[meteorite-list] Re: Taza and Glorieta Mountain

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:30 2004
Message-ID: <20031015220238.94581.qmail_at_web60310.mail.yahoo.com>

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[meteorite-list] Re: Taza and Glorieta Mountain
Starbits_at_aol.com Starbits@aol.com
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:13:11 -0400


  <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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Good point Eric!

I'll even go one step farther and say that,
we know who found these specimens, and
we know where he found them!

I still don't understand why this auction is being
questioned, let alone worthy of a post to this List?

To me, this looks like a Glorieta Mountain siderite.
But, then, I've seen many more of these small Glorieta
than I have seen of those small Taza.

I guess, to a person who has seen more Taza than they
have of these small Glorieta specimens, it would look
like a Taza.

I'm with Bill, on this one. If you still insist it is
a Taza, buy it - cut it - etch it - and prove your
case.

Bob V.




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Received on Wed 15 Oct 2003 06:02:38 PM PDT