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Re: The Fight for Truth, Justice & the American Way, in Monahans!


>> Actually, this calculates to a little under a $1/gram for the Monahans 
>> meteorite.  This is well within the price range for a common chondrite 
>> meteorite - Monahans is an H5.  I've paid less for common chondrites. >>

>Ron, the next time you locate a new meteorite fall from a huge fireball that
>only produces 2,500g of material for less than $0.80/g, please call me.  

Sure, no problem.  Just for your information, I've purchased the following
common chondrites for $1/gram or less: Etter, Mills, Sleeper Camp,
Norceteur, Gao, Estacado, Beaver, Guenie, Al-Ghanim, Leon.
  
<< The $1,000 estimate is not an unreasonable one, and definitely not 
 "misinformation" on what was known of the meteorite at the time.>>

Exactly.

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>Wrong again.  If the boys had sold it to a reputible dealer, the dealer would
>have found out what it was and there would be many papers being written on it
>even as I write this. 

Or it could of ended up in the trash, just like the St. Louis meteorite.
You do bring up an important point about selling to a dealer.  If it is
sold to a dealer, then the price will be at wholesale so the dealer
can then sell it at retail prices.  In other words, substantionaly lower
than $1/gram.  In fact, this would make the $1,000 price estimate
now look high.  I'm glad you brought up this important point.

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>The last meteorite I know of that is Brecciated that boys found immediately
>after the fall was Noblesville, and it is being offered for a retail price of
>$208/g. 

Surely you're not claiming that the market price of all common
chondrites is $208/gram!  Obviously, the Noblesville was overpriced.
Was this an auction price?

> It was half this size but it didn't include cool blue crystals!  I
>know there is a big difference between $0.80/g and $208/g 

I agree.  I've given several examples of the lower end price, for meteorites
I personally paid for and have in my collection.  
Do you have any other data points other
than Noblesville, anything else that is event remotely close to
$208/gram for common chondrite meteorites?

>but I think it is
>safe to say that the wholesale price on this should be quite a bit higher than
>$1,000 total.  Even without the blue crystals.

Wholesale prices are less than retail prices.

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>They say some Uerlites and Murchison have Halite and Sylvite in very small
>portions, nothing the size of these.
 
Then I take back my words, the blue crystals are not as rare as I 
originally thought, as you point out.

Ron Baalke