[meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

From: Don Rawlings <psc2410xi_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <363404.41124.qm_at_web59301.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

This may be just a wild guess, but maybe Bonhams has
the auction listed on their website since it is less
than a month away.

--- Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote:

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> Hello List,
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> Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being
> offered?
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> Tim Heitz
> Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/
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> Go to Google News
> Rare meteorite goes under hammer
> 10 hours ago
>
> A meteorite is expected to fetch ?500,000 at
> auction in New York this
> month.
>
> Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was
> discovered eight years ago in
> China's Xinjiang Uygar province.
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> Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and
> impact forces as it
> crashed down to Earth.
>
> Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas
> Lindgren said: "Less
> than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most
> alluring of all
> meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."
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> Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%
> olivine and peridot crystals
> and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of
> forming planets.
>
> The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at
> Bonhams on April 30 in New
> York.
>
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Don Rawlings


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