[meteorite-list] AD : Collection Sale - Opening the Vaults - Rare Types and Rare Falls

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:28:40 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907120828l4f899a60w58224468409c5660_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Folks!

I have done some thinking regarding the direction I want to follow as
a personal collector of meteorites. Up until now I have collected
many many small pieces while trying to amass a large type collection
and collection of witnessed falls. In the future I am concentrating
on larger pieces (even if it means having fewer specimens overall for
the same budget). I have greatly enjoyed collecting micromounts and
it has allowed me to decide what I want to focus on now.

So I am opening up my personal collection cabinet and I am selling off
a number of my smaller specimens and redundant specimens. This
includes some very rare types and historical falls. I don't have
multiples of these pieces, so these are first come, first serve.

Notes about this sale and these specimens :

1) If you want to see a photo of a particular specimen or group of
specimens, let me know and I will snap some photos and email them back
promptly.

2) Each micromount specimen comes in a labelled 1.25" gemjar. Larger
flat pieces (like slices) will come in a labelled Riker box. Larger,
chunkier pieces (like UNWA) will come in a specimen bag with label.

3) Asking price includes shipping to anywhere in the CONUS. Canadian
or Overseas shipping will be extra - contact me offlist for a quote.
Prices are somewhat flexible and are based on what I paid for the
pieces - I am open to fair offers.

4) Each specimen includes the original dealer specimen card, if
applicable. Not all specimens come with an original card because not
all dealers issue cards. Historical pieces also come with copies of
the original sales receipt and any paperwork that came with the
specimen.

5) I am open to offers on the whole shebang - this would make a fine
starter collection of types or it would be a good way to fill
vacancies in a type collection.

6) Contact me offlist at - meteoritemike at gmail.com


SALE CATALOGUE :

ALH 76009 (L6 chondrite, Allan Hills Antarctica) - larger micro
fragments 154mg - $20
Ash Creek (L6 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Texas) - 2 fragments
(one with crust) - 102mg - $15
Bjurbole (L/LL4 chondrite, witnessed fall) - fragment 400mg - $12
Brahin (Pallasite) - olivine crystals - 490mg - $8
Carancas (H4-5 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer) - fragment - 119mg - $10
Claxton (L6 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Georgia) - small
mini-slice - 200mg - $85
Ensisheim (LL6 chondrite, witnessed fall) - tiny frag and dust - ~1mg - $15
Holbrook (L/LL6 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Arizona) - 480mg
crusted fragment - $15
Lafayette (Martian Nakhlite) - micro speck 1mg - $50
L'Aigle (L6 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer) - fragment 11mg - $25
Moss (Carbonaceous CO3.6, witnessed fall, hammer) - small fragments ~20mg - $15
Murchison (Carbonaceous CM2, witnessed fall, hammer) - 110mg fragment. - $50
New Orleans (H5 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Louisiana) - micro
fragments 54mg - $25
Norton County (Aubrite, witnessed fall, Kansas) - two fragments - 200mg - $15
NWA 515 (L6 chondrite) - small fragment - 960mg - $5
NWA 801 (Carbonaceous Chondrite CR2) - 2 tiny fragments 25mg - $8
NWA 998 (Martian Nakhlite) - vial of tiny fragments - 10mg - $10
NWA 1459 (Olivine Diogenite) - micro fragment - 2mg - $10
NWA 2629 (Olivine Diogenite) - fragment - 250mg - $15
NWA 2634 (Ureilite) - micro fragment - 30mg - $10
NWA 2737 (Martian Chassignite) - micro fragment - 4mg - $10
NWA 2828 (EL chondrite) - fragment - 53mg - $8
NWA 2968 (Dunite/achondrite ungrouped) - 1mg - $20
NWA 3151 (Brachinite) - micro slice - 214mg - $25
NWA 4439 (Carbonaceous CO3.3) - fragment with cut face - ~200mg - $10
NWA 4524 (L4 chondrite) - 334mg microslice - $8
NWA 4934 (Howardite) - micro fragment - 18mg - $8
NWA 5054 (L5 chondrite, provisional) - fragment - 150mg - $6
NWA 5511 (LL5 chondrite, provisional) - small slice - 500mg - $8
Pallasovka (Pallasite) - unoxidized metal matrix frags and olivine
frags - ~3 gr - $12
Park Forest (L5 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Illinois) - 250mg
micro slice - $55
Peekskill (H6 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, New York) - 172mg
micro slice - $75
Shalka (Diogenite, witnessed fall) - 3mg tiny fragments - $10
Sylacauga (H4 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Hodges Stone) - micro
speck ~1mg - $100
Tagish Lake (Carbonaceous C2-UNG, witnessed fall) - fragment - 60mg - $50
Tamdakht (H5 chondrite, witnessed fall) - crusted fragment 970mg - $10
Tulia(b) (L6 chondrite, Texas) - tiny fragment - 127mg - $8
UNWA - aesthetic slice with polished face and thick crust - 32gr - $20
UNWA - whole stone, VERY FRESH crust w/ contraction cracks and
thumbprints - 80.5gr - $75
Weston (H4 chondrite, witnessed fall, hammer, Connecticut) - micro
fragments - 15mg - $20
Willamette (Iron Shale, Oregon) - micromount - 43mg - $15
Zagami (Martian shergottite, witnessed fall) - good fragments - ~40mg - $30

Impactites :

Aouelloul Glass (Mauritania) - 2.04 gr individual - $20
Chicxulub Crater (Yucatan Peninsula) - microscope slide of KT-boundary
micro-tektites - $40
Decaturville Impact Structure (Missouri) - 136gr endcut of monomict
impact breccia - $20
Ries Crater (Germany) - 62gr "flaedle" impact glass bomb - $25
Rochechouart Crater (France) - 108gr slice of pseudotachylite - $20
Rubielos de la C?rida Impact Basin (Spain) - 70gr endcut of polymict
fallback breccia - $25
Sudbury Impact Basin (Canada) - 682gr large shattercone - $50
Sudbury Impact Basin (Canada) - 60gr slice of Black Onaping suevite - $25
Wanapitei Lake (Sudbury) - 110gr endcut of suevite fallback breccia - $20
Wells Creek Crater (Tennessee) - 194gr dolomitic shatter cone sample - $25

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END OF SALE LIST.

PS - I have auctions running on eBay, take a look -
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/maypickle

.....................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Received on Sun 12 Jul 2009 11:28:40 AM PDT