[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:23:55 -0700
Message-ID: <6f9da8300812221623r6b4bf4aaw27c23d12e48f26_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Tett & John
Sorry about that;
http://skyriver.ca/astro/bruce/meteorite.htm
Look near the bottom of the page for the thin section photos.

Mike

Mike Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
USA
720-949-6220
IMCA 4264
website: www.jensenmeteorites.com



On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:18 PM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Mike Jensen Meteorites
>> 16730 E Ada PL
>> Aurora, CO 80017-3137
>> USA
>> 720-949-6220
>> IMCA 4264
>> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com
>>
>>
>> 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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