[meteorite-list] The Rarest Impact Melt Breccia - 76% off/Rose City

From: Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:04 2004
Message-ID: <20030407125506.55611.qmail_at_web14910.mail.yahoo.com>

April 7, 2003

Greetings Mr. Kevin Kichinka!

There is another "H" impact melt breccia to be aware
of. Very brecciated in fact! What's more, it is my
favorite chondrite. It is the H5 Rose City fall
(1921) from Michigan. The texture is very shocked
and black --- breathtaking; and this is just from the
pictures!

Like I mentioned before, Park Forest reminds me a lot
of Rose city.

Long strewn fields!

Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA

--- MARSROX_at_aol.com wrote:
> I just had a conversation with Blaine Reed about the
> latest fall near
> Chicago. Blaine has a degree in geology (cum laude)
> and is quite good at
> classifying rocks from here and beyond. I wondered
> if he knew if this
> latest-and-greatest was an LL6, L6, anomolous
> achondrite w/attached dumbbell
> tectites, etc. Nope. We both marveled at the price
> considering the eventual
> TKW will be relatively "high" and that "L-type"
> melts are not incredibly
> rare. We apppreciated that the specific pieces that
> struck objects are more
> "valuable" than those that just hit the ground like
> any other meteorite.
>
> I also mentioned how some collectors were leaving
> the hobby over the high and
> higher prices of material.
>
> Blaine brought up a meteorite of which I hadn't been
> aware of that he just
> acquired. It's called Smyer (Texas) H5-6. It
> apparently is about the only "H"
> impact melt breccia, although Blaine thought there
> might be one NWA. He
> didn't think there was any from Antarctica (I'm sure
> if there is, we'll know
> momentarily - you still hangin' with us, Bernd?)
>
> According to the good book (Cat of Mets., 5th
> edition) "A single mass of
> 3,272 grams was recovered June 1, 1968 in a
> cultivated field 4 miles (8.4km)
> NE of Smyer, olivine Fa19.7, brief description, E.A.
> King (1979) - (i.e. King
> collection). Dist. 47gm. DuPont Coll., 20 gm. AMNH,
> N.Y., 14.3gm., GSC,
> Ottawa, 243.8gm. Monnig (TCU)."
>
> I found this exciting. I'm less into the
> flavor-of-the-moment, but definitely
> into rare. The only available "H" impact melt
> breccia would be a worthy
> addition to my collection. I asked Blaine to
> describe the slices.
>
> "Well, I've got slices from 22 to 143 grams. I don't
> know the weathering
> factor, but it's as fresh as Plainview, which is
> very fresh. I'd guess W=1 or
> better. You have rounded breccia fragments smeared
> with bubbles. You can
> easily see the flow, it's really pretty. Some of the
> chondrules are
> surrounded by slaggy veins of impact melt."
>
> "Most of the slices have crust which is a chocolate
> brown. The 127 and 143
> gm. slices are completely surrounded by crust except
> for the cut edge."
>
> I asked Blaine where he got this treasure. Turns out
> it's from another
> well-known dealer that wanted upwards to $50/gm.
> After all, it is very rare.
>
> Blaine has about 300 grams _at_ $12. Smallest is 22
> grams.
>
> Operators are standing by to take your order (970)
> 874-1487.
>
> Kevin Kichinka
>
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Received on Mon 07 Apr 2003 08:55:06 AM PDT