[meteorite-list] Re: Fukang

[Alyssa La Blue]

hello everyone,

we do have a piece of fukang here at the university. we are making it part of 
our meteorite collection but half of the specimen we have will be available 
for research. we will not be selling the fukang but will offer pieces of it 
for donations to our cause. for more info or any questions please feel free to 
email: swmc at lpl.arizona.edu

Alyssa La Blue
-- 
Alyssa R. La Blue
Research Laboratory Assistant
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721


Quoting John Birdsell <johnbirdsell at yahoo.com>:

> Mike Farmer Wrote:
> 
> Also there was a lot of
> > the ´Fuking` Pallasite from China. It was being
> > offered at less than 10Euros a gram in large chunks,
> > I saw pieces from 100 grams to 2 kilos. Apparently
> > the buyers have divided the massive pallasite up and
> > are now going to flood the market. Looks like a good
> > buying opportunity when the price collapses. It is
> > beautiful stuff, but with over 900 kilos,  coming on
> > the market, we know where this goes. 
> 
> Actually, there was probably at most 7.7 kilos of
> Fukang end-pieces at the Munich show. There is another
> ~480 kilos at the University of Arizona which is, as
> far as we know, not ever going to reach the market,
> and there is another ~480 kg which is destined to be
> sold as full slices to very wealthy members of the art
> community at somewhere around $250,000.00 per slice.
> If anyone thinks there is going to be a "flood" of
> Fukang hitting the market, I wouldn't hold my breath. 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> -John & Dawn
> Arizona Skies Meteorites
> http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com
> 
> 
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