[meteorite-list] Metal-rich Diogenite

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:57 2004
Message-ID: <004501c34046$46dbbc80$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Dear List,

I have received about 20 emails regarding the new metal-rich Diogenite. No,
although it looks similar to our new Ridiculously Gorgeous new Mesosiderite
NWA 1879 (provisional) it is not the same material, two separate labs
confirmed this. The new Mesosiderite (NWA 1879) has a TKW of only 1,624
grams. The new metal-rich Diogenite (NWA 1827) has a TKW of over 80,000
grams of which we have 2,500 grams. We priced it at $20.00 a gram because
our acquisition costs were higher. The other party was offering it $11.60 a
gram and then raised it to $30.00 a gram so you tell us what is going on.
We decided we are going to keep what we have in our collection and cancel
another shipment that was due to ship this Thursday because of reports that
this material sold for $3.00 a gram in Europe at the show.

All the best,

Adam
Received on Tue 01 Jul 2003 11:01:47 PM PDT