Be careful Michael (Blood), As Mike (Tettenborn) just told you any meteorite found within Slovakia is property of the State of Slovakia, therefore any piece being offered to you was illegally obtained or exported. We don't want the reporter at NewYork Times, or any other journalist, to find out that illegal, smuggled meteorites are being bought and sold, and I don't want to have to write another rebuttal to defend the Meteorite Community. There are in fact few illegal meteorites commonly seen: Berduc from Argentina, Sulagiri from India, and Kosice from Slovakia. (Yes, there are others but not as often seen). Personally, I know that I will not have them in inventory, not worth the risk. Be careful out there!!! Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) _IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:impact...@aol.com) President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 5/28/2011 5:57:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time, mlbl...@cox.net writes: Thanks, Mike, This agrees with off list comments I have received. Thanks, again, Michael
On 5/28/11 4:17 AM, "Mike Tettenborn" <t...@rogers.com> wrote: > Sorry. Meant to say buzzard is down below $25/gram. One can get nice larger > stones at around $10/gm. > > Cheers again! > > Mike Tettenborn > Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada > t...@rogers.com > > > > On 2011-05-28, at 6:59 AM, Mike Tettenborn wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> About 4kg recovered so far (what I have been able to glean of the web) >> >> H5 ordinary chondrite. From the few pics I have seen, very similar in >> appearance to Buzzard Coulee and close in classification. >> >> Most will be owned by Slovakia. Government laws say meteorites recovered in >> Slovakia are owned by the state. >> >> This stone should be easily worth more than Buzzard Coulee. Less material, >> harder to get, similar classification, recovered fall, etc.. Buzzard started >> at around $50/gram (small pieces still selling for more) and now is down to >> about $25/gram. Kosice should be twice this or more if the government has >> grabbed all the stuff. >> >> My Saturday morning pre coffee ramblings. >> >> Cheers! >> >> tett >> >> >> On 2011-05-28, at 5:50 AM, Michael Blood wrote: >> >>> Hi to all, >>> I would be interested knowing what people >>> Think of Kosice and what they think it is worth >>> Per gram. >>> Michael ______________________________________________ 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
