[meteorite-list] Most expensive rock?

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:41:33 +0200
Message-ID: <20080415234133.324590_at_gmx.net>

It did not only apply to "hardware", it also applied to saw dust...
(P.S.: I remember this from a very early offer of DaG 262 material)

Those were the days,
Alex
Berlin/Germany


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:57:18 +0200
> Von: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> An: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Most expensive rock?

> As far as I know,
> Calcalong Creek in the 90ies, where some carats were priced beyond 1
> million/g were reported. No idea, how much actually was sold. Followed by
> the next Moons DaG 400 and DaG 262 hitting the scene with initially
> 200,000-250,000 per gram - and finally NWA 011, when there still was the
> discussion about an origin from Mercury, where small shavings were sold at
> 100$/milligram.
>
> Buckleboo!
> Martin
>
> (have to reactivate the greeting formula, as Martin H. is back!)
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Mark
> Crawford
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. April 2008 22:49
> An: Meteorite List
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Most expensive rock?
>
> Hi folks,
>
> After seeing one of Adam's Chassy specks go on eBay for the eye-watering
> figure of ~$87,000/g, I wondered what the most expensive price paid for
> a specimen was?
>
> I suppose it's two questions - the highest dollar price/gram (and I
> suppose Chassigny might take this even off eBay), and the highest
> absolute amount paid for a single example.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Mark
>
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