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Post by vegasjames on Aug 16, 2023 6:41:18 GMT -5
It would be nice to have a section specifically for meteorites, collections and identification as this is something that comes up so often on many of the rock boards I am on where people are posting all sorts of rocks being mistaken for meteorites. Would be nice to have a spot specifically for people to post their proven meteorite collections and to help people to learn how to hunt for, properly handle and identify meteorites.
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 16, 2023 8:30:37 GMT -5
Agree, we need another fun rabbit hole to dive into. It might pull a little more traffic into RTH if the collector community had a good place to congregate. Hopefully it would draw a specialist or two that would share their expertise with us.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 16, 2023 13:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on Aug 16, 2023 13:39:52 GMT -5
I’d like that. Thanks.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 16, 2023 18:32:24 GMT -5
It would be nice to have a section specifically for meteorites, collections and identification as this is something that comes up so often on many of the rock boards I am on where people are posting all sorts of rocks being mistaken for meteorites. Would be nice to have a spot specifically for people to post their proven meteorite collections and to help people to learn how to hunt for, properly handle and identify meteorites. I like the idea, thanks James. My main criteria is always can we support it and keep it busy and if you all think we can do that and not let it stale then I'm all in and I'll get it done. It's been a while since I've created a new board here but one of the tasks is to create the one paragraph description - it's not as easy as it sounds. I've been playing around with ChatGPT and I asked it for "one paragraph describing a meteorite forum" and this was the first two sentences it came up with (with slight tweaking by me). A The meteorite forum board is a digital gathering space where meteorite enthusiasts, collectors, researchers, and artists converge to engage in discussions, share knowledge, and showcase their passion for these extraterrestrial relics. Through a dynamic array of threads, members exchange insights on meteorite identification, classification, scientific research, creative applications, and collecting experiences. Spooky cool haha |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 16, 2023 18:52:19 GMT -5
It would be nice to have a section specifically for meteorites, collections and identification as this is something that comes up so often on many of the rock boards I am on where people are posting all sorts of rocks being mistaken for meteorites. Would be nice to have a spot specifically for people to post their proven meteorite collections and to help people to learn how to hunt for, properly handle and identify meteorites. I like the idea, thanks James. My main criteria is always can we support it and keep it busy and if you all think we can do that and not let it stale then I'm all in and I'll get it done. It's been a while since I've created a new board here but one of the tasks is to create the one paragraph description - it's not as easy as it sounds. I've been playing around with ChatGPT and I asked it for "one paragraph describing a meteorite forum" and this was the first two sentences it came up with (with slight tweaking by me). A The meteorite forum board is a digital gathering space where meteorite enthusiasts, collectors, researchers, and artists converge to engage in discussions, share knowledge, and showcase their passion for these extraterrestrial relics. Through a dynamic array of threads, members exchange insights on meteorite identification, classification, scientific research, creative applications, and collecting experiences. Spooky cool haha I could keep it busy for quite a while with my collection alone.
And there is also a lot to discuss on how to look for, handle, cut and test suspected meteorites.
I think there is a need anyway because I see so often people posting rocks they think are meteorites just because they look unusual, are heavy, attract a magnet, etc. when they obviously are not meteorites but people do not know what to look for in characteristics. This as led to problems within the meteorite community because people were literally sending in their whole rock collections to the meteorite labs asking if any of them were meteorites. This led to labs only accepting samples from known meteorite hunters, or only accepting one specimen at a time. And classification times that can average 2-9 years per specimen.
I think it will also help to keep people who decide to get in to collecting them from getting ripped off as there are many fakes and meteorwrongs being sold on places like Ebay as meteorites. Educating people on what to look for can again help.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 16, 2023 19:07:47 GMT -5
All, I did a search back a few pages looking for obvious meteorite related threads and found a few and moved them here in the new board. If anyone sees other threads that belong here please bring them to my or rockjunquie's attention and we can get them moved to the new board. |
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Aug 16, 2023 19:39:28 GMT -5
Exciting!!  |
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