[meteorite-list] Lost Creek, Kansas H3.8 meteorite slices for sale

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:03 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C8698E59B3_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

I finally scanned in some images of Lost Creek, Kansas
(proposed name) specimens I have for sale, so I thought
I'd post links here a couple days before moving some
of them to eBay.

I personally donated and delivered half of the 46+ gram
type specimen to UCLA, so NomComm name approval is the
only remaining step prior to acceptance in the 2002
Meteoritical Bulletin. This is one of less than 20
H3's from the U.S., only a handful of which are ever
available to private collectors. The least expensive
of these goes for about $9/gram. Lost Creek has a TKW
of just over 4 kilos -- less than a tenth that of the
least expensive American H3.

This is not an easy meteorite to photograph due to the
narrow contrast between chondrules and matrix, but most
of these images didn't turn out too bad:

LC1: 10.17g end-slice ($115)
LC2: 5.08g "wedge" ($70),
LC3: 9.48g part-slice ($110):
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<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc1-3a.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc1-3b.jpg>

LC4: 14.54g partslice ($160)
LC5: 11.40g partslice ($130)
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<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc4-5a.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc4-5b.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc4.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc5.jpg>

LC6: 11.96g partslice ($135)
LC7: 9.78g partslice ($110)
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<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc6-7.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc6a.jpg>
<http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lc7.jpg>

Thanks for looking. --Rob
Received on Sat 09 Feb 2002 07:59:21 PM PST