Re: [meteorite-list] more on Allende

[Adam Hupe]

Hello Gregory and List,   I heard the same thing about a dealer that will remain nameless who went down there and paid a dollar a gram to the farmers who were finding them.  Since the farmers were only being paid a fraction of this amount by lets just say "local people in charge" the farmers refused to sell them at the lower rate after this.  The local people in charge were selling them for a dollar a gram to dealers before the gringo barged in there and over paid unknowingly doubling the wholesale price for everybody else.  Now you cannot get Allende for less than $2.00 a gram wholesale and at that price you have to buy several kilos.  If anybody decides to go down there be careful because of the bad situation left behind by an unknowing US dealer.   All the best ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] more on Allende  [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A couple list members have been thinking about making a hunting trip, if you are interested I will let you know the names. There is a history of trouble for gringos in the Allende strewnfield area, if I remember correctly.  Wasn't there some story about a meteorite-hunter who was attacked and/or disappeared, something like that?  Not sure if it's an urban legend or if based in fact.....   Gregory J. Gregory Wilson 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 Santa Monica, CA 90403