Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread al mitt
: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ Yo, Well, I don't fully agree that Al's suggestion is the reason why West was so

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread wahlperry
...@hotmail.com To: oxytropidoce...@cox.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ All: I think the reason Ash Creek has a higher value is because of the publicity. It was major

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-04 Thread Jim Strope
I have to agree with the points that Sonny made on hunting protocol. I couldn't understand the logic of expecting Jack to release the Benson fall co-ordinates after he had done all the leg work. What if he had discovered a gold nugget honey hole on some stream high in the Sierra Mountains?

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-03 Thread countdeiro
- From: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 2, 2009 10:21 PM To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ The only fakes that I could find were listed here: http://shop.ebay.com/oldschool-av/m.html

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite??

2009-11-03 Thread al mitt
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?? 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

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-03 Thread cdtucson
@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ Count Deiro wrote: “Good morning, afternoon, or evening...as the case may be, The ersatz material Jason called attention to this morning proves the adage that a sucker is born every minute

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-03 Thread Greg Catterton
with some, but I am honestly speaking from what I have seen looking in from the sidelines. Greg C. --- On Tue, 11/3/09, al mitt alm...@kconline.com wrote: From: al mitt alm...@kconline.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ To: Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-03 Thread Jason Utas
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 9:22 PM 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

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-02 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Melanie, It is indeed an expensive fall, but it is by no means the most expensive ordinary chondrite. Stones priced comparably include Ensisheim, and rarer european falls - too many to list. Other examples include Zunhua, Peekskill, Worden, Claxton, and the like - all of which were made

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-02 Thread Jason Utas
, November 02, 2009 6:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ 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

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏

2009-11-02 Thread Linton Rohr
: [meteorite-list]Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?‏ The only fakes that I could find were listed here: http://shop.ebay.com/oldschool-av/m.html?_nkw=meteorite_sacat=0_trksid=p3911.m270.l1313_odkw=_osacat=0 But they hardly look like meteorites at all - same goes for the rest

Re: [meteorite-list] Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite??

2009-11-02 Thread Linton Rohr
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]Ash Creek the most expensive ordinary chondrite?? Hello Melanie, It is indeed an expensive fall, but it is by no means the most expensive ordinary chondrite. Stones priced comparably include Ensisheim, and rarer european falls - too many to list. Other examples include