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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,alt.sci.planetary
- Subject: Re: Cheap Mars Rocks (was Re: Moon Dust For Sale)
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 08:17 UT
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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- In article <93008.095402K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, <K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes...
- >Why buy 1gramm moondust for about $4000.- (or 1 pound for $2'000'000)
- >when I bought 4g Mars rock for $350.- two years ago???
- >
-
- The going rate for the Zagami meteorite is still about $100 per gram and
- that is the lowest of all the SNC meteorites. The Nahkla meteorite is going
- for something like $200 to $300 per gram. The price on the Chassigny is
- sky high because there are so few pieces that have left France. The
- two Chassigny pieces I've seen were only 8g and 13g, but were selling for
- $24,000 and $39,000, respectively.
-
- >Taking all the known SNC meteorites known, there are hardly more than 100pounds
- >of mars rock available. Thus, $100,000 for a two inch tape of moondust is quite
- >a high price|| I think I'll wait until a *large* lunar meteorite drops down
- >somwhere...
-
- The moon dust hasn't been sold yet, and I think it will go for well under
- the $100,000.
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