Hello Greg S and Listers Now that is a great question about surface area vs weight. I think its subjective to the collector and what they collect. However, if you have a nice slice and there is a beautiful chondrole shape within the matrix, I could see that helping the value. I personally like fragments because they tend to be truer to the natural state of the meteorite. But again, a nice slice of Abee would beat out having a chunky piece of of it cause of the physical qualities of Abee when in a sliced form. And that also goes with pallasites, I think a slices would be great to have over a fragment. But I do fell that if the slice is too thin, I would be scared of breaking it, and would stay away from those personally. So all in all I would have to say it depends on the collector and if he/she choose to collect slice, fragments, whole stones, end pieces, micros, thin slices or part slices and the physical traits that meteorite might hold.
Lastly here is a link I found on value of meteorites.... http://geology.com/meteorites/value-of-meteorites.shtml Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBaystore http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html [meteorite-list] Surface Area or WeightThunder Stone stanleygregr at hotmail.com Fri Feb 11 17:51:44 EST 2011 Previous message: [meteorite-list] I Heart Comets Campaign Next message: [meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 9, 2011 Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] All: I think this may have been discussed on the list in the past, but I'm not sure. When it comes to meteorite’s value (especially rare types) is the value based solely on the weight of the specimen? Or can the total surface area be a factor? Take this as an example: Say you have 1 gram specimen of a rare type (perhaps planetary) which is cubed shaped and relatively small, and the second is 0.50 grams and is cut very thin, so it has a very large surface area and is very visually esthetic; how would they compare in value? I know complete stones may be more, and specimens with nice fusion crusts are also more, so there are cases where the same weight may have different values. I'm just curious, Greg S. Previous message: [meteorite-list] I Heart Comets Campaign Next message: [meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - February 9, 2011 Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Meteorite-list mailing 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
