[meteorite-list] Ad-Announcing a New German Iron Meteorite!

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Mar 22 16:33:19 2005
Message-ID: <42408EF7.3050601_at_mhmeteorites.com>

All I said is that I have seen similar looking etches in real bomb
shrapnel. These were tested and determined to be of earth origin. Just
so you are aware of the possibilities.
I do not have a piece, personally. Maybe others do.
Take care,
Matt

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Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites
P.O. Box 151293
Lakewood, CO 80215 USA
http://www.mhmeteorites.com
ebay id: mhmeteorites



Arizona Skies Meteorites wrote:

>Hi Matt and all thanks for your emails. Sounds like a
>pretty interesting bomb. Do you guys have any photos
>that you can share with us of the 'etch' and are you
>sure it was a bomb fragment? The etch on this specimen
>looks remarkably similar to NWA 2428 which has a 12%
>nickel content. At this point in time we have no firm
>plans of getting it classified. If a buyer wants to
>get it classifed (to make sure its not a "bomb
>shrapnel") that will be great, but for right now we
>are reluctant to chop off a chunk of this otherwise
>very sculptural specimen and ruin its aesthetics. We
>are working on getting a non-destructive nickel test
>performed.
>
>
>Cheers
>
>
>-John & Dawn
>
>
>
>
>--- Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi John:
>>Interesting find. Has this been classified?
>>Not to burst a bubble but I have seen bomb shrapnel
>>etched like that.
>>Wondering...
>>===============
>>
>>Matt Morgan
>>Mile High Meteorites
>>P.O. Box 151293
>>Lakewood, CO 80215 USA
>>http://www.mhmeteorites.com
>>ebay id: mhmeteorites
>>
>>
>>
>>Arizona Skies Meteorites wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello everyone! We are extremely pleased to
>>>
>>>
>>announce a
>>
>>
>>>New German Iron meteorite! This is only the 12th
>>>
>>>
>>iron
>>
>>
>>>meteorite to ever be found in Germany and it is a
>>>spectacular, sculpted specimen. We are leaving it
>>>
>>>
>>in
>>
>>
>>>an 'as found' condition for now with the exception
>>>
>>>
>>of
>>
>>
>>>windowing a small area and etching it.
>>>
>>>
>>Surprisingly,
>>
>>
>>>it has a brilliant micro-etch pattern somewhat
>>>reminescent to our New NWA 2428! We are accepting
>>>offers and you can check out this unique German
>>>
>>>
>>iron
>>
>>
>>>on our website.
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>-John & Dawn
>>>Arizona Skies Meteorites
>>>http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com
>>>
>>>Arizona Skies Meteorites
>>>
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