[meteorite-list] Bogou Meteorite in the Accretion Desk

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:49:36 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550908101649i7b3cd8d2u43e63c812bada17f_at_mail.gmail.com>

Nice specimen Mike. Thanks for sharing the photos of it. :)


On 8/10/09, Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello Martin and All,
>
> http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/august/Accretion_Desk.htm
>
> It?s nice to see a witnessed iron on the Accretion Desk this month. It is
> quite easy to forget that witnessed iron falls are incredibly rare. In fact,
> according to the MetBull database, witnessed HED?s are more abundant than
> irons at ~69 witnessed HED achondrites to ~49 witnessed irons. Even at that
> number, iron falls are so highly prized by museums and institutions, that
> you are lucky to find anything outside of Sikote-Alin, Udei Station, or the
> occasional Boguslavka or Braunau.
>
> I was surprised to see that Martin?s piece has a ?hack-saw? cut job ?
> something I thought was unique to my piece of Bogou:
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-3.jpg
>
> I purchased my Bogou several years ago (ex. Cureton Collection) sight-unseen
> and re-etching and cutting off the hack-saw marks and 'hanging chads' has
> always been on my to-do list until I read Martin?s article. It is easy to
> forget that those blemishes can actually help tell the story and human
> interaction involved with particular specimens. In fact, I think a hacked-up
> Bogou looks just fine now ?
>
>
> Martin also reminds us of how delicate and rare -real- fusion crust on an
> iron is. On Bogou, it is like the thin crust of a croissant and can easily
> flake off if not handled properly:
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-2.jpg
>
>
> Finally, the ?good? side, showing the curvature of the specimen. One can
> only imagine how impressive a full slice would be:
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-1.jpg
>
>
> Martin, I wonder if our specimens shared a jar with the Cureton Collection?
>
>
> 6 Irons Old,
>
> Mike Bandli
>
>
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