Re: [meteorite-list] a little collector advice........

[Mark Miconi]

Title: Re: [meteorite-list] a little collector advice........

Your suggestion sounds like the best advise yet.....Mark M. ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Horejsi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] a little collector advice........ Michael Cottingham kindly wrote: “When Zag first came out it was $3-$5.00 per gram and then it shot up to $11.00, and now you can buy Zag for $1.00 to $5.00 per gram......” Hello Michael and All, When I was doing research on my article about Zag for Meteorite Magazine several years ago, I found the first offering of it was at $18 per gram (if I remember correctly). The skyward shot in price was more a reaction to the science and its similarity to the unobtainable Monahans, TX chondrite. There are always risks when purchasing meteorites, Sahara or not. Even some of the more notable US meteorite finds have yielded many more kilograms years after the initial discovery. On the third side of this coin is the possibility that not all of the fall is of the quality that Rob and Dean were able to photograph. Examples of this phenomena include Kora Korrabes, Portales Valley, and even Zag. There were vastly different regions within the meteorite making numbers like TKW and price per gram less important. One piece might be a dud, while another is stunning. My suggestion is to buy out of the pure excitement of collecting. You win some, you loose some. But in the end, it should all be fun. Right? Cheers, Martin