[Fwd: [meteorite-list] Re: The Most Expensive Meteorite Ever Sold on eBay (Zagami Mars Meteorite)]]
From: Andres Posada <aposadao_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:33 2004 Message-ID: <3F3BB901.7B2D1F60_at_epm.net.co> --------------4851804D362CAF73D8EE06D7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Linda McClenny wrote: > We have numerous published reports from different sources on the > Zagami history, and they all say the age is 1.3 billion years of > age. Thanks for your interest. Best Regards, > Linda Linda McClenny > Linda, Inc. > 205-556-9537 office > 205-553-0956 fax > lindatusc_at_att.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andres Posada > To: lindatusc_at_att.net ; robs@sell2all.com > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:31 AM > Subject: [Fwd: [meteorite-list] Re: The Most Expensive > Meteorite Ever Sold on eBay (Zagami Mars Meteorite)] > > > Ron Baalke wrote: > > > >LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Now is your chance > to own a rare 1.3 > > >Billion year old piece of the Red Planet! The largest > known specimen in > > >circulation (188 grams) of the famous Mars rock Zagami, > is owned by a private > > >individual > > > > Sounds like they're getting their Mars meteorites mixed > up. Zagami is a > > shergottite, which is 180 million years old. Nakhilites, > another > > type of Mars meteorite, are 1.3 billion years old. Zagami > is the largest > > single Mars meteorite stone at 18 kg, or 40 pounds, when > it fell in 1962. > > So, this 188 gram fragment is roughly 1/100th of the > original main mass, > > though still rather sizeable for a Mars meteorite. > > > > >Some estimates value this specimen at over $2,000,000. > > > > That translates to over $10,000/gram, which is extremely > optimistic. > > That is about 20 to 30 times the current market rate for > Zagami. > > > > >Out of 22,000 meteorites known to man, only 13 are > actually > > >known to be "Martian." > > > > There are currently 28 known Mars meteorites. > > > > Ron Baalke > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > --------------4851804D362CAF73D8EE06D7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p>Linda McClenny wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF"><font size=-1>We have numerous published reports from different sources on the Zagami history, and they all say the age is 1.3 billion years of age.</font></font></font> <font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF"><font size=-1>Thanks for your interest.</font></font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Best Regards,</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Linda</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Linda McClenny</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Linda, Inc.</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>205-556-9537 office</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>205-553-0956 fax</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1><a href="mailto:lindatusc_at_att.net">lindatusc@att.net</a></font></font> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:aposadao_at_epm.net.co" title="aposadao@epm.net.co">Andres Posada</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lindatusc_at_att.net" title="lindatusc@att.net">lindatusc@att.net</a> ; <a href="mailto:robs_at_sell2all.com" title="robs@sell2all.com">robs@sell2all.com</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:31 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Fwd: [meteorite-list] Re: The Most Expensive Meteorite Ever Sold on eBay (Zagami Mars Meteorite)]</div> <p>Ron Baalke wrote: <p>> >LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Now is your chance to own a rare 1.3 <br>> >Billion year old piece of the Red Planet! The largest known specimen in <br>> >circulation (188 grams) of the famous Mars rock Zagami, is owned by a private <br>> >individual <br>> <br>> Sounds like they're getting their Mars meteorites mixed up. Zagami is a <br>> shergottite, which is 180 million years old. Nakhilites, another <br>> type of Mars meteorite, are 1.3 billion years old. Zagami is the largest <br>> single Mars meteorite stone at 18 kg, or 40 pounds, when it fell in 1962. <br>> So, this 188 gram fragment is roughly 1/100th of the original main mass, <br>> though still rather sizeable for a Mars meteorite. <br>> <br>> >Some estimates value this specimen at over $2,000,000. <br>> <br>> That translates to over $10,000/gram, which is extremely optimistic. <br>> That is about 20 to 30 times the current market rate for Zagami. <br>> <br>> >Out of 22,000 meteorites known to man, only 13 are actually <br>> >known to be "Martian." <br>> <br>> There are currently 28 known Mars meteorites. <br>> <br>> Ron Baalke <br>> <br>> ______________________________________________ <br>> Meteorite-list mailing list <br>> <a href="mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com</a> <br>> <a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a> <br> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------4851804D362CAF73D8EE06D7-- Received on Thu 14 Aug 2003 12:29:53 PM PDT |
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