[meteorite-list] The problems with Amgala

From: Mauro Daniel <rocksfromspace_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 7 01:26:40 2004
Message-ID: <BAY7-F18LkEWBYiSskT000095ea_at_hotmail.com>

Amgala from what I have see from the piece I have cut is paired 100% to Zag,
same matrix, same breccia, same full metal....I hope only the Amgala fall is
not a fake fall only for sale extra pieces of Zag meteorite pass for a new
fall.....


>From: "stan ." <laser_maniac_at_hotmail.com>
>To: raremeteorites_at_comcast.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] The problems with Amgala
>Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:57:01 +0000
>
>
>>The problem is that Amgala has not been completely classified yet so it is
>>being sold as an unclassified meteorite. One of the reasons it is taking
>>so
>>long to classify is that many interesting features have been found in
>>Amgala
>>and the scientists want to describe them properly, something every fall
>>deserves.
>
>
>Adam, please forgive me for being overly cynical, but what does the
>classification results have to do with the signifigant dip seen in the
>price of amgala? regardless of what it classifies as, your price for stones
>already in your possesion arent going to change. if it gets classified as a
>common stone the price isnt going to go up. if it gets classified as
>something exotic the price would go up, but we ahve only seen a steady
>downward trend in the prices - you can find smallish well crusted amgalas
>selling on ebay pretty regularly at 5$ a gram - not as good a deal as i
>just got for buying a large stone - but still about 50% of the price being
>asked when it first came out.
>
>this trend isnt really seen in only amgala - look at lunar material - years
>ago it was all priced at several thousand $ a gram - now you can get it for
>a few hundred per gram. NWA 1929 was going for 50 to 100$ a gram and now
>you can buy it for 20$ - or even as low as 5$ if you buy a big piece.
>olivine diogenite was going for what, 600$ a gram now you see people
>offering it in the 100$ ballpark. kickass LL3's like begga were several
>tens of $ a gram and now they can be had for 2$ a gram. look at what
>happened to park forrest prices.
>
>when stuff first comes out - be it a rare classification - or just an
>especially nice new fall it's price tends to be high - after a while more
>and more sources of the material open up, and competition drives the prices
>down. it's not about dealers not having business sense - it's about free
>market dynamics pushing the prices where they need to be based upon the
>laws of supply and demand.
>
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