[meteorite-list] Question

From: John Gwilliam <jkg2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:18:26 -0700
Message-ID: <20090819221832.KRFJ21470.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net_at_fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>

How about Bob Haag's Venus Stone? As far as I know, none has ever
been offered for sale.

Best,

John Gwilliam

At 02:53 PM 8/19/2009, Impactika at aol.com wrote:
>Calcalong and Governador Valadares are good candidates.
>
>I would suggest Chassigny. Not so much because it is a Martian but because
>it is a Fall, almost 2 centuries old, a small meteorite, namesake of a whole
>class of meteorites, and so far the only named meteorite in this tiny class.
>
>Angra do Reis is another candidate, for similar reasons.
>
>And then you have many meteorites who are entirely in Museums or
>Institutions, and not available, no matter the ammount of money.
>Cabin Creek in
>Vienna, Goose Lake in The Smithsonian, are but 2 examples. I am sure
>there are
>many more examples.
>
>Anybody cares to think up of some more of those un-obtainable meteorites?
>
>Anne M. Black
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>Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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>
>
>In a message dated 8/19/2009 2:52:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>daistiho at hotmail.com writes:
>Last I saw, one of the priciest meteorites was the Martian Governador
>Valadares, of which only a few grams has ever made it out of institutions for
>private collectors. Milligrams cost thousands, and Bill Gates
>couldn't afford
>the main mass, should it ever become available.
>
>Best!
>Tracy Latimer
>----------------------------------------
> > From: stanleygregr at hotmail.com
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:26:17 -0700
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Question
> >
> > List:
> >
> > I was wondering what was the most valuable single meteorite - not
>scientific but the most value $/gram?
> >
> > Also, what is the most valuable type? Mars, Lunar or other? Do Lunar
>meteorites still have the most value?
>
>
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John Gwilliam

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Received on Wed 19 Aug 2009 06:18:26 PM PDT