The price for meteorites varies, depending on the origin and composition of the sample. Notice that not all meteorites are equal. Some are made of stony material, some are made of metal. read more
A prime specimen will easily fetch $50/gram while rare examples of lunar and Martian meteorites may sell for $1,000/gram or more — almost forty times the current price of gold! Meteorite with historic labels: A 197.2-gram Henbury iron found in Australia in the mid-1930s, surrounded by a collection of specimen ID cards and museum labels. read more
Private collectors are shelling out $11,000 to $22,500 per ounce for them, according Meteorite dealer Darryl Pitt. That's ten times the going rate for gold—understandable given that all known Martian meteorites add up to less than 240 pounds of stone. read more