If it weren't for specks, I'd never have the priviledge of owning six Lunars and two Martians, and some other rare types.
When you have a decent microscope, size becomes less of an issue. Also, if I sneeze and lose one, replacement won't kill me!;) Pete > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:45:49 -0400 > From: meteoritem...@gmail.com > To: j...@hc.fdn.com > CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What private collector has the most localities? > > Hi List, > > Some very interesting replies, here and in private. I want to thank > everyone for indulging me on this question. > > A couple of thoughts about specimen "viability" or "validity" in terms > of size. As someone who deals mostly in sub-gram micromounts, I have > had a lot of dealings with collectors who purchase tiny micro crumbs > and specks. In my experience, I have not met any collectors who > acquire tiny specimens by choice. I have never met a collector who > could afford a larger specimen, but turned it down to buy a speck. > 100% of the time, in my experience, the buyers of sub-gram micros are > constrained by economics. I'm sure all of them (myself included) > would love to collect only large 1kg specimens, or at least something > big enough to see and handle without using tweezers and a loupe. But, > many of us have to choose between buying food or gasoline, and buying > meteorites, so rather than forgo having a given specimen in our > cabinets, we'd like to have *something* represented in our > collections, so we purchase low-cost, sub-gram micros. > > snip... ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list