[meteorite-list] Brenham
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:48 2004 Message-ID: <OE110hU94mENOPODvIb00017755_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C1A042.60F8FA60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think what Famer means is the later recovered Brahin that has flooded t= hat market. It is unstable! Or at least the piece I bought is. A campo = slice stood next to my Brahin in my display case. The Campo has one tiny= spot of rust. The Brahin in about 6 months....fell into three pieces. = Rust seems to form in lines that jagged around the olivine. The Campo ru= st did not spread. I was told by someone I wont mention that the nuclear= accident was somewhat close to the find spot and this is the reason. I = dont think I believe that but figured I would share it. =20 For whatever thats worth, Mark Bostick ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernd Pauli HD Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:47 PM To: meteorite-list Subject: [meteorite-list] Brenham Randy wrote: > a pile of rust and olivine crystals. Same with Brenham. > There are a few execptions depending on the sample ... Hello All! It seems I am one of the lucky ones who has got one of these exceptions. I bought my 195-gram Brenham slice about 15 years ago and it still looks exactly the same. It is a very stable specimen but I must admit though that I've kept it in one of my three desiccators most of the time. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C1A042.60F8FA60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> </DIV> <= DIV>I think what Famer means is the later recovered Brahin that has flood= ed that market. It is unstable! Or at least the piece I bought is.&= nbsp; A campo slice stood next to my Brahin in my display case. The= Campo has one tiny spot of rust. The Brahin in about 6 months....f= ell into three pieces. Rust seems to form in lines that jagged arou= nd the olivine. The Campo rust did not spread. I was told by = someone I wont mention that the nuclear accident was somewhat close to th= e find spot and this is the reason. I dont think I believe that but= figured I would share it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For whatev= er thats worth,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Bostick</DIV> <BLOCKQUO= TE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORD= ER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt = Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4= e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Bernd Pauli HD</DIV> <DI= V style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 18, 2002 4:47 P= M</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> meteorite-list</DIV> <= DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Brenham</= DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Randy wrote:<BR><BR>> a pile of rust and olivine= crystals. Same with Brenham.<BR>> There are a few execptions dependin= g on the sample ...<BR><BR>Hello All!<BR><BR>It seems I am one of the luc= ky ones who has got one of these exceptions.<BR>I bought my 195-gram Bren= ham slice about 15 years ago and it still looks<BR>exactly the same. It i= s a very stable specimen but I must admit though<BR>that I've kept it in = one of my three desiccators most of the time.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>= Bernd<BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-= list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pa= irlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C1A042.60F8FA60-- Received on Fri 18 Jan 2002 06:05:49 PM PST |
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