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May 10 2023 07:10pm
shows a family next door whose home was hit by a pigeon-sized meteor. Yes. Pigeon-sized. 🕊️
I love listening to the interviewee taking about the experience and I love observing the crowd of locals that gathered as this interview was being recorded. It's like everyone who lived nearby got a notice to come on over. :hug:
Curiosity is a curios thang.



This post was edited by jalapenos on May 10 2023 07:11pm
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May 11 2023 03:21pm
that rock looks radioactive af :wacko: wouldnt touch, but would try to sell on dark web :drool:
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May 11 2023 05:59pm
Quote (Snyft2 @ 11 May 2023 17:21)
that rock looks radioactive af :wacko: wouldnt touch, but would try to sell on dark web :drool:


So true about selling it. And, the finder does not even have to go to the dark web as the rarity of a meteor being one whose trajectory took it through a home has an added value to the value which is already supa-high. Well, depending on what it's made up of.

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"Meteorite prices vary from one source to another but the numbers quoted here are typical of retail values in today’s marketplace. Unclassified stone chondrites picked up by nomads wandering in the Sahara Deserts are readily available for about $0.50/gram. Attractive stones from the Gao-Guenie witnessed fall (Burkina Faso, Africa, March 5, 1960) can be purchased for about $1.50/gram and a top quality one-kilogram specimen of the Campo del Cielo iron meteorite from Chaco Province, Argentina can be yours for about $400.

The Russian iron Sikhote-Alin (fell February 12, 1947) is the largest single meteorite event in modern recorded history and individuals — meteorite specimens which landed as one intact piece, rather than exploding on or near the ground — are coveted by collectors because of their marvelous sculptural qualities and surface features. A premium Sikhote-Alin specimen will carry a price tag of $2 to $3/gram.

Pallasites are stony-iron meteorites packed with olivine (the gemstone peridot) and are particularly desirable when cut and polished because of the alluring color and translucency of the crystals they contain. Prepared slices of stable pallasites such as Imilac (Chile), Glorieta Mountain (New Mexico, USA) and Esquel (Argentina) are prized for their colorful gemstones and long-term stability, and will fetch between $20 and $40/gram. Meteorites are heavy, so a quality slice the size of a small dinner plate is worth thousands of dollars.

At the high end of the pricing scale are unusual types such as the diogenite Tatahouine (fell June 27, 1931, Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia). A prime specimen will easily fetch $50/gram while rare examples of lunar and Martian meteorites may sell for $1,000/gram or more — almost forty times the current price of gold!"


https://geology.com/meteorites/value-of-meteorites.shtml

This post was edited by jalapenos on May 11 2023 06:00pm
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Quote (jalapenos @ May 12 2023 01:59am)
So true about selling it. And, the finder does not even have to go to the dark web as the rarity of a meteor being one whose trajectory took it through a home has an added value to the value which is already supa-high. Well, depending on what it's made up of.



https://geology.com/meteorites/value-of-meteorites.shtml


lol if that woman read this, she would probably kill herself

giving a million dollar piece to the government :lol: :cry:
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