[meteorite-list] [AD] Announcing Two New Lunar Meteorites and a New Bencubbinite‏

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:15:54 +0100
Message-ID: <9AF65C611E564449B62CB39F7A044092_at_thinkcentre>

Thanks Luc - and mediator Dave - for this great night-video: what a dense
and, well, somehow suitable crazy dense atmosphere ;-)

My best,

Matthias B.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gheesling" <dave at fallingrocks.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] [AD] Announcing Two New Lunar Meteorites and a New
Bencubbinite?


> I'M POSTING THIS FOR LUC, WHO IS HAVING TROUBLE DOING SO FROM HIS WEB
> INTERFACE IN TUCSON:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am announcing to the list two new lunar meteorites and a Bencubbinite
> launched for the 2010 Tucson show.
>
>
>
> I discovered the Shi?r 166, my 10th piece of the Moon in Oman, a 128.8g
> lunar feldspathic impact-melt breccias in April 2008. The circumstances of
> finding are quite funny because I find it in the desert at night using my
> head lamp around the camp. The Led head lamp offer a very good contrast at
> night so this is a possibility for everyone to extend the time of hunting
> in place with high potential of finding in white flat desert area like
> Oman. So, times to times a meteorite is just waiting you at night! Hunting
> during the night, we do that since most than 10 years now, is very
> exciting and it?s most of the time the best thing to do in the desert at
> night with thousands of stars and sometimes the Moon inspiring you. Don?t
> forget, to keep few hours to sleep?
>
>
>
> Anyway, here is a video take mainly by my brother few minutes after I pick
> up the lunar. Sorry for the poor quality video but we used a small camera
> in our car. Again sorry, we speak French in this video but you can easily
> understand the excitation when I used sand paper on this stone and
> discovered the typical breccias of a lunar?
>
>
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/content/108-new-lunar-meteorite-classified-by-Randy-Korotev
>
>
>
> Just few pieces available, less than 10g are for sale, the main mass was
> acquired by a Museum for public display.
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/444-lunar-meteorite-shisr-166
>
>
>
> Here is the end cut with photos and a nice 360? display if you have flash
> enabled
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/233-lunar-meteorite-shisr-166.html
>
>
>
> I found the Dhofar 1528, a 213g stone, in a ?sub-normal? circumstance, not
> a night!, and after a full day with no meteorite in Oman which is quite
> exceptional. This lunar was just waiting me since long time in the desert,
> a nice lunar classified Anorthosite (highland) breccias that contains a
> wide variety of lithologies
>
>
>
> The end cut and some slices are available, smaller slices are available at
> the InnSuite:
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/457-dhofar-1528-lunar-meteorite
>
>
>
> To finish my best surprise of 2010! The Minera Escondida (name pending) a
> new
>
> This 598g meteorite was found during a trip in Chile on Imilac with my
> brother in 2004. From the exterior and the ?skin? so typical of iron from
> Chile, I supposed first it was a silicated iron meteorite.
>
>
>
> So, since 2004, I used this meteorite as a nice meteorite paperweight,
> because the particular shape round and flat. I tried to sold this iron at
> the Sainte Marie aux Mines show in France in June 2009 as an unclassified
> iron. It was not sold, so I decided to remove a sample for classification
> in September 2009. and discover the real nature of it?a new bencubbinite?
>
>
>
> This CB was found near the famous Minera Escondida one of the largest mine
> for copper.
>
>
>
> I have full and part slices and a small end cut for sale in Room 118 at
> the InnSuites (Now Tucson City Center Hotel):
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/la-escondida-bencubbinite/267-minera-escondida-name-pending-bencubbinite.html
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv/458-la-escondida-bencubbinite
>
>
> With best wishes to all,
>
> Luc Labenne
>
>
>
> Labenne Meteorites
>
> Meteorites for Science, Education & Collectors
>
> http://www.meteorites.tv
>
> labennemeteorites at hotmail.com
>
> luclabenne at meteorites.tv
>
>
> Dave Gheesling
> IMCA #5967
> www.fallingrocks.com
>
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