[meteorite-list] D'orbigny

From: Peter Marmet <p.marmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 13 18:53:20 2006
Message-ID: <7BCE2D65-E14E-4AB9-8075-603E988F9BF7_at_mysunrise.ch>

Hi Jan and list,

D'Orbigny was 4000 $ per gram before Mr. Turone, the owner of the
single wonderfully oriented mass put the stone
in a concret press and split it in dozens of fragments and then gave
or sold a part to naturalia03 (ebay seller) from Uruguay. This person
is offering D'Orbigny now week after week on eBay, starting at 1
cent. So the price of D'Orbigny,
one of the rarest and most fascinating material droped down to about
100 - 150 $ per g! Yes, it's quite easy to destroy a price...
which is bad for sellers- but good for buyers...

Peter


Jan Bartels wrote:

> Dear Listoids,
>
> Just wondering:
> I got myself a fragment of the D'orbigny (Angrite) and while
> surfing on
> the well known dealers websites i noticed some massive difference in
> prices.
> For example: One offers a 2,67 gram slice for $667 while another
> sells a
> 2,2 gram piece (crusted) for over $11.000!!!
> Is the huge difference in price just for the fusion crust?
>
> This is quite a dollar knocker!!
>
> Any comments?
>
> Best,
> Jan
> Holland.
> www.heavenlybodies.nl
>
> Meteorites. Close encounters of the best kind.
>
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Received on Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:53:53 PM PST