[meteorite-list] The Top Five collectible space meteorites

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:43:24 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <83b3fa473e2f0d6924d8bd34fb8115c3.squirrel_at_webmail.lpl.arizona.edu>

Richard:

Which leads to the old joke:

Which weighs more, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers.

Given that a troy ounce is 31.1 grams and an avoirdupois ounce is 28.3
grams, the answer is obvious, a pound of feathers!

There are only 12 troy ounces in a troy pound, so a troy pound is only
373.24 grams and an avoirdupois pound (16 ounces) is 453.59 grams.

Isn't metric wonderful?

At least we do not use stone!

Larry

> Yes, you're right
>
> 31.1034768 grams to be exact, so $39.59 per gram
>
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/9/10, GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Top Five collectible space meteorites
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 5:15 PM
>> >>One ounce equals
>> 28.3495231? grams<<
>>
>> I believe one troy ounce equals 31.1 grams. :O)
>> geozay?
>>
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