[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:18:36 -0500
Message-ID: <4950204C.7000902_at_rogers.com>

Mike,

Can't find the images.

Mike Tettenborn

Mike Jensen wrote:
> 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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