[meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??

From: Ron Hartman <RNHARTMA_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:30 2004
Message-ID: <013601c3935c$f3560100$3f34908c_at_RHARTMAN1>

I have a number of both Taza and Glorieta Mountain individuals and cut &
etched individuals on my website. Some only a few gm., but up to a few
hundred g. Yes, they are so similar...even to flow lines and remnants of
fusion crust. I cut a number of the respective lots I purchased and etched
a few of them to be sure, and they are what they were claimed to be. Many
of the Glorieta Mtn. show various amounts of olivine through the crusts.
But the etch is very characteristic, even on little ones of a few g. and
those Glorietas not showing any olivine. There have been a lot of Glorietas
available on the market all of a sudden but the ones I have seen have turned
out to be OK. Best to cut and etch if in doubt! (And of course insist on
a guarantee of authenticity from unknown sources.)

Ron Hartman
www.meteorite1.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <Starbits_at_aol.com>
To: "Steve Schoner" <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com>; <joseph_town@att.net>; "M
come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Glorieta Mountain??


<Ah... but these do look like Taza. I have found many
over the years, and if you set one side by side with Taza
you would not be able to tell the difference. They
look exactly alike. >

   Except in this case they are not taza they are glorieta. Last week I was
offered those 2 pieces on eBay along with a 68 gram piece which I purchased
and it is definately not Taza. See the photos at this URL.

<http://star-bits.com/glorieta.htm>

   Most of the taza I have see have a caliche dirt surface on them which I
haven't seen on glorieta, but then I haven't seen as many glorieta pieces as
Steve.

   Normally I don't respond to things like this, but in this case I know the
material is described correctly and letting it go could affect the sellers
ability to make a sale.

Eric Olson
http://www.star-bits.com

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