[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:10:32 -0700
Message-ID: <6f9da8300812221510t7d65ee8dy28078f635f49351c_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Tett Randy and list
Here are some thin section photos...near the bottom of the page... if
you want to guess at a classification. Also includes a photo of
several beautiful stones as well as a nice oriented stone as well.
Just wish I could legally hold one in my hands today.

Mike

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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing this Randy.
>
> It looks genuine (and incredibly beautiful!) but a little odd that Alan
> Hildebrand advised that this is an H3/4.
>
> This seams a little fast for classification but perhaps that is what it is.
>  I guess an H3/4 is better than an H 5 or H6.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike Tettenborn
>
> Randy Korotev wrote:
>>
>> Collectors:
>>
>> A couple of days ago I was contacted by telephone by Mr. Warren Wiley of
>> Saskatchewan.  (Why me?)  He told me that he'd found "the second largest"
>> stone of the Dec. 2 fireball and that he wanted to sell it.  He seems to be
>> a nice fellow, so I offered to pass his information along to the meteorite
>> list, which was OK with him.  He does not have Internet access.  A friend of
>> his sent a message this morning with the following text and some attached
>> photos, which I've posted on this website:
>>
>> http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlkorote/warren/
>>
>> Mr Wiley's text:  "This specimen is from the Buzzard Coulee near Lone
>> Rock, Saskatchewan. This is an immaculate masterpiece of atmospheric
>> sculpting. Heavily regmaglyphed, aesthetic specimen. Found December 2, 2008,
>> 35 minutes after sundown. I have video documentation of my 4 day search;
>> where I found it, and associate professor, Alan Hildebrand, coming to our
>> house to authenticate. Alan Hildebrand and other scientists have completed
>> the lab analysis on my chondrite, and it is an (H 3/4) chondrite. Warren
>> Wiley (owner) is putting it up for bids, serious inquiries only. Contact
>> Warren at 1-780-842-4858."
>>
>> Please do not contact me about this offer.  I'm just the messenger and I
>> won't respond to enquiries about this issue.  I'm only doing this because I
>> wanted to see the photos.
>>
>>
>>
>> Randy Korotev
>> Saint Louis, MO
>> korotev at wustl.edu
>>
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