Sorry, I added an extra 0. The price per gram would still be a whopping $1,541.81/gram.
----- Original Message ---- From: Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> To: Adam <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 5:19:17 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The emperor of angrites I thought this meteorite was to be sold to a would be benefactor for around 3.5 U.S. million dollars and was donated to a University in Oregon. They claimed it weighed 5 lbs which equals 2,270 grams. At $3,500,000.00, this would amount to a whopping $15,418.50/gram. I think we are talking about the same meteorite here. I guess the press got it wrong once again by throwing out ridiculously large numbers. It is no wonder why Oregon is one of two states currently designating their land illegal to hunt meteorites. It seems that good news has once again turned bad. I canceled a hunting trip to Washington/Oregon this summer due to these poorly thought out laws or new interpretations of old ones. Even though this meteorite was not even found on U.S. soil, the large numbers seem to have attracted or contributed to unwanted attention. Here is the article: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html Maybe I read it wrong but it seems blatantly clear to me. It is even headlined "Multimillion Dollar Meteorite" Best Regards, Adam ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
