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Does PCGS Slab Meteorites?
Well............it is after all metal coined by a "Higher Authority" than the US Mint...........
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Not that I know of.
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How about Gold Nuggets?
I remember seeing someone slabbing gold nuggets...meteorites...not so much.
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CRO just listed a slabbed nugget from the SS Central America in the latest Earlybird
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Because of the one that just fell near Detroit, I kinda intended this post to be a little funny.
Thanks to all who posted so far............
Pete
I think they will slab meteorites if they were struck by two planets. Not sure about uniplanet strikes..... Also, Hebrew National meteorites don't count without mustard.
I'll agree to that............my favorite dog.
Pete
maybe one of these with meteorite inclusions
space-coins.com/meteorite-coins-and-medals/index.html
I also seem to remember PCGS slabbing silver shot.
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PCGS also slabbed gold dust recovered from the SS Central America ship wreck.
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PCGS Meteorite First Strike Label !!!!!!!!!
Pretty sure SkyMan’s blood pressure just ticked up.
I have heard of, but not seen, slabbed gold dust..... Did the slab have a grade? Or was it 'Genuine'? Probably no green bean though...
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Here you go @ricko
Sacramento Assayer Hoard California Gold Dust 1.5 Grams PCGS Certified Sacramento Assayer Hoard Label
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https://www.moderncoinmart.com/15-grams-gold-dust-sacramento-assayer-hoard-pcgs.html
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Here it is
No little green men, either.
Pete
Whatdyaknow Roger..........They do slab meteorites.
I for one am impressed.
Pete
Well -- sort 'a.
Can the "Crook islands" get any closer to seal level?
...well, if they slab Crickets,
why not Meteorites ?
I am a collector
And things, well things
They tend to accumulate
I heard on the radio that some organisation that searches for meteorites after they fall found a few pieces near Hamburg Michigan.
That pair of photos of the PCGS Cricket looks
better than the holder itself !
The good news, at least for me, is that it's
still in only 3 pieces. As it dries up over the
years, I know at some point another leg or
body part will break off.
Well, if PCGS ever did begin slabbing meteorites, I just might make my first submission to our hosts. While I am not a fan of slabs for coins, I do have a candidate meteorite which might benefit from being slabbed. I have a meteorite that was given to me by a client and good friend, Dr. Roy Gallant https://wired.com/2009/10/ff_vintagescience_gallant/ , who is the retired director of the Southworth Planetarium https://usm.maine.edu/planet at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. Dr. Gallant made an incredible trip to the Tunguska meteor crater in Siberia, where he found the meteorite. He spent the summer of 1992 in Siberia where he became the first American ever to visit the Tunguska site of the 1908 cosmic catastrophe. His visit to Russia was by invitation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He returned home with just four (4) meteorites from the crater site, one of which he kept, the second of which he gave to the Southworth Planetarium, the third example he gave to a fellow astronomer, and the fourth meteorite he gave to me. I was stunned and honored. That meteorite has a place of honor, on display in my home.
My Sister lives near Detroit and said that She didn't hear, see, or feel anything.
(and She wasn't listening to the "Tommy" album at the time)
Go figure.
Pete
Prefer to keep mine raw.
I purchased this iron lump back in the 90's at a roadside stand near Meteor Crater AZ.
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An average of 60 TONS PER DAY of cosmic dust (basically the tiny little pieces of material that either just sift into the atmosphere or burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the Earth) fall on the Earth. That's just a little under 22,000 TONS per year. This weight does NOT include meteorite material, e.g. meteorites that make it to the Earth's surface.
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I would say yes as and moon rocks too and as long as they are in there original shipping box and dated 1650ad or before you can get early release on the holder.
Just kidding of course
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I think we'll be okay -- as long as all that cosmic dust doesn't strike the Earth's surface all at once in the same spot.
Anyway, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the weight of air constantly pressing on the Earth's surface -- about 27,000,000,000,000 tons, if my math is correct.
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How about slabbing baby teeth? Or maybe kidney stones?
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