All: It is my understanding that a true "paired" stone would need to be lab tested to match the first find (NWA 9999) or it would have to physically "fit' to the first stone (NWA 9999). Perhaps this is not correct. I collect a lot on dry lakes and in that environment you can have many different stones from different falls - as these lakes are collection areas. Now perhaps strewn fields like Gold Basin, Franconia and Holbrook have had enough stones tested that they are called paired stones, but again you can have multiple strewn fields (ie Franconia).
I'm not familar with NWA's and how strewn field are defined there, I would think it should be the same as I mentioned above. A true paired stone would need to be tested. Just my few grams worth, Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > From: carloselgua...@hotmail.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:35:10 -0800 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best ways to send payments from Canada to > Morocco? > > > Hi Greg, Aziz, All, > > > I would like to thank Aziz and others on their informative input on buying > meteorites from Morocco. > > I'm confused about this pairing of meteorites and I think Greg touched on > this briefly. This has been bugging me since I started collecting. I don't > want to start a flame war so please, PLEASE think twice before hitting the > send key on this reply. > > Take for example a dealer/collector buys a 300g stone from Morocco, gets it > classified and it is named NWA 9999, a very, very rare Diogenite. Later, more > stones are found and it sure looks like NWA 9999. I understand the original > 300g stone is NWA 9999 but the others found later should be considered paired > unless it has the lab work and documents to back it up. > > Using this logic, all subsequent finds of Holbrook, Franconia, Gold > Basin,...etc. should be considered pairings and not in fact Holbrook, > Franconia, Gold Basin? Is this because these meteorites have established > strewn fields, respectively, but the NWA meteorites do not? How can anyone be > sure a stray meteorite has not fallen and was collected in these U.S. strewn > fields without cutting it or lab work done on each? Perhaps an experienced > meteorite hunter would know the difference but what of a novice like myself? > > > Carl > > > Greg wrote: >>"...Treat the meteorites right; as in, accuracy of type, TKW, self-pairings > (fraud), etc., and you will not have problems!!!"... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
