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

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:46:09 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W65243C9D030852CE712F8ED2950_at_phx.gbl>

List:

I wonder if it's in the "Guinness Book of World records" or Ripley's Believe it or not."

That would be neat.

Maybe someone could submit it.

Greg S.

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> From: majbaermann at web.de
> To: gsac at gmx.net; meteoritemike at gmail.com; countdeiro at earthlink.net
> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:13:58 +0200
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
>
> 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"
> To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" ;
>
> Cc:
> 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"
> >> An: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> >> CC: Meteorite List
> >> 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 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
> >> >>Sent: Aug 10, 2010 1:38 PM
> >> >>To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
> >> >>Cc: Meteorite List
> >> >>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
> >> >>To: Melanie Matthews
> >> >>Cc: Meteorite List
> >> >>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 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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