[meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 13:15:14 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_X0Xwb43DQ+TcAzeOL6XXTy-ksUWtAcLfVLLnhwaFpSw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Adam is right. Shut down the interview and walk out. That whole
"black market" propaganda is getting very tired and old now. It's
utter rubbish. Complete and total baloney. And anyone who knows a
single thing about how the market operates, knows that there is no
black market for meteorites. Black markets, by definition, only arise
when a commodity is completely outlawed or heavily regulated.
Meteorites are sold legally on an open market, that is the exact
opposite of a black market. Again, there may be a few bad apples in
the meteorite world, but their numbers pale in comparison to the
problems seen in other fields or hobbies. Which brings me to another
thing - the entire meteorite market is not big enough to sustain a
lucrative black market if it tried. There just aren't enough people
and money invested because meteorites are still a "niche" thing and
small potatoes next to the diamond trade or gold trade.

People keep insisting that some thriving black market of meteorites is
going on, well, somebody please point me to it, because I am curious
to see it. I typed "meteorite black market" into Google Earth, and it
sent me to a vacant field outside Walla Walla Washington. Do I need a
secret knock or handshake to get in?

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 3/1/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> This talk turned me off from the second the interviewer claimed the Sahara
> was a black market.  I would have ended the interview right then and there.
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> Doesn't the media research anything anymore?  When it comes to integrity, a
> modern journalist might ask "What are you talking about, I have never heard
> of such a thing?"
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> Adam
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite market talk on radio
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> Howdy List,
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> Heard Bob Hazen talking about meteorites and the meteorite market last night
> on C2C.
> I put that audio on my website in the audio section if you desire to listen
> to his interview.
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> http://www.meteorwatch.net/
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> Mike from SATWATCH.ORG & METEORWATCH.NET
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> Sent from my iPad
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Received on Fri 01 Mar 2013 01:15:14 PM PST