[meteorite-list] Massa meteorite from South Africa?

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 04:28:45 +0200
Message-ID: <000f01caf631$d9583ef0$6502a8c0_at_name86d88d87e2>

Good morning.

I know a Massa.

"Massa" was a working name of an early NWA, found in 1999.
Was an extremely fresh (W0!) H5. Must have been a larger find, the Catalogue
lists a tkw of >120kg.
Is superior material. Good black true fusion crust. Grey to light grey
matrix. Some black chondrules and has long metal veins running through,
similar like El Hammami. But all in all nicer, cause most of Hammami came
heftily oxidized to market.

Mainly Ahmed Pani from Vienna distributed it,
should still have some. (We have also a slice of a pound somewhere).
http://members.chello.at/panimeteorites/

It's in the Bulletin as NWA 1172.


Are you sure you bought from a specialized meteorite dealer?
Three meteorites without identification - that is very uncommon.
Sounds rather like it has been a normal mineral dealer, who got by accident
some meteorites too and as they often aren't aware of the importance of the
authenticity, respectively the provenience of a meteorite, with them,
something like that happens more often.

Best!
Martin



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hxmendoza
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Mai 2010 16:49
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Betreff: [meteorite-list] Massa meteorite from South Africa?

Good morning everyone.
Many if you by now are aware of my little problem with that classified
endcut that I bought a couple weeks or so ago at the Spring Denver show.

Anyway I also bought a 3.22g meteorite from that same dealer that is
called MASSA from South Africa.

Well I just went to the Bulletin to read up on it and it isn't listed.
Has anyone else heard of this meteorite or have any info on it. I
tried Googling it but nothing came up. Is this going to be another bad
learning experience??

He also almost sold me a frag of Stewart Valley. I checked that too on
the Bulletin and the name did not come up also. Any info on Stewart
Valley?

Lastly, I received no replies on the Find a Falling Star softcover I
an selling so I'm lowering the price $45 OR BEST OFFER, plus shipping.

Regards,
Henry Mendoza
Aurora, CO

Sent from my iPod



      
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Received on Mon 17 May 2010 10:28:45 PM PDT