Speaking from personal experience, Mark, this is a slightly dangerous, and possibly exhausting topic for the person who initiates it. 😉
Affordable meteorites do exist... At the end of the day though, meteorite ownership is a luxury, and merchants often do give back to the meteorite community in a lot of ways. Best, John IMCA 3295 Sent using the mobile mail app On 10/11/24 at 12:18 PM, Mark Bailey via Meteorite-list wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Just a few thoughts here. I’ve collected meteorites for many years. It > started as a reaction to the beauty and wonder of the whole topic. Pieces > from the origins of our Solar System! What a marvelous, delightful, neuron > firing concept! You could actually come into direct physical contact with the > depths of time—shards of time itself, in a way. > > I was a public school Astronomy teacher and couldn’t afford it but my wife > was supportive and I slowly, carefully collected a nice assemblage over the > years. I bought my first from Bob Hague. A couple of Allendes and a small > slice of Canyon Diablo. We would occasionally visit the Tucson Gem and > Mineral show and I’d pick up a few more. And then occasionally the Denver > Show. > > But a disturbing trend has become apparent over the years. The joy and wonder > have become second to the insatiable greed of the vender. Not all of you, > certainly, but enough to leave an impression. This last September in Denver I > could not find a deal anywhere. Prices were so unbelievably high I only got > one. A small walnut-sized windowed Vaca Muerta for $400. I was struck by how > our awe inspiring rocks from space have turned into just another commodity. > No awe, no joy, no beauty. Just money. I’m disappointed and saddened it’s > come to this. > > I’m offering no solutions. No one would listen if I tried. Just an > observation. It might be interesting to discuss this. > > Mark Bailey > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
