[meteorite-list] Rock-Picking Farmer Finds $1 MillionMeteorite In

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:44 2004
Message-ID: <001201c2e1d0$17b54cc0$55c443d8_at_malcolm>

> I love the analogy Michael...and we do often talk in grams and kilos.

I always fell like we are all dealing drugs! You call your favorite dealer
and ask for a kilo of his best rock! : ) This meteorite the farmer found
reminds me of that million dollar iron on ebay a while back that belonged to
the presidential hopeful.
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168



----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com>
To: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_cox.net>
Cc: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rock-Picking Farmer Finds $1 MillionMeteorite
In


> I love the analogy Michael...and we do often talk in grams and kilos.
> LOL!!!
> matt m
>
>
> Michael L Blood wrote:
>
> > Ya,
> > But this dude will want this micromount price per gram for the
> > WHOLE STONE. This is like taking a kilo of pot and saying you busted a
> > dealer with a million dollars of dope, because, if you sell it by the
> > joint.....
> > So, of course, no one will ever consider paying retail for the
whole
> > mass.
> > This head set has permeated the country - interesting in light
of
> > the DOWNTURN of the market since flooding of NWA material. A lot
> > of farmers are going to be taking a lot of material to the grave with
> > them.
> > Thanks for the info, Martin.
> > Best wishes, Michael
> >
> > on 3/3/03 12:06 PM, Martin Horejsi at martinh_at_isu.edu wrote:
> >
> > > Ron kindly suggested:
> > >
> > >> I'm curious as to what type it is as well. Both articles didn't say.
> > >> It looks to be either an iron or stony-iron. Because it is being
> > >> touted as a one-of-a-kind meteorites. I would guess it is in
> > >> the stony-iron class.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > The rock in the article is the Milton Pallasite that I wrote about in
> > > Meteorite Magazine in the May 2002 issue.
> > >
> > > Milton is a unique pallasite that appears to be somewhere between the
main
> > > group pallasites and the Eagle Station pallasites but not directly on
the
> > > line between them. There are also some interesting chemical
similarities
> > > between Milton and carbonaceous chondrites.
> > >
> > > Milton is likely material from an asteroid as yet unrepresented in our
> > > collections.
> > >
> > > Given the price of Eagle Station, the $500/g figure is not quite so
> > > surprising.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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