[meteorite-list] A first timers view of Tucson so far

From: Pat Brown <radio_ranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:23:25 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20070201082325.46608.qmail_at_web51307.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi to all the List Members,

Perhaps I can share a bit of my first Tucson
experience with those not at the show this year....

This is my first time to the Tucson show. This is also
my first time to any meteorite show of any size. The
experience has been almost overwhelming (to my bank
roll at least) There is much said about the lack of
NWA material, but my own experience is that there is
still a reasonable supply to be had. I have paid
between $70USD per kilo to $277USD per kilo for nice
fully crusted stones. I have purchased some larger
stones with nice fresh crust at the high end of that
range. I did find some supprisingly (sp?) nice smaller
stones at the low to midpoint end of that range.

There are many of the well known, big name dealers
here mind blowing stuff like the Park Forest stone in
ET's room and the 'dug up live on TV Brennams' in Jeff
and Anne Black's room. There is a lot of Lunar and SNC
material to be had if you have a water cooled credit
card. And you don't even want to look to close at the
mineral specimins for fear of starting another
under-funded expensive hobby......

There are Gao's at 0.5 to $1 per gram and some fully
oriented ones for a little more. There are several
really big classified NWAs for a reasonable price per
gram.

There are lots of Moroccan fossil dealers with a box
of meteorites, some rattier looking than others. Some
caution is required, as I have seen several stones
that sure don't look like meteorties to my eye.....

I will go to the Tucson Electric Park show tomorrow to
check out the lapidary saws and laps etc.

The degree of fellowship with other meteorite
collectors is really great. This is a most enjoyable
experience.

With Best Regards,
              Pat Brown
Received on Thu 01 Feb 2007 03:23:25 AM PST