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In article <93008.095402K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, <K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes...
>Why buy 1gramm moondust for about $4000.- (or 1 pound for $2'000'000)
>when I bought 4g Mars rock for $350.- two years ago???
>

The going rate for the Zagami meteorite is still about $100 per gram and
that is the lowest of all the SNC meteorites.  The Nahkla meteorite is going
for something like $200 to $300 per gram.  The price on the Chassigny is
sky high because there are so few pieces that have left France.  The
two Chassigny pieces I've seen were only 8g and 13g, but were selling for
$24,000 and $39,000, respectively.

>Taking all the known SNC meteorites known, there are hardly more than 100pounds
>of mars rock available. Thus, $100,000 for a two inch tape of moondust is quite
>a high price|| I think I'll wait until a *large* lunar meteorite drops down
>somwhere...

The moon dust hasn't been sold yet, and I think it will go for well under
the $100,000. 
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