Adam, I think I may have tripped over that! Gosh, I look at a lunar and immediately see earth rock....then I look at an earth rock and see a lunar! Anyways, I do hope you and your team find what you are looking for and if not, I know you will have fun trying! I've seen pictures! ;)
BTW, Parker Tube Float is coming up really soon! Jim On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I cannot believe anybody would call any meteorite crap. It is just a matter > of time before somebody finds the big one in a DCA! > > > Just wait until Team LunarRock finds the first 9.99 lbs Lunar meteorite in > one of 25 DCAs within a few hours drive of my house. Our team has decided how > to deal with this Lunaite since more than likely, it will have been found on > federal land and cannot be used for commercial purpose. We will just have > to cut that new lunar into thousands of slices and give every collector a 1 > plus gram piece for free. Of course science will have first option on the > type specimen repository samples. > > Dreams are free, Self-pairing is not. > > > Adam > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Jim Wooddell <jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net> > To: Michael Mulgrew <mikest...@gmail.com>; Meteorite List > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Franconia AREA (was, Re: ...terminology...) > > Michael, > There is a lot that has not been learned from the Franconia area. > More information will be known in the future despite an award winning comment > from a member of the Drama Queen Dream Team that hunting in and classifying > 'crap' in DCA's is a waste, yet a new H-metal out of it....some more > pending...4 mile extension of the collection area....no...none of that is a > contribution...not to mention the work which was paid for INAA Testing, EMPA, > thin sectioning, grad student work...yea nothing contributed to science! > Certainly a discredit to everyone that made the effort at getting anything > anywhere classified. To those hunters my hat is off, with respect. Its too > bad the original DCAs in the area were made the way the were. The new DCA > makes way more sense for the time being. > > Jim > > Jim Wooddell - Mobile > > Michael Mulgrew <mikest...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>List, >> >>One more question regarding the latest Franconia paper, M. Hutson et >>al., 2013, regarding the sample sized used in that study vs. their >>concluded number of falls for the area: They only looked at 14 rocks, >>concluding that 7 were separate falls. If they looked at 50 rocks, >>would they have found 25 falls? Why did they select only 14 rocks, >>was it a matter of how much research they could fund? I'd hope the >>samples were not selected specifically for their appearance, as they >>stated in the paper that visual pairing based on the exterior of the >>stones was completely misleading. >> >>They incorrectly reported that the 14 stones in their study make up >>3.7% of the total finds for the area, 380. We all know this number is >>much higher, by a factor of 20 or more probably. For example, I know of >>one hunter who made more than 600 finds in a single year. A similar >>disconnect exists with their statement regarding the % representation of >>total mass of all finds. I'm not sure how they can come to such a >>definitive fall count with such a miniscule sampling of finds from the >>area. >> >>Ok, two questions: Does anyone know why the irons (H-metal) from the >>area were ignored in this study? Surely they are directly related to >>these chondritic falls, and as Yucca 015 >>(http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=57175) shows us, >>there are multiple unique H-metals out there as well. >> >>Back to winning the lottery to get all this sorted out! >>Michael in so. Cal. >>______________________________________________ >> >>Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Jim Wooddell jimwoodd...@gmail.com 928-247-2675 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
