[meteorite-list] Bonham's auction

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 12:03:13 +0100
Message-ID: <20100509120313.4GJBC.247567.root_at_web03-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

Hi Kieron, All,

Looks to me like one of the Martian individuals going around that can be purchased at a much lower price because it has not been put through its paces and properly classified and paired with that number or all the other numbers I have seen. The presentation looks really crude too...badly photoshopped label and knifed hole.

I wonder what provenance has been checked buy the auctioneers?

Graham, UK
---- Kieron Heard <kieron.heard at ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> Here is an interesting one - an NWA meteorite from the Mohave Desert!
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/7690889/Pi
> ctures-of-the-day-7-May-2010.html?image=17
>
> A visit to Bonham's website confirmed that the name should read NWA 4857.
> Even then I am a little confused - the stone being auction is described as
> whole and fusion crusted, with a mass of 3.64g, but the MetSoc database
> describes NWA 4857 as a single stone of 24g. Something doesn't add up.
>
>
> Regards, Kieron
>
>
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Received on Sun 09 May 2010 07:03:13 AM PDT