[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteorite debacle

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:53 2004
Message-ID: <3E85AB9F.8A59EF1C_at_kconline.com>

Hi List,

Mike Farmer mentioned the specimens being worth $500.00 an ounce but when we were in
the library asking around one of the ladies there told us they were worth $2,000.00 an
ounce ($73.00/ gram) so it keeps going up in price. People in that area need to really
get a grip on this one. There has to be lots of material around, including some that
people haven't come across yet. This looks to be like an LL6 as others have mentioned.
It is an ordinary chondrite and a quick look on dealer sites on the internet or if you
wish ebay, those items don't usually sell for much more than $2 or $3 a gram (except
in low total weight falls). What's a fair price?? I think the guy that sold to Steve
W. for $1.00 got a good deal as well as Steve got a reasonable purchase. No one got
ripped off.

--AL
Received on Sat 29 Mar 2003 09:20:16 AM PST