[meteorite-list] NWA 869 L4 and Carbonaceous inclusions?

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:46 2004
Message-ID: <LAW2-F28BzCf78QX9dd00007817_at_hotmail.com>

Hello matteo, mike and list.
As far as I am aware, NWA869 will appear in the new met bulletin as an L5.
My understanding (Please correct me if I am wrong) that it was thought to be
a L4 but UCLA reguested a second thin section and ultimately said that it
was an L5.
I have had a few people say that they beleive that there are eucritic,
diogenite and carbonaceous inclusions in it. I have no idea if this is true
or not and I dont have the expertise or equipment to find out anyway (And we
all know how hard it is to get researcher time to study meteorites nowadays
given the government cutbacks to research institutions).
But several dealers are selling obviously paired meteorites as likely
something special with possible carbonaceous inclusions. In one case a
dealer was even passing it off as his own find.
But my personal suspicions are that because those black inclusions are so
rare in the meteorite (Probably less than 10% of individuals have the
inclusions) that when it was classified, the thin section that it was made
from just never had the posible (Or maybe hoped) carbonaceous material in
it. There are other possible explanations to of course (Including that the
whole thing is just an unusual and nice L5).
I dont have any other info to shed more light on these black parts of the
meteorite. There apears to be other types of inclusions in some individuals
also.
In any event it is one of the nicest meteorites that have come out of the
sahara that is cheaply priced. Both the cut surface and the outside is very
nice. I wish that it could be studied further because the possible
inclusions might really make this meteorite special (But might not to).
Ok, now I will fess up. Here is the real reason for me writing this email
and response to matteo and Mikes email (Cant you just feel a sales pitch
coming on now?).
The reason why this meteorite is so cheap is because (1) there is a lot of
it and (2) I am the dealer with the majority of it and since I am happy just
selling cheap for a quick profit, then move on to the next meteorite, and
dont typically hold back large amounts of material to maintain a high price
or to squeeze every last cent out of a meteorite it has been available to
collectors cheaply.
In adition I am trying to raise cash right now for a large purchase so I am
willing to sell it cheap right now.
I will sell this today for $200 a kilo. And I will pay shipping to Canada
and the United states. No guarantee that you will find carbonaceous
iunclusions. There is a lot of variety within this meteorite. You might get
lucky, you might not. But no matter, you will be getting a really nice
meteorite at a killer price.
One final note: I have a huge number of orders from my website over the
weekend and am way behind right now with my emails. I have to go out in a
couple hours for the rest of the day so if I am late with emails please give
me until the morning to respond.
Cheers
DEAN
www.meteoriteshop.com


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Received on Mon 06 May 2002 11:29:20 AM PDT