[meteorite-list] Chinese Meteorite Is 4.6 Billion Years Old (And Costs £8 Million)

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 12:15:22 -0500
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It's probably not even a meteorite. Unless it's been analyzed by a
reputable lab and submitted for classification in the Met Bulletin,
then it's not a meteorite. It is a *suspected* meteorite. Basically,
it's a rock until somebody microprobes it and proves otherwise.

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On 1/8/14, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> How much would you pay for a meteorite? Well I guess in China meteorite they
> are worth millions when it comes
> to ordinary chondrite.
>
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> ebay store
> http://meteoritefalls.com/
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html
>
>
>
> Chinese Meteorite Is 4.6 Billion Years Old (And Costs ?8 Million)
> Huffington Post UK  |  Posted: 07/01/2014 13:23 GMT  |  Updated: 07/01/2014
> 13:24 GMT
>
> How much would you pay for this?
> What about if we told you it's 4.6 billion years old - about as ancient as
> the Earth and came from space?
> That would probably bump the price up a little. But still not quite as high
> as the owners want for it...
>
> The fist-sized meteorite is priced at 80 million Yuan (or about ?8 million)
> in a meteorite shop in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang
> Autonomous Region.
> Pictured by Rex News, the 434g meteorite was seen falling from the sky on
> April 12th, 2009.
> Villagers arrived at the landing spot and recovered it, which turned out to
> be a good idea. According to Zhang Baolin, an expert at Beijing Planetarium,
> it's about the same age as the Earth and is worth millions to the right
> buyer.
>
> source
> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/07/meteorite-8-million-pound_n_4554070.html
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Received on Wed 08 Jan 2014 12:15:22 PM PST