[meteorite-list] Watson IIE on EBay

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 12 16:39:57 2004
Message-ID: <416C4193.48F4488D_at_kconline.com>

Hi Bernd and all,

Thank you Bernd for calling attention to this beautiful piece. I have been
weighing if I should polish it and re-etch. I think there is probably a bit
more beauty in the piece if it has a fresh re-etch. BTW all Monnig
specimens that I have listed go to help the collection there at TCU so you
are not only getting nice specimens but also you are helping fund that very
educational display which I have been privileged to see. I also have an
interesting Canadian specimen that people should check out from the Monnig
Collection.

I have a number of my own specimens listed that are worth a look under:
almittmet (al mitterling meteorites) so hope people will take time to look
at the auctions.

The current curator of the Monnig Collection is on the list and is a
contributor at times.

Thanks for you kindness Bernd!

bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:

> Hello AL and List,
>
> AL is currently offering a beautiful IIE iron - Watson, Australia, with
> both a Monnig label and a David New label. As I still have D. New's
> sales lists, I would like to share with you David's unmistakable and
> unique description of this and other Watson slices:
>
> "Choice dull gray polished partial slices with unusual mottled
> intergrown Widmanstaetten pattern and minor 1 to 2 mm rounded
> gray troilite inclusions" (Sales List for Summer 1994).
>
> >From the same list, p. 10: Thin Sections
>
> Pena Blanca = $ 25.00
> Nortin County = $ 40.00
>
> but Zagami, for example, was already a bit more expensive: $100.00
>
> or a Kenna ureilite thin section then cost: $135
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
Received on Tue 12 Oct 2004 04:41:55 PM PDT