[Jewelry making - Article 00066] - Re: [Orchid] Lunar stones apprisal

[Peter]

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    $1,500-$5,000/gram even if they don't contain fosssils. Wow! 

    As Peter Rowe notes, of course the authenticity will be very
    carefully scrutinized. Daniel made a good point too that the original
    posting was confusing. That is because the backgrounder was
    truncated. 

    I expressed an opinion that I would be very surprised if
    micro-fossils were not found on Mars etc. given that microbes live
    miles below us in rock. Thus when volcanoes and impacts eject rocks
    from Earth into space, I expect some microbes to go as well. There
    should be fossils on the Moon. 

    Then the discussion returned to Moon economics. NASA will be starting
    a base there before 2020, a "Moon Town" as CBS calls it. So one
    wonders about what Lunar exports might keep the Moon Town economy
    going. If fossils fetch the premium price per gram, that might be
    the start of Lunar mining exports. 

PtP
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