NEW YORK — Jonathan Siegel arrived at the meteorite auction yesterday (Oct. 14) with plans to buy his first rock from space. One particular meteorite topped his list: a 6.7-pound (3.1-kilogram) iron ...

Gift shop prices tend to be high, but so do prices elsewhere. Cost also depends on the kind of meteorite. There are three basic types: stones, irons, and stoney irons. Stones consist of ordinary ...

But meteorites at $20,000 and below generated intense interest with many selling well above the highest estimated value. One slice of a Siberian iron meteorite, which revealed a particularly complex ...