> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:06 -0800
> From: meteorite...@gmail.com
> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Photo of a K-chondrite / Could this be one of
> the rarest meteorites found?
>
> Hello Frank, All,
>
> The trouble with that example is t
Hello Frank, All,
The trouble with that example is that it really supports both
viewpoints, due to its context. First and foremost, its type was
extremely uncommon at the time (Eucrites are now rather commonplace),
and second, there was very little available of both the type and of
the given fall
Hello all,
Thought this might be of some interest concerning the rarest meteorite, at
least from a historical viewpoint. At the beginning of the Twentieth Century,
Henry A. Ward thought Nobleborough (1823 Maine fall) was one of the rarest of
the meteorites he owned. At this time Ward owned
K-chondrite / Could this be one of
> the rarest meteorites found?
> To: bernd.pa...@paulinet.de, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7:12 PM
> Hi Bernd and list,
>
> Would this be one of the rarest meteorites ever found? If
> not, what meteorit
Hey Jason,
I agree with you, I'm just teasing you a bit... ;) You needn't defend
your definition.
The simplest point is that there is more than one factor involved in
determining the rarity of a meteorite, or individual type. It can be all
the above, and/or just one factor, as in your rare n
Hola Eric, All,
You're only talking about collector availability, which is a kind of
skewed way of looking at things, in my opinion.
I'm talking about rarity in the sense of how much of a given material
is known, "material" being the term for meteoric matter of a given
structure and chemical compos
Jason, list,
Maybe I don't quite understand... ;) The size of an individual meteorite
whether ungrouped or even a previously unknown type or new
classification would not be the deciding factor in determining rarity at
all would it?
If of course you consider the major factor concerning rarity
Hello Sonny, All,
I've often thought about such a term - "the rarest meteorite."
The rarest meteorite would of course be smallest ungrouped meteorite,
for one could feasibly conceive of a 1-2g unique meteorite. When a
new type is named, however, a hype generally surrounds it - rather
like the oliv
Hi Bernd and list,
Would this be one of the rarest meteorites ever found? If not, what
meteorite would be?
Thanks,
Sonny
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