[meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites

[Linton Rohr]

Well, in that case Adam, I'm all over it. The check's in the mail, ET. <g>
Alas, I'm quite happy with my 2 grams.
Linton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites


> Sorry, I added an extra 0.  The price per gram would still be a whopping
> $1,541.81/gram.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 5:19:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites
>
> I thought this meteorite was to be sold to a would be benefactor for 
> around 3.5
> U.S. million dollars and was donated to a University in Oregon.  They 
> claimed it
>
> weighed 5 lbs which equals 2,270 grams. At $3,500,000.00, this would 
> amount to a
>
> whopping $15,418.50/gram.  I think we are talking about the same meteorite 
> here.
>
> I guess the press got it wrong once again by throwing out ridiculously 
> large
> numbers.  It is no wonder why Oregon is one of two states currently 
> designating
> their land illegal to hunt meteorites.   It seems that good news has once 
> again
> turned bad.  I canceled a hunting trip to Washington/Oregon this summer 
> due to
> these poorly thought out laws or new interpretations of old ones. Even 
> though
> this meteorite was not even found on U.S. soil, the large numbers seem to 
> have
> attracted or contributed to unwanted attention.
>
> Here is the article:
> http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html
>
>
>
> Maybe I read it wrong but it seems blatantly clear to me. It is even 
> headlined
> "Multimillion Dollar Meteorite"
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
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