[meteorite-list] unique opportunity to own a SCORPION BIGHT fragment

From: Bob WALKER <qwalkra_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:13:27 +1000
Message-ID: <31E2B39ABC1045BD817877ECA7805A59_at_your0a700f0aaf>

Listoids

I've listed a fragment of SCORPION BIGHT on ebay (Australia)

Export laws mandate that I can only sell to an Australian resident and can
only post to an Australian address

Though I do hope that export will be allowed in due course...

This will most likely be the last of the Western Australian meteorites ever
for sale given that the ownership of new finds in Western Australia is
vested in the Crown and also given the personalities involved in the
bureaucracy there...

Its a once in a lifetime opportunity to obtain a near type-specimen sized
complete individual fragment - only seven fragments were found near the main
mass of 425 grams - one 24.8 gram fragment has been donated to the Western
Australian Museum as a type-specimen - one fragment has been cut to obtain a
polished thin-section - the rest are pristine as is the main mass. Fayalite
number = 18.7 and metsoc submission will follow in due course

Its the last of the mohicans - and your only opportunity to obtain a
specimen of Australia's most ferocious meteorite - most likely the world's
most ferocious meteorite too...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SCORPION-BIGHT-AUSTRALIAS-MOST-FEROCIOUS-METEORITE_W0QQitemZ230314866267QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_15?hash=item230314866267&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Cheers
Received on Wed 17 Dec 2008 03:13:27 PM PST