[meteorite-list] Ebay Auctions ending in few hours

From: Philippe Thomas <thomasmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004
Message-ID: <59C61250-71CB-11D7-8B0B-00039398B60E_at_wanadoo.fr>

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Hello all,

My auctions are ending in few hours.
It's a good opportunity to acquire some great meteorites with low=20
prices.

NWA1774
R3.8/6, S4, W3
Mass : 714g (1 piece)
Found in 2002 (Sobti, Algeria)
Fa (mol%) : 7.63-40.14, Fs (mol%) : 0.38-39.81
CPX:Fs=3D29.61-15.70 Wo=3D9.29-39.47;OlV:NiO=3D0.12; breccia with =
shocked,=20
sulfide-blackened zones; melted silicate clasts; where type 3 dominant =20=

chondrules are small and set in very fine matrix; altered sulfides.
A big polished slice of 10.81g and a small one of 2.38g.

NWA 1775
ASHE, W1/W2
Mass : 25g (several pieces)
Found in 2002 (Maarir, Morocco)
Fa (mol%) : 36.68-50.62
Basaltic shergottite: zoned olivine phenocrysts in a fine-grained=20
groundmass of complexly zoned pigeonite and homogenous maskelynite;=20
CPX:Fs=3D24.33-36.38 Wo=3D8.89-28.78; maskelynite : An=3D51.23 Ab=3D46.49;=
 =20
paired NWA 1068,1110 and 1183.
A polished slice of 0.528g.

NWA1777
AEUC-P, S3, W1
Mass : 1055g (1 piece)
Found in 2002 (Sobti, Algeria)
Fs (mol%) : 26.49-50.65
Abundant large clasts; large grains of oxides, sulfide and metal;=20
fractured; CPX:Fs=3D28.19-57.13 Wo=3D42.47-7; Ab=3D91.97.
A slice of 1.71g.

NWA 1769
AHOW, S3, W1
Mass : 589g (4 pieces)
Found in 2001(Mauritania)
Fs (mol%) : 21,18
2 fragments & 2 complete stones; clastic texture with major OPX; CPX:=20
Fs=3D28.9-62.05 Wo=3D 39.68-4.60; An=3D89.47.
A big fragment of 5.25g and a small one of 0.140g.

NWA 1764
AEUC-M, S3,W1
Mass : 255g (17 pieces)
Found in October 2001 (Zelmou, Algeria)
Fa (mol%) : 80,34
Shocked, fractured breccia; Cpx: Fs=3D 30.57-60.37 Wo=3D 4.01- 40.63;=20
An=3D88.07; small troilite grains in silicates, ilmenite abundant ,=20
olivine present.
A polished slice of 0.86g.

These meteorites will appear in the next update of the meteoritical=20
bulletin N=B087.

SAINT SEVERIN
LL6
Mass : 271 Kg
Fall 1966, June 27
(Charente, France)
A slice with crust (5.59g) resulting from a partial slice (450.6g) of=20
the fragment F made in 1971 and carrying the number 2400A.
The fragment F, weighing 45 kg, was near the locality "Le=20
Pourboutou-La-Gabarre" at the bottom of a crater with vertical walls=20
crossing 1,50 m of clay, 0,15 m of peat and 0,20 m of limestone.
Here is the story of the fall :
June 27 1966 about 15h40 the inhabitants of the area of Saint-S=E9verin=20=

(Charente, France) heard a series of detonations and whistles which the=20=

witnesses compared to the passage of a fighter exceeding the speed of=20
sound. Little time after was found a stone of 113 kg in a crater of 60=20=

cm of depth and 80 cm diameter at the edge of a local road.
Two days later the national Natural museum of natural History of Paris=20=

dispatches on the spot a team of the Center of the low radioactivities=20=

of Gif-sur-Yvette. Sixty hours only after the fall of the meteorite the=20=

first measurements of radioactivity could begin on the found fragment.=20=

The meteorite broke in several fragments during the crossing of the=20
Earth's atmosphere. Thereafter, seven other fragments were found,=20
establishing the total weight of the fall to 271 kg. The various points=20=

of fall of these fragments are aligned East-West and distributed on a=20
distance of approximately 10 km.


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Good bids,
Philippe Thomas
http://www.meteoritica.com=20
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Hello all,


My auctions are ending in few hours.=20

It's a good opportunity to acquire some great meteorites with low
prices.=20


<bold>NWA1774</bold>

<bold>R3.8/6, S4, W3</bold>

Mass : 714g (1 piece)

Found in 2002 (Sobti, Algeria)

Fa (mol%) : 7.63-40.14, Fs (mol%) : 0.38-39.81

CPX:Fs=3D29.61-15.70 Wo=3D9.29-39.47;OlV:NiO=3D0.12; breccia with =
shocked,
sulfide-blackened zones; melted silicate clasts; where type 3 dominant=20=

chondrules are small and set in very fine matrix; altered sulfides.

<bold>A big polished slice of 10.81g and a small one of 2.38g.


NWA 1775</bold>

<bold>ASHE, W1/W2</bold>

Mass : 25g (several pieces)

Found in 2002 (Maarir, Morocco)

Fa (mol%) : 36.68-50.62

Basaltic shergottite: zoned olivine phenocrysts in a fine-grained
groundmass of complexly zoned pigeonite and homogenous maskelynite;
CPX:Fs=3D24.33-36.38 Wo=3D8.89-28.78; maskelynite : An=3D51.23 Ab=3D46.49;=
=20
paired NWA 1068,1110 and 1183.

<bold>A polished slice of 0.528g.</bold>


<bold>NWA1777</bold>

<bold>AEUC-P, S3, W1</bold>

Mass : 1055g (1 piece)

Found in 2002 (Sobti, Algeria)

Fs (mol%) : 26.49-50.65

Abundant large clasts; large grains of oxides, sulfide and metal;
fractured; CPX:Fs=3D28.19-57.13 Wo=3D42.47-7; Ab=3D91.97.

<bold>A slice of 1.71g.</bold>


<bold>NWA 1769</bold>

<bold>AHOW, S3, W1</bold>

Mass : 589g (4 pieces)

Found in 2001(Mauritania)

Fs (mol%) : 21,18

2 fragments & 2 complete stones; clastic texture with major OPX; CPX:
Fs=3D28.9-62.05 Wo=3D 39.68-4.60; An=3D89.47.

<bold>A big fragment of 5.25g and a small one of 0.140g.</bold>


<bold>NWA 1764</bold>

<bold>AEUC-M, S3,W1</bold>

Mass : 255g (17 pieces)

Found in October 2001 (Zelmou, Algeria)

Fa (mol%) : 80,34

Shocked, fractured breccia; Cpx: Fs=3D 30.57-60.37 Wo=3D 4.01- 40.63;
An=3D88.07; small troilite grains in silicates, ilmenite abundant ,
olivine present.

<bold>A polished slice of 0.86g.</bold>


These meteorites will appear in the next update of the meteoritical
bulletin N=B087.


<bold>SAINT SEVERIN

LL6</bold>

Mass : 271 Kg

Fall 1966, June 27

(Charente, France)

<bold>A slice with crust (5.59g)</bold> resulting from a partial slice
(450.6g) of the fragment F made in 1971 and carrying the number 2400A.=20=


The fragment F, weighing 45 kg, was near the locality "Le
Pourboutou-La-Gabarre" at the bottom of a crater with vertical walls
crossing 1,50 m of clay, 0,15 m of peat and 0,20 m of
limestone.<fontfamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger>=20

</bigger></fontfamily>Here is the story of the fall :

June 27 1966 about 15h40 the inhabitants of the area of Saint-S=E9verin
(Charente, France) heard a series of detonations and whistles which
the witnesses compared to the passage of a fighter exceeding the speed
of sound. Little time after was found a stone of 113 kg in a crater of
60 cm of depth and 80 cm diameter at the edge of a local road.

Two days later the national Natural museum of natural History of Paris
dispatches on the spot a team of the Center of the low radioactivities
of Gif-sur-Yvette. Sixty hours only after the fall of the meteorite
the first measurements of radioactivity could begin on the found
fragment. The meteorite broke in several fragments during the crossing
of the Earth's atmosphere. Thereafter, seven other fragments were
found, establishing the total weight of the fall to 271 kg. The
various points of fall of these fragments are aligned East-West and
distributed on a distance of approximately 10 km.



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Good bids,

Philippe Thomas

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