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- From: gkm@cc.uow.edu.au (Glen K Moore)
- Subject: Re: Cheap Mars Rocks (was Re: Moon Dust For Sale)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.200623.18874@cc.uow.edu.au>
- Organization: University Of Wollongong
- References: <justin.726191271@hp750> <93008.095402K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 20:06:23 GMT
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- <K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes:
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- >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???
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- >To get the Mars rock I'm talking of down to earth didn't cost a single cent,
- >by the way. The 18kg SNC-meteorit simply fell out of the sky in October, 1962
- >near Zagami rock in Nigeria.
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- >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...
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- Why not go out and buy a tektite? Even cheaper!
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- >So kepp watching out for these space rocks|
- > Herbert
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