[meteorite-list] Fwd: AD [brmeteorites_list] List 38

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 23 19:03:39 2006
Message-ID: <20061023085550.98083.qmail_at_web53211.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear List,
    Here is Blaine Reed`s latest offerings. If you are interested in receiving his lists directly please contact him. Thank you. Sincerely, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

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From: "brmeteorites" <brmeteorites_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:14:43 -0000
Subject: [brmeteorites_list] List 38

        Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
?E?E?E?E?E?E?E?E?E?E?ELIST 38?E?E?E?E?Ect 17, 2006

Here are a few nice items that I found left from the show (plus a
couple just sent to me). I had too little of any of these to bother
with putting them on my mailed list (being prepared now ?Eshould be
out in about a week).

OUM DREYGA, Western Sahara: (H3-5). Fell October 16, 2003. Tkw = about
17kg.
This is what the meteorite we had been calling Amgala was officially
catalouged as. The fall was witnessed by Moroccan soldiers stationed
in Western Sahara. It fell near a 670 km long wall built in 1985. A
number of pieces were recovered right after the fall and are very
fresh. Some were recovered later, after a rainstorm, and show some
rusting. The fact that the area is heavily mined and guarded by
soldiers makes it amazing that any got out at all. These 3 pieces are
likely from the first recoveries. They are very fresh (only slight
hints of rust spotting on the broken surfaces) showing a nice light
interior (the 38g piece has a nice breccia texture as well) and very
black crust. Very nice pieces for a stone that celebrated its 3rd
birthday in Earth's harsh environment yesterday (and not likely stored
with any particular care where it was in Morocco until recently).
1) Fragments as found.
a) 24.9 grams?E28mm x 26mm x 20mm?E.$125.00 ?Eabout 50% crust
b) 38.8 grams?E40mm x 30mm x 25mm?E.$190.00 ?Eabout 70% crust
c) 84.1 grams?E49mm x 43mm x 27mm?E.$400.00 ?Eabout 70% crust

TEXAS CHONDRITE GRAB-BAG: Miscellaneous Texas chondrite end pieces.
Art Ehlmann at TCU sent these up to me to see if I could do anything
with them. These are all small (about 10g to about 40g) end pieces of
things that were found in their cutting room. We do not know what
these meteorites are (likely things like Davy (a), Travis County,
Tulia, Dimmitt, and some I probably have not seen before), so they are
being offered up as cheap "Texas stone end pieces". I will try to sell
the bag as a lot first, but let me know if you want just a piece or a
couple pieces, as I will break the lot up if they don't sell as a
group (price will be $1/gram this way).
240.3 gram bag of end pieces (15 pieces) - $180.00

WELLMAN (f), Texas: (H3.5). Found 1999, recognized 2004. Tkw = 18.5
kilograms.
This is really nice stuff. It shows lots of metal and chondrules (they
don't leap out at you, but there are lots when you look closely) in a
fairly dark gray/green matrix. McCartney Taylor just sent me these
pieces. He didn't get a chance to polish them, and I have not been
able to either ?Eit is windy, raining and cold outside right now (has
been for quite a while, and will be for at least another couple days).
I will be happy to polish these for any buyers. There will be a little
weight loss, but not much, McCartney's saw makes a very smooth cut.
All in all, this is one of the nicest meteorites (particularly
considering its price for a named fresh H3) I have had recently.
1) Slices:
a) 27.7 grams?E?E6mm x 40mm x 5mm?E..$125.00
b) 69.3 grams?E?E7mm x 67mm x 5mm?E..$310.00
c) 73.6 grams?E?E5mm x 70mm x 5mm?E..$330.00

NWA (801), Morocco: (CR2).
I purchased a fairly large piece (nearly a kilo) of this at the show
that I had planned on cutting up to sell as slices. I love this stuff
and have been trying for a long time to get a bunch to offer (it
really is not so easy to come by). But, a collector just had to have
this large one as it was (It was probably one of the largest recovered
pieces after all). This left me with only these few pieces to offer
here, and me looking for some thing else to put on my mailed list.
1) 6.1 gram bag of fragments (mostly individuals actually), about 6
pieces - $100.00
2) 12.5 gram end piece 30mm x 15mm x 12mm - $250.00 ?Elots of metal.
3) 16.9 gram individual (no fresh breaks) 45mm x 15mm x 12mm - $330.00

ZAKLODZIE, Poland: Ungrouped enstatite meteorite. Found September
1998. Tkw = 8.68kg.
This is strange stuff, it really is unlike anything else. It kind of
reminds me of the pieces of the real Acapulco I had years ago, showing
lots of (fairly large) metal grains in a granular matrix. The
difference, of coarse, is this being an enstatite it has a very light
(mottled pale tan to nearly white) matrix. This, like Acapulco, is
likely a true primitive achondrite, having the composition of a
chondrite, but clearly a re-crystallized texture. Not cheap stuff, but
I plan to keep a piece for myself.
3.47 gram slice (cut sides)?E.24mm x 20mm x 2mm?E..$350.00




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