[meteorite-list] Earth Rocks! (Was: Help with Ebay bidding)

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:54:59 -0800
Message-ID: <AANLkTinNeEcfhDqxLWbXpX_KUsQOePHHx-CHcJ-XpSuk_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Eric, All,

I didn't forget it; I cut it out of my first paragraph. Whether or
not the matter itself is the same age, if one is paying $850/g for a
thick slice of a lunar meteorite or $1000/g for a thinner one, the
prices are still relative to each other, and the fact that the atoms
themselves were created in the supernova that created our solar system
is..a moot point. This was about the thickness of meteorite slices
and desirability/pricing, no?

I get what you're saying, and I agree with it, but I don't really get
how it pertains to this discussion.

That point would be relevant to a conversation about the irrationality
of high monetary values assigned to anything without real
practical/utilitarian value, but...that applies to all meteorites,
thick or thin. [Perhaps modern art, most of all...something I'll
never waste money on ; ]

Regards,
Jason


On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
> Hey Jason, you're forgetting something... ;)
>
> Time.........................................4.56 billion years worth of it.
>
> The easily available rocks we don't collect didn't really "originate"
> here... All rocks on Earth, or more correctly, that *formed* Earth, were
> once meteoroids/asteroids at some point in the last 4.56+ billion years. The
> rocks from space we do collect are only interesting only because they've not
> yet been terrestrialized.
>
> Technically, there isn't a single grain of dust or sand on this planet that
> didn't originate in space if you go far enough back in time.
>
> Hell... Earth itself is one big rock in space. ;)
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> On 3/7/2011 9:24 PM, Jason Utas wrote:
>>
>> It means that for some irrational reason, we
>> have all decided that it is a worthwhile endeavor to spend our
>> hard-earned money on chunks of rock that happen to be a little
>> different than the more easily available ones that have originated on
>> earth.
>
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