[meteorite-list] Meteorites From Vatican Collection On Display At California Planetarium

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:04 2004
Message-ID: <200208011700.KAA19766_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> The minor planet Geographos was estimated by Herrick (1971) to
> be worth some 900 billion dollars in nickel and the heavier elements
> that are mostly locked in the Earth's core: rhenium, osmium, iridium,
> platinum, gold, etc.
>

Don't forget though the supply and demand principle. If there was
a large increase in the availability of these metals, it would
drive their prices down.

Ron Baalke
Received on Thu 01 Aug 2002 01:00:46 PM PDT