[meteorite-list] More on Mayo Belwa

From: Dark Matter <freequarks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:37:07 -0600
Message-ID: <822da19a0906132037w3c0b1b87ia696b33a6ee5a223_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Michael,

I have a 6g+ fragment of Mayo Belwa.

Here's a pic.
http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/mayobelwa.jpg

best,

Martin



On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael Blood<mlblood at cox.net> wrote:
> Thanks to Mike G. for the following:
> -----
> " Mayo is a witnessed fall aubrite and the majority of it sits in the
> Nigerian Geological Survey Office. ?Relatively little is in
> collections. ?US Nat His in Washington has less than 200 grams and
> American Nat His in New York has about 600. ?The Chicago Field Museum
> only has 15 grams...... it's one of those obscure falls of a single
> stone and the main mass is locked up. ?You can probably count the
> private dealers in the entire world with this fall on one hand."
> -----------------
> ? ? ? ?While the bulk of this post is, to the best of my knowledge,
> Accurate, there is only one other dealer has ANY and she got it from me!
> (.6g) AND THAT IS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE EVER SEEN (got it in a
> trade over a decade ago from a fellow with excellent reputation who dealt
> with the few "honest" dealers out there (there were only about 6 in
> Those days). Several have contacted me to inform me she had this .6g piece,
> But I already knew that. All of this happened so very long ago, I had no
> Idea the value of the piece I had.
> ? ? ? ?However, I now have a 2 gram specimen that came from the Oscar
> Monnig Collection at TCU and INCLUDES THE CARD that came with it.
> If anyone has any interest or any idea what it is worth or would like to see
> The photo, please contact me off list.
> ? ? ? ?Best wishes, Michael
>
>
>
>> From: Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:12:18 -0700
>> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mayo Belwa Q
>>
>> ?Re: Mayo Belwa
>> ? ? Please contact me off list if you have any for sale or know
>> Anyone who does.....
>> ? ? ? ? Do you know why it is so very scarce and why it costs
>> So much?
>> ? ? ? ? RSVP
>> ? ? ? ? Thanks, Michael
>>
>>
Received on Sat 13 Jun 2009 11:37:07 PM PDT