[meteorite-list] Lunar meteorites selling for peanuts

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:12:34 -0600
Message-ID: <CADYrzhqwG+5XS6T6OAAv6ORHitwJ6A8fu7ikUGHrEaEkatx25A_at_mail.gmail.com>

Sorry here is correct list, somehow the first three entries for lunars
got duplicated in the martians.

Here are the numbers for just new NWA lunars since 2010:

2010: 11
2011: 6
2012: 4
2013: 13
2014: 25

Here is the same time frame for NWA Martians:

2010: 2
2011: 8
2012: 8
2013: 10
2014: 12
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On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
> Supply and demand could be part of the story for lunars, maybe not for
> martians. Here are the numbers for just new NWA lunars since 2010:
>
> 2010: 11
> 2011: 6
> 2012: 4
> 2013: 13
> 2014: 25
>
> Here is the same time frame for NWA Martians:
>
> 2010: 11
> 2011: 6
> 2012: 4
> 2013: 10
> 2014: 12
>
> Of course hidden in these numbers are TKW, quality, pairing, and type.
> Obviously rarities like mare basalts, nakhlites, and chassignites
> shouldn't be seeing price drops or decrease in demand. Not to mention
> unique martians like NWA 7034 (Black Beauty) and NWA 8159. Maybe the
> drop in price/demand is most pronounced in types that are most common
> such as the lunar feldspathic breccias.
>
> Just my opinion, but I don't think lunars will ever become as cheap as
> eucrites, I think they are still quite rare on Earth and will be a
> good long term investment. Maybe we are just seeing an anomaly in the
> lunar offerings because a few recent big TKW finds of lunars. Who
> knows!
>
> Carl Agee
>
> *************************************
> Carl B. Agee
> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
> MSC03 2050
> University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>
> Tel: (505) 750-7172
> Fax: (505) 277-3577
> Email: agee at unm.edu
> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Hello Listers
>>
>> I am starting to see a trend with Lunar and Martian meteorites, but
>> especial with Lunar's. Some can be had for $300 per gram or less, or
>> some times on ebay you can get a steal on some of the 1g plus sizes for
>> less then $400 a gram. But again at the sub gram leave the price is
>> still in the high $500 to $800 per gram which is expected at that size.
>>
>> My question is, is there new product on the market or has planataries
>> shifted in value?
>>
>> Shawn Alan
>> IMCA 1633
>> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>>
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