[meteorite-list] Astronomical Prices of Meteorites in Korea Still Controversial

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:34:10 -0500
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Sales of all astronomically-priced oriental meteorites are hereby
suspended until further notice.

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On 1/6/15, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> 24 million dollar meteorite in the name of science, for everything else,
> there's MasterCard ...
>
>
> SEOUL, Dec 30 (Korea Bizwire) - The 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites
> that fell in Jinju city, South Korea in March 2013 are having a hard
> time entering Korean scientific research circles due to their owners'
> excessive compensation demands.
>
> The Korean Government is attempting to purchase the meteorites for use
> in scientific research.
>
> In March 2013, four meteorites weighing 35 kilograms in total fell on a
> farming site in Jinju. They are as old as the sun, and the first
> meteorites to land on the Korean peninsula in 71 years.
>
> The Korean Government announced that it would buy the meteorites to
> benefit Korean scientific research communities, and to prevent the rare
> celestial objects from being sold to foreign collectors.
>
> However, the current owners of the four meteorites are demanding more
> than 27 billion won (US$ 24.5 million) in compensation. Meteorites of 35
> kilograms are usually sold for around 180 million won (US$ 163,526) on
> the international market.
>
> Source:
> http://koreabizwire.com/astronomical-prices-of-meteorites-in-korea-still-controversial/27193
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
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