[meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:01:25 +0200
Message-ID: <20100810190125.261090_at_gmx.net>

Don?t forget, folks, that once upon a time, which in fact is not way tooooo long ago (only just a bit more than a decade or so right now) lunar or martian meteorites were simply unavailable on the private market. And when the first lunar, DaG 262, was available from the sawblade of the finder, the price even for saw dust was absolutely unpayable, and then when DaG 400 (some time after) appeared on the market, courtesy of Blaine Reed and through channels of a certain German gentleman, if I remember correctly, the first asking price was very high up somewhere in the 20-thousands-range dollars a gram.

Listees, don?t forget - we live in "golden times" with those planetary meteorites and other rare stuff even today, while prices are clearly increasing now for top Lunars or Martians, and the other rare ones, as people get more interested in meteorites but supply, on the other hand, is limited.

P.S.: I still remember, how difficult it was for a type collector to get even an LL4 in the old, pre-NWA-days, e.g. in the mid-Ninetees! Some of my colleagues, who have been in the hobby for an even longer time than me, may second what I said. The NWA rush has changed it all ever since, and I do not hesitate to add: at good terms for both the private collector and the scientist! Though there seem to be other lines of thought here and there now, fired by the media...

Just a few quick comments from an old hound in the hobby.
Alex
Berlin/Germany



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> Datum: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:25:16 -0400
> Von: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> An: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> CC: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?

> Hi Count, Melanie and List,
>
> Several months ago, I saw a small crumb of Honolulu sell for $400 on
> eBay. I don't recall how much it weighed, but it could not have been
> more than 50mg.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 8/10/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Melanie asked "What is the most expensive per gram...?"
> >
> >
> > Gram sized and larger individual specimens of NWA 5000, Nakhla,
> Shergotty
> > and Chassigny, just to name four planetaries, have brought up to $4,000
> a
> > gram depending on attractivness of size, weight, shape, lithology,
> fusion
> > crust, preparation and documented provenance.
> >
> > Count Deiro
> > IMCA 3536
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >>From: Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
> >>Sent: Aug 10, 2010 1:38 PM
> >>To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> >>Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
> >>
> >>Wow,, and the Sylacauga Hodges stone is just an ordinary chondrite.. Can
> >> you
> >>imagine if it were a rare achondrite or a Planetary meteorite, with a
> >> limited
> >>amount available to collectors?! _at__@
> >>
> >>
> >> -----------
> >>-Melanie
> >>IMCA: 2975
> >>eBay: metmel2775
> >>Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
> >>
> >>I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----
> >>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> >>To: Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
> >>Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >>Sent: Tue, August 10, 2010 5:29:53 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The most expensive meteorite per gram?
> >>
> >>I once paid $100 for 1mg of the Sylacauga Hodges stone.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>On 8/10/10, Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >>> Good evening/morning all
> >>> What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar
> >>> Calcalong
> >>> Creek? After that which ones are next in line?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----------
> >>> -Melanie
> >>> IMCA: 2975
> >>> eBay: metmel2775
> >>> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
> >>>
> >>> I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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