a3cdcc60$_at_de>

Korea isn't a white spot on the meteorite-map at all.
Look here:

http://koreamet.kopri.re.kr/

Best!
Martin

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Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Oktober 2012 04:01
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Betreff: [meteorite-list] A silly question about South Korean Meteorites

Hi Listees,

Just a curious idle question here. I've had sales from almost every corner
of the world. Occasionally I get a sale from a remote place that I am
unfamiliar with and I have to Google it to see where the heck it is. (Cook
Islands anyone?)

When it comes to Asia, I have customers in Vietnam, Japan, China, Mongolia,
the Philippines, and Taiwan. But I have never had a sale to South Korea.
This seems odd to me, since I have several dozen Twitter followers in South
Korea, and South Korea seems like a more likely place to generate sales than
Mongolia or Vietnam.

Thinking on this, South Korea seems like a void in a meteorite world.
We hear about meteorite falls in China. There are meteorite dealers in
Taiwan, Japan, China, and Vietnam. But I never hear anything about
meteorites, meteorite dealing, or meteorite collecting in South Korea.

So, what's the deal with South Korea? Is this just an anomaly for me?
 Are other dealers getting sales to South Korea? Do I need to open a
regional Galactic Stone office in Seoul to spread the word?

Trivia : According to the Met Bulletin, there are 3 official meteorites (all
falls) from South Korea - Duwun (L6, 1943), Gyokukei (OC, 1933), and Unkoku
(OC, 1924). Apparently there have been no meteorite finds or falls
recovered in South Korea in the last 69 years.

Best regards,

MikeG

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