Meanwhile, back in 2008...and back in 1929, "Kilbourn meteorite at $7 per gram! “These prices are not only artificial and unscientific, but silly.”
https://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2008/july/Accretion_Desk.htm Thoughts? Best Martin On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 11:25 AM Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list < [email protected]> wrote: > Speaking from personal experience, Mark, this is a slightly dangerous, and > possibly exhausting topic for the person who initiates it. 😉 > > Affordable meteorites do exist... At the end of the day though, meteorite > ownership is a luxury, and merchants often do give back to the meteorite > community in a lot of ways. > > Best, > John > IMCA 3295 > > > > Sent using the mobile mail app > > On 10/11/24 at 12:18 PM, Mark Bailey via Meteorite-list wrote: > > > Hi Gang, > > > > Just a few thoughts here. I’ve collected meteorites for many years. It > started as a reaction to the beauty and wonder of the whole topic. Pieces > from the origins of our Solar System! What a marvelous, delightful, neuron > firing concept! You could actually come into direct physical contact with > the depths of time—shards of time itself, in a way. > > > > I was a public school Astronomy teacher and couldn’t afford it but my > wife was supportive and I slowly, carefully collected a nice assemblage > over the years. I bought my first from Bob Hague. A couple of Allendes and > a small slice of Canyon Diablo. We would occasionally visit the Tucson Gem > and Mineral show and I’d pick up a few more. And then occasionally the > Denver Show. > > > > But a disturbing trend has become apparent over the years. The joy and > wonder have become second to the insatiable greed of the vender. Not all of > you, certainly, but enough to leave an impression. This last September in > Denver I could not find a deal anywhere. Prices were so unbelievably high I > only got one. A small walnut-sized windowed Vaca Muerta for $400. I was > struck by how our awe inspiring rocks from space have turned into just > another commodity. No awe, no joy, no beauty. Just money. I’m disappointed > and saddened it’s come to this. > > > > I’m offering no solutions. No one would listen if I tried. Just an > observation. It might be interesting to discuss this. > > > > Mark Bailey > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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