[meteorite-list] Question

From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:53:22 EDT
Message-ID: <d35.51ab1083.37bdce52_at_aol.com>

Calcalong and Governador Valadares are good candidates.
 
I would suggest Chassigny. Not so much because it is a Martian but because
it is a Fall, almost 2 centuries old, a small meteorite, namesake of a whole
class of meteorites, and so far the only named meteorite in this tiny class.
 
Angra do Reis is another candidate, for similar reasons.
 
And then you have many meteorites who are entirely in Museums or
Institutions, and not available, no matter the ammount of money. Cabin Creek in
Vienna, Goose Lake in The Smithsonian, are but 2 examples. I am sure there are
many more examples.
 
Anybody cares to think up of some more of those un-obtainable meteorites?
 
Anne M. Black
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In a message dated 8/19/2009 2:52:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
daistiho at hotmail.com writes:
Last I saw, one of the priciest meteorites was the Martian Governador
Valadares, of which only a few grams has ever made it out of institutions for
private collectors. Milligrams cost thousands, and Bill Gates couldn't afford
the main mass, should it ever become available.

Best!
Tracy Latimer
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> From: stanleygregr at hotmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:26:17 -0700
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Question
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> List:
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> I was wondering what was the most valuable single meteorite - not
scientific but the most value $/gram?
>
> Also, what is the most valuable type? Mars, Lunar or other? Do Lunar
meteorites still have the most value?
Received on Wed 19 Aug 2009 05:53:22 PM PDT