[meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.
From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jan 28 02:17:31 2006 Message-ID: <20060128071728.19020.qmail_at_web26205.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Sinceraly I prefear NWA 482 to this..... Matteo --- star-bits_at_comcast.net ha scritto: > Matt it really is quite spectacular, much better > than the photos show. I am looking forward to > seeing it sliced. I think NWA 482 is a beautiful > meteorite. This easily its equal but in a completely > different way. I may be sharing a show room with > Mike, but I am not part of this deal and will be > lining up for a piece like many others when it is > cut. Coal black with so many white clasts even > small pieces will enjoy the great contrast. > > -- > Eric Olson > ELKK Meteorites > http://www.star-bits.com > > -------------- Original message > ---------------------- > From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_mhmeteorites.com> > > Mike: > > How come every lunar you get is the best ever > offered? I am sure it is > > nice, but really, man. > > Matt Morgan > > > > Michael Farmer wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone. > > > It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in > Tucson, Eric Olsen, > > > Jim Strope and I, have been setting up our room > and shopping, so no > > > report from Tucson until now. > > > > > > First thing first. Jim Strope and I have > purchased the newest Lunar > > > meteorite to grace private collections. It is > NWA 2995, a simply > > > unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh > it is Weathering 0-1, > > > and so gorgeous it took my breath away. We > bought the stone on the spot. > > > It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and > full of clasts, that > > > when sliced, it will likely be among the most > beautiful Lunar > > > meteorite ever offered to collectors. > > > > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm > > > > > > Let us know what you think about this! > > > > > > See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room > 184 and see it in person. > > > It will blow your mind. While none will be > available for sale until > > > after the show, we will have more Lunar and > Mars specimens in our > > > room that will likely be available in all of the > rest of the rooms in > > > Tucson. > > > > > > Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it > opens tomorrow, so some > > > rooms are still not open, but many are, so we > have been running all > > > over the city back and forth looking for > goodies. I have already > > > scored some of the best flight-oriented > Sikhote-Alin meteorites that > > > could exist. We also have 3-5 kilo Pallasite > slices. The shipment from > > > DHL arrived today, so Sunday we will have over > 500 kilos of solid, > > > handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more than > anywhere. I have seen > > > very little available at any Moroccan tables. > > > > > > Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham > than has ever been seen > > > in one place, and I must admit, I might be a tad > jealous of the > > > oriented one on display, it is a stunning find > of a lifetime. I wonder > > > if Steve will ever top that? And if he does, I > have to see that. > > > > > > Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do > tonight, so this will > > > end my first Tucson report. > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > <><><><><> > > Matt Morgan > > Mile High Meteorites > > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > > http://www.mrmeteorite.com > > P.O. Box 151293 > > Lakewood, CO 80215 USA > > eBay user id: mhmeteorites > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: mcomemeteorite2004_at_yahoo.it Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.it Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info MSN Messanger: spacerocks at hotmail.com EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it Received on Sat 28 Jan 2006 02:17:28 AM PST |
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