[meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:13:58 +0200
Message-ID: <7BB091223E364540B804EBA5599F68AD_at_thinkcentre>

Well said, Alex. And not only rare classes such as planetaries,
carbonaceous, achondrites etc. - exceptional fine individuals of common
classes as well. Years ago I was lucky enough to buy a parade example of a
shield oriented NWA stone, weathered, but perfectly shaped, 120 gm, for ca.
50 $. Today? Difficult to find anyway. And the price? Well ...

Best,

Matthias



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Seidel" <gsac at gmx.net>
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>;
<countdeiro at earthlink.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?


> Don?t forget, folks, that once upon a time, which in fact is not way
> tooooo long ago (only just a bit more than a decade or so right now) lunar
> or martian meteorites were simply unavailable on the private market. And
> when the first lunar, DaG 262, was available from the sawblade of the
> finder, the price even for saw dust was absolutely unpayable, and then
> when DaG 400 (some time after) appeared on the market, courtesy of Blaine
> Reed and through channels of a certain German gentleman, if I remember
> correctly, the first asking price was very high up somewhere in the
> 20-thousands-range dollars a gram.
>
> Listees, don?t forget - we live in "golden times" with those planetary
> meteorites and other rare stuff even today, while prices are clearly
> increasing now for top Lunars or Martians, and the other rare ones, as
> people get more interested in meteorites but supply, on the other hand, is
> limited.
>
> P.S.: I still remember, how difficult it was for a type collector to get
> even an LL4 in the old, pre-NWA-days, e.g. in the mid-Ninetees! Some of my
> colleagues, who have been in the hobby for an even longer time than me,
> may second what I said. The NWA rush has changed it all ever since, and I
> do not hesitate to add: at good terms for both the private collector and
> the scientist! Though there seem to be other lines of thought here and
> there now, fired by the media...
>
> Just a few quick comments from an old hound in the hobby.
> Alex
> Berlin/Germany
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:25:16 -0400
>> Von: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> An: countdeiro at earthlink.net
>> CC: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>
>> Hi Count, Melanie and List,
>>
>> Several months ago, I saw a small crumb of Honolulu sell for $400 on
>> eBay. I don't recall how much it weighed, but it could not have been
>> more than 50mg.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>>
>> On 8/10/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > Melanie asked "What is the most expensive per gram...?"
>> >
>> >
>> > Gram sized and larger individual specimens of NWA 5000, Nakhla,
>> Shergotty
>> > and Chassigny, just to name four planetaries, have brought up to $4,000
>> a
>> > gram depending on attractivness of size, weight, shape, lithology,
>> fusion
>> > crust, preparation and documented provenance.
>> >
>> > Count Deiro
>> > IMCA 3536
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
>> >>Sent: Aug 10, 2010 1:38 PM
>> >>To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> >>Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>> >>
>> >>Wow,, and the Sylacauga Hodges stone is just an ordinary chondrite..
>> >>Can
>> >> you
>> >>imagine if it were a rare achondrite or a Planetary meteorite, with a
>> >> limited
>> >>amount available to collectors?! _at__@
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----------
>> >>-Melanie
>> >>IMCA: 2975
>> >>eBay: metmel2775
>> >>Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>> >>
>> >>I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>----- Original Message ----
>> >>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> >>To: Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
>> >>Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> >>Sent: Tue, August 10, 2010 5:29:53 AM
>> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>> >>
>> >>I once paid $100 for 1mg of the Sylacauga Hodges stone.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>On 8/10/10, Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>> >>> Good evening/morning all
>> >>> What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar
>> >>> Calcalong
>> >>> Creek? After that which ones are next in line?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----------
>> >>> -Melanie
>> >>> IMCA: 2975
>> >>> eBay: metmel2775
>> >>> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
>> >>>
>> >>> I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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