January 15, 1999
Rising Prices for Rare Meteorites and Fossils Hamper Academic Research
Increased commercial collection confronts scientists with more theft, vandalism, and landowner-imposed limits
Fort Peck, Mont.
J. Keith Rigby, Jr., knows that if the huge Tyrannosaurus rex he is digging out of a barren hill here were ever put up for sale, it would fetch a princely sum.
Of course, the University of Notre Dame paleontologist would never consider selling his rare fossil, one of the largest
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