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

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:20:06 -0500
Message-ID: <BC9C41A14E554881A9EDDAC488605DE6_at_meteorroom>

Yes, Matthias, that video is really great stuff indeed!
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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From: majbaermann at web.de [mailto:majbaermann at web.de]
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [AD] Announcing Two New Lunar Meteorites and a New Bencubbinite?

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-escondid
> a-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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