Hi Greg,
you're going wrong and wherefrom you came to your distorted image of the
meteorite world, is a riddle for me.
The nowadays remarkably risen prices for new falls out of Africa have in my
opinion other causes than you presume.
I'll try to delineate them later this day. (Cause now we have t
Hi Greg and all,
While I think there are a lot of good points on why this meteorite was
expensive, I think there is another factor in all this as well.
The more people, meteorite hunters, collectors and so on that descend on a
fall, the more expenses that have to be added into the cost. If you
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Hello list.
Thank you all for your input!
I've been thinking have there been accounts of people selling NWA material and
passing them off as rare/historic or recent falls?
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Melan
Hi Melanie and all,
Noblesville, Indiana is priced around $125 to $200 if you can find it. Sold
for that when it came on the market about ten years ago. Low total weight
usually makes a find or fall higher price.
Watch out for the frauds putting look alike Ash Creek on eBay. Best!
--AL Mitte
Hi Melanie,
No... it's pricey but there are plenty that are more expensive. When
available, historic falls and rare/special ordinary chondrites can often
consistently sell for more. Ensisheim, Krymka, Semarkona, Sylacauga and even
NWA's like NWA 2892/2748 will consistenly sell for more. It's j
Could Ash Creek/West Texas be the most expensive ordinary chondrite on
the meteorite market (or one of the most expensive)? They seem to cost way more
than Buzzard Coulees..
Sure it is still a pretty resent observed fall, but I get blown away by
the prices per gram... Is it also because of its so
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