Hi Tom and List, It's funny how the media always uses the highest per-gram price they can find on the web and then multiply that times the entire weight of the meteorite. The result is an astronomical value that is usually nowhere close to what the specimen would be worth on the collector market. I seriously doubt the finder made over $1,000,000 USD for that wonderful stone.
Not to diminish the special nature of this meteorite or the circumstances of the fall. It's a spectacular thing regardless of what retail value the bloggers arbitrarily attach to it for clickbait purposes. Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Meteorites, Ice Age Fossils, Minerals, and Artifacts --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 11/19/20, Tommy via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > https://interestingengineering.com/meteorite-crashes-into-indonesian-mans-home-turns-him-into-a-millionaire > > Regards! > > Tom > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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
