Nearly all meteorites are found in deserts (yes, Antarctica is a desert because the annual precipitation rate is very low). Deserts are places that collect meteorites over thousands of years and nothing much happens to the meteorite. Also, meteorites are easier to find in deserts then they are in places with lots of vegetation or other rocks.
Meteorites are found in Antarctica by government funded expeditions, mainly form the U.S. and Japan. Nearly all have been found since 1976. Many meteorites have been found in the Sahara Desert of northern Africa, mainly by private collectors. More meteorites have been found in Oman, a desert country about the size of New Mexico, than in all of North America (Canada, Mexico, U.S.). Nearly all of the meteorites from Oman have been found since 2000.
目前最大个投标的陨石是来自月亮的陨石,价值330,000USD。
The largest lunar meteorite ever auctioned, the4-lb (1.8 kg) Dar al Gani 1058 specimen, sold for $330,000 in an October 2012 Heritage Auction sale.
A piece of lunar meteorite is on sale at auction, and experts estimate the final price will tally at keast $340,000. The rock, called Dar al Gani 1058, is the largest piece of the moon ever to be auctioned, according to Heritage Auctions, which is handling the sale.
The 4-pound (1815 grams) meteorite is also the fourth-largest chunk of the moon available to the public, since the moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts were never put up for sale.
Sold for: $450,000
Year: 2006
The meteorite market is a big one. We just didn’t know it was this big. The largest piece of the Zagami Martian meteorite that landed in Nigeria when it fell to Earth in 1962, was put up for sale by its owners on eBay. At the time it was considered one of the most valuable space rocks on the planet. Before the meteorite was even sold, planetariums were begging the future buyers to make available for loan.