I know of relatively large lunars that are being offered at around $50/g and not being bought (1 kg stones). There seem to be a plethora of Lunars and Martians. Nice shergottites could be had from the 2015 Tucson show for around $80/g. In the last year, the NomCom has approved 35 lunars (over 16 kg) and 19 martians (around 2 kg).
Personally, given the huge numbers of Lunars being classified, I expect the price to be at the $50/g range or lower in the near future - somewhere in the range of the HEDS. Laurence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Laurence A.J. Garvie Research Professor and Collections Manager Center for Meteorite Studies Arizona State University ISTB4, BLDG 75 781 East Terrace Rd Tempe AZ 85287-6004 USA phone +480 965 3361 fax +480 965 8102 School of Earth and Space Exploration: http://sese.asu.edu/ Center for Meteorite Studies: http://meteorites.asu.edu/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 13:46:08 -0700 > From: "Shawn Alan" <shawna...@meteoritefalls.com> > To: "Meteorite Central" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Lunar meteorites selling for peanuts > Message-ID: > > <20150529134608.e8713c95af9984a493c5db01816d4c10.37441c22c4....@email22.secureserver.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello Listers > > I am starting to see a trend with Lunar and Martian meteorites, but > especial with Lunar's. Some can be had for $300 per gram or less, or > some times on ebay you can get a steal on some of the 1g plus sizes for > less then $400 a gram. But again at the sub gram leave the price is > still in the high $500 to $800 per gram which is expected at that size. > > My question is, is there new product on the market or has planataries > shifted in value? > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html > Website http://meteoritefalls.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 17:13:11 -0400 > From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com> > To: Shawn Alan <shawna...@meteoritefalls.com> > Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lunar meteorites selling for peanuts > Message-ID: > <cakbpjw_6yvkqtke+1wqdtaxzxluyr4c3qmdt1xd23qnohbg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Shawn, > > I think most of what we are seeing is supply and demand at work. As > time goes on, more and more planetaries are coming out of the hot > deserts, especially the NWA DCA. In recent months, we have seen over > a dozen new planetaries (including several lunars) that have been > approved in the Met Bulletin. > > New collectors are coming in to the hobby on a regular basis, but the > supply of planetaries available to these collectors has stayed steady > or increased. Old offerings are absorbed into collections and vanish > from the open market, but they are replaced with numerous new > offerings that are being sold by an ever-increasing number of dealers. > > In the past, the majority of planetaries were held by a > relatively-small group of veteran dealers. Now, there are many > middle/moderate-size dealers who are offering lunars and Martians. > > In order to be competitive, dealers need to better control the > supply/market (not likely) or lower prices to attract buyers to these > new planetaries - many of which are not that remarkable in comparison > to previous offerings. For every new Nakhlite or Black Beauty, there > are a dozen "new" (sometimes unpaired) shergottites hitting the > market. > > I won't mention names, but there are a couple of big collector/dealers > who are buying up multiple planetary masses in recent years and the > majority of that material does not appear to have hit the open market > yet. If that material is ever released into the market, it would > depress the asking prices even further. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > On 5/29/15, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >> Hello Listers >> >> I am starting to see a trend with Lunar and Martian meteorites, but >> especial with Lunar's. Some can be had for $300 per gram or less, or >> some times on ebay you can get a steal on some of the 1g plus sizes for >> less then $400 a gram. But again at the sub gram leave the price is >> still in the high $500 to $800 per gram which is expected at that size. >> >> My question is, is there new product on the market or has planataries >> shifted in value? >> >> Shawn Alan >> IMCA 1633 >> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html >> Website http://meteoritefalls.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 21:03:56 -0700 > From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrond...@yahoo.com> > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] WHAT OCCURS IN A LARGE HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT > ON AN ICE SHEET? PART 2 > Message-ID: > <1432958636.52510.yahoomailba...@web125502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hola Listeros - > > Three weeks ago, we pointed out that a major rise in sea levels and a major > change in climate occurred well before the dates for what is widely and > mistakenly called the Younger Dryas Boundary impact event. Two weeks ago we > pointed out a geobleme in Canada that may or may not be associated with the > Holocene Start Impact Event. > > This week we return to consideration of the question of "What occurs in a > large hypervelocity impact on an ice sheet?". > > While the answer to this obviously depends on where it hits, it is clear that > large amounts of water are released. Thus one might suppose that if one had > data on water flows down river drainages during this period, one could > determine roughly where a hypervelocity impactor hit. > > Now it just so happens that for 3 river drainages, we have that data. > > The Drainages: > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7289/images/nature08954-f1.2.jpg > > and outflows: > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7042/fig_tab/nature03617_F3.html > > One of the reasons we have that data for these outlets is that they > feed into the "Atlantic Conveyor", which is of some concern right now: > > http://www.pnas.org/content/109/49/19928/F1.large.jpg > > Unfortunately, the flows of the Columbia River and Yukon River, which drain > into the Pacific Ocean, are not as well documented. (Based on the amount of > research done, one might think that in some peoples' opinions the Pacific > Ocean plays no role in global climate.) > > Columbia River Outflow Overview: > http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/1/95.full > > or more precisely this graph of the salinity of the water at the outlfow of > the Columbia River (Lopes and Mix): > http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/1/79.full.pdf+html > > But in performing this back calculation from river flows to impact point(s) > one may also expect that water released by a large hypervelocity impact on > the ice sheet may also have released enough water to breach the glacial ice > dams, and this water contributed to the river flows: > > For Glacial Lake Missoula: > http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/12/8/464.full.pdf+html > > and for Glacial Lake Bonneville: > http://geology.utah.gov/popular/general-geology/great-salt-lake/commonly-asked-questions-about-utahs-great-salt-lake-lake-bonneville/#toggle-id-4 > > Now if one looks at the temperature data, one can see the first of the > Holocene Start Impact(s) and the outflows occurred substantially before what > is defined as the Younger Dryas: > http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/alley2000/alley2000.gif > > And what occurs in Ohio (where I am writing from) was that warming occurred > first, and then cold again: > > http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/Environment/training/Context%20Studies/Pollen%20and%20Sedimentary%20Records%20Hebron%20Muskox%20Site%20Licking%20County%20OH.pdf > > As you can see from Shane's report, there is a re-cooling which likely > coincides with the drainge of Glacial Lake Aggassiz around 10,800 BCE. > > (see also "Intensity and Rate of Vegetation and Climatic Change, Linda C.K. > Shane, The First Discovery of America, The Ohio Archaeological Council, > Columbus, Ohio." if you can find a copy, but note that Shane's 14C dates in > it have to be recalibrated.) > > good hunting,everyone > E.P. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Visit our Facebook page: > https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral > and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 146, Issue 31 > *********************************************** ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
