[meteorite-list] Expensive meteorites, Denver Tuson Show O MY

[Shawn Alan]

Hello Listers

Came across this article that talkes about rare and expensive meteorites, the IMCA, Denver and Tuscon show and Bonhams auction house.

Shawn Alan
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You can pick up a tiny meteorite for $10 or so, or a large chunk for more  than $1 million. Size and weight matter, as do aesthetics, but a better  indicator of value is the source.
Grape-size fragments from a famous 1947 iron meteorite shower in Russia  called Sikhote-Alin are relatively common, but those originating from the moon  are in greater demand.
The former sell for $10 while a lunar specimen of the same weight is worth  $5000.
Meteorites from Mars are even more valuable on a cost-per-weight basis. A  one-gram piece is worth about $1000 and their value is expected to rise, given  the latest Mars rover landing.

In October 2007, a $1 million meteorite was offered for sale through Bonhams New York. This controversial item was a fragment of the Willamette meteorite,  the largest found in the US and the ninth-largest in the world. Discovered in  1902, the Willamette was donated to the American Museum of Natural History. It  weighed more than 16 tonnes, or did until a considerable chunk was removed in  the 1990s and sold to a private collector in New York.

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http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/out-of-this-world-20120828-24x3o.html