Meteorite Buying Guides, Advice, and Auctions
Meteorites for sale! Get them while they're HOT!
It won't be long before you hear this wild proclamation from street corners, well at least from your local neighborhood eBay store. That's right; meteorites continue to be the hottest trend among collectors and investors.
As meteorite finds become more scarce the price is expected to skyrocket, that is why some of the top meteorite collectors are sitting pretty, and why many people are flocking to meteorite auctions to get on the craze while the prices are still low.
Photo (c) 2006 Mile High Meteorites
Four Basic Types of Meteorites
A quick overview
- Iron Meteorites: No doubt they make the best display item and are the best deal. 5.7 percent of the meteorites observed to fall are irons.
- Chondrites: Common stony meteorites, they are the kind that are most often observed to fall--85.7 percent. Because they are hard to find, they are quite rare.
- Achondrites: Extremely rare -- 7.1 percent of falls. These come from the crusts of distant planets including the moon and Mars.
- Stony Iron Meteorites: both rare (1.5 % of falls) and beautiful. The third Flickr image on the right below is an example.
More Info on Meteorite Collecting
Advice from the experts on buying meteorites
- Meteorite Buying Guide
- eBay guide to buying meteorites. What to look for and what to watch out for.
- A Guide to Moldavite
- Moldavite is a very rare tektite (glass) that is believed to have formed during meteorite impacts approximately 15,000,000 years ago.
- How to Buy a Meteorite
- Listen to the National Public Radio interview with Robert Haig, an Arizona meteorite broker on the booming meteorite market.
- Collectors Guide to Meteorites
- Buying Meteorites is like buying a diamond. You either buy it because its beautiful or its really interesting to you, you need it for your collection, or you believe it will make "the" gift for that special friend.
- International Meteorite Collectors Association
- A community of amateur and professional meteorite collectors. If you are looking to buy a meteorite from eBay or elsewhere check here first to verify the authenticity.
- Mile High Meteorites
- Mile High Meteorites was established in 1996, one of the first meteorite businesses on the internet. It soon became THE place where beginning and experienced collectors could purchase rare and exotic meteorites. The wonderful Esquel pallasite photo used for the header of this page was taken by them.
Meteorites and Tektites for Sale
A fine collection for your collection
There is a wide selection of meteorites for sale on eBay with prices anywhere from a few dollars to over a million! Listed below are current auctions for your meteorite buying and collecting pleasure. Place a bid today and expand your collection of these rare space visitors. Hey, not many of us can claim to own a piece of the moon!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMeteorite Pictures on Flickr
The Hoba meteorite is the largest known meteorite found on Earth.
A slice of the Esquel meteorite. This type of meteorite is from the core-mantle ...
Campo del Cielo iron meteorite, from Argentina.
The Dungeness Meteorite
Esquel Meteorite
Olivine crystals forced apart by molten iron. Found 1924 Northern Territory, Aus...
At the Rose Planetarium in New York City. Wow, this hunk of metal is fifteen an...
Ebay RSS Feed on Current Meteorite Auctions
These current meteorite auctions are ranked from highest priced to lowest to show the investing potential in collecting meteorites.
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As the availability of meteorites declines the price will climb
Since the eBay RSS feed on this lens comes and goes (if you see it above consider it a rare meteorite siting) here is a link to an eBay search for current meteorite auctions sorted from highest list price to lowest to show the investing potential in buying meteorites.eBay Meteorite Gallery
Purchase Meteorite Guides
For those curious to learn more
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
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Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 12/07/2009) 
Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (Astronomy)
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Amazon Price: $11.96 (as of 12/07/2009)
A Paranoid's Ultimate Survival Guide: Dust Mites to Meteorites, Tsunamis to Ticks, Killer Clouds to Jellyfish, Solar Flares to Salmonella
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Amazon Price: $17.14 (as of 12/07/2009)
Meteroite Rolex for Sale
A perfect place to store your precious meteorite!
If you can't find the time to collect meteorites let someone else do all the hard work and buy a Rolex embedded with meteorites! This is the ultimate way to say hey, I'm worth it!
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- chefkeem chefkeem Oct 23, 2008 @ 10:54 am
- A hearty SquidAngel Blessing for you, Rusty. This is so interesting! 5*s
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- JonathanWhite JonathanWhite Mar 9, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
- I had no idea it was that expensive. Use to sell Rolex with the meteorite dial...$105,000! Now I can see why.
Layne
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- Margaret_Schaut Margaret_Schaut Feb 28, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
- Rusty, I'm putting this on a new feature page for the Mall on Squidoo! Always fabulous stuff- let's try to get you some traffic!
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- wahlee wahlee Aug 16, 2007 @ 1:40 am
- Beautiful ,very nice specimen pictures here too.
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- SalesPractice SalesPractice Aug 11, 2007 @ 9:21 am
- Great information. Kudos. 5 Stars :)
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