[meteorite-list] Question

Impactika at aol.com Impactika at aol.com
Wed Aug 19 17:53:22 EDT 2009


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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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
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> From: stanleygregr at hotmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:26:17 -0700
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Question
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> List:
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> 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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