[meteorite-list] AD - 6.1 gram complete australite

From: Phil Morgan <roxfromspace_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:25:22 -0600
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=hwr7oCx1y7GVOfSEOUnTgQNjNK67kLE=cR0RN_at_mail.gmail.com>

Wow Jason, that is a big one. Very cool.

Check out this pseudo-button indochinite I was fortunate to acquire.
It's quite a fun novelty piece.

Good luck with the sale.

Phil

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey All,
> A year or so ago, I managed to acquire a pretty nice example of an
> australite - this 6.1 gram complete flanged button.
>
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102083&id=508345918&l=b6c21a6903
>
> Granted, it has some cooling cracks, but it doesn't have a single
> chip, new or old. ?It's also about 1.5 times the weight of the next
> largest complete australite that I've ever seen for sale. ?I've read
> about larger examples in scientific papers (up to 12 grams or so), but
> have never actually seen - or heard of any - larger than this in a
> private collection...though I'm sure they're out there.
>
> It's pretty, but not really our sort of thing. ?So if anyone's looking
> for such an example, this one is available - and I'm open to trades.
> Given that the asking price on ~2-3 gram pieces seems to be in the
> ~$2,000-3,000 range, I'm looking for cash offers of $4,000 or more (or
> trade equivalent).
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
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Received on Tue 10 Aug 2010 10:25:22 PM PDT