[meteorite-list] Meteorite Supply and Demand

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:35:03 -0600
Message-ID: <CADYrzhpwUBSY1v00hDx0jq1JH+5ZMA-O3bE30dn=Zym_BvYHBQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

One more thought and then I'll give it a rest. Regarding the current
supply of lunar meteorites (and to a lesser degree martian
meteorites), the only place where these are being "found" right now is
NWA. There are virtually no lunars coming out of Antarctica, and only
the sporadic martian. There still has never been a documented lunar
fall, never a North American lunar find. People, these objects are
super rare! Maybe the market is flooded right now, but I doubt if this
"NWA flood" is sustainable. Once these "bargain lunars" get bought up
and squirreled away in collections, say a few years from now, the
prices will go back up and they will continue to be seen as among the
very rarest meteorite types.

Carl Agee


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Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
MSC03 2050
University of New Mexico
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On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
> Here is another measure of current meteorite "supply".
> Angrites seem to be among the most scarce.
> -Carl Agee
>
>
> MetBull 103
>
> 2174 Ordinary chondrites
>
> 130 HED achondrites
>
> 113 Carbonaceous chondrites
>
> 41 Ureilites
>
> 27 Lunar meteorites
>
> 24 Enstatite chondrites
>
> 21 Iron meteorites
>
> 15 Primitive achondrites
>
> 11 Mesosiderites
>
> 10 Martian meteorites
>
> 6 Rumuruti chondrites
>
> 5 Ungrouped achondrites
>
> 2 Enstatite achondrites
>
> 1 Relict meteorite
>
> 1 Pallasite
>
> 1 Angrite
>
>
>
> MetBull 102
>
> 2611 Ordinary chondrites
>
> 264 HED achondrites
>
> 124 Carbonaceous chondrites
>
> 30 Ureilites
>
> 20 Martian meteorites
>
> 16 Primitive achondrites
>
> 16 Rumuruti chondrites
>
> 15 Mesosiderites
>
> 12 Iron meteorites
>
> 10 Lunar meteorites,
>
> 9 Enstatite chondrites
>
> 4 Enstatite achondrites
>
> 4 Pallasites
>
> 4 Ungrouped achondrites
>
> 2 Angrites
>
>
>
> MetBull 101
>
> 2308 Ordinary chondrites
>
> 156 Carbonaceous chondrites
>
> 63 HED achondrites
>
> 17 Relict meteorites
>
> 16 Rumuruti chondrites
>
> 15 Enstatite chondrites
>
> 15 Ureilites
>
> 10 Iron meteorites
>
> 9 Lunar meteorites
>
> 9 Primitive achondrites
>
> 8 Ungrouped achondrites
>
> 7 Mesosiderites
>
> 4 Martian meteorites
>
> 2 Pallasites
>
>
>
> *************************************
> Carl B. Agee
> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
> MSC03 2050
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>
> Tel: (505) 750-7172
> Fax: (505) 277-3577
> Email: agee at unm.edu
> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
Received on Sun 31 May 2015 12:35:03 PM PDT