[meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:35:15 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <738405.45621.qm_at_web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Sorry, I added an extra 0. The price per gram would still be a whopping
$1,541.81/gram.




----- Original Message ----
From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 5:19:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites

I thought this meteorite was to be sold to a would be benefactor for around 3.5
U.S. million dollars and was donated to a University in Oregon. They claimed it

weighed 5 lbs which equals 2,270 grams. At $3,500,000.00, this would amount to a

whopping $15,418.50/gram. I think we are talking about the same meteorite here.

I guess the press got it wrong once again by throwing out ridiculously large
numbers. It is no wonder why Oregon is one of two states currently designating
their land illegal to hunt meteorites. It seems that good news has once again
turned bad. I canceled a hunting trip to Washington/Oregon this summer due to
these poorly thought out laws or new interpretations of old ones. Even though
this meteorite was not even found on U.S. soil, the large numbers seem to have
attracted or contributed to unwanted attention.

Here is the article:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html



Maybe I read it wrong but it seems blatantly clear to me. It is even headlined
"Multimillion Dollar Meteorite"

Best Regards,

Adam
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Received on Tue 17 Aug 2010 08:35:15 PM PDT