Re: Cheap Mars Rocks (was Re: Moon Dust For Sale)

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From: Glen K Moore
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:06

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<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???

>To get the Mars rock I'm talking of down to earth didn't cost a single cent,
>by the way. The 18kg SNC-meteorit simply fell out of the sky in October, 1962
>near Zagami rock in Nigeria.

>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...

Why not go out and buy a tektite? Even cheaper!

>So kepp watching out for these space rocks|
>  Herbert

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From: gkm@cc.uow.edu.au (Glen K Moore)
Subject: Re: Cheap Mars Rocks (was Re: Moon Dust For Sale)
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