Are meteorites hard to come by?

Question: Are meteorites hard to come by?
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Asked by mfinn to Roy on 13 Mar 2014.
- Roy Adkin answered on 13 Mar 2014:
  
  There are quite a lot of them laying around…more than you would expect considering how rare they are…they have been falling to earth for billions of years so they will collect. The problem is that they are subject to the same geological processes as all rocks on Earth so its only the ones we see on the surface we can collect.
  They are most easy to spot on the snow at the poles and in the deserts as they stand out. If you know what to look for you can find them but…Yes they are hard to come by.

Question: Are meteorites hard to come by?