[meteorite-list] Unclassified eBay bargin may turn out to be aUREILITE!

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jun 10 12:29:24 2004
Message-ID: <005801c44eff$ae28c130$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Holy cow Jeff, I would not suggest urelite, but it could be more like a Shergottite or very old Eucrite! You had better get that sucker classified!
Mike Farmer
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jeff Kuyken
  To: Meteorite List
  Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:12 AM
  Subject: [meteorite-list] Unclassified eBay bargin may turn out to be aUREILITE!


  G'day List,

  I've had a 42g oriented shield for about 2-ish years now which I bought on eBay for very little. I always thought it looked unusual and suspected it might be an L7 or something like it. I was never able to get a good surface as the stone had been windowed irregularly. I finally chopped off the excess the other day and just polished it with emery. My suspicions started when I got the 'annoyed looked' from my girlfriend as I polished the piece. It made a really bad sound like finger nails down a black board and was quite difficult to polish. Then under 10x magnification it looks a little like my Shisr 007 piece except much grayer. There are no chondrules and with two 1 inch rare earth magnets; very little attraction.

  It has proved extremely difficult to photograph but there are some shots at the link below. I would really like to hear any opinions from other collectors and dealers out there. This may just turn out to be the best eBay meteorite deal ever!

  http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/features/ureilite.html

  Thanks,

  Jeff Kuyken
  I.M.C.A. #3085
  www.meteorites.com.au


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