[meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May 17th 2011 NYC.

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:54:46 -0700
Message-ID: <BANLkTinuomC9fOwrT3HMv5JiqGY-S_JXgw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Graham,
Not a chassignite, but you're close...ish.

The "DaG 400:"

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=Lunar+meteorites&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=17042

The "Zagami:"

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=Lunar+meteorites&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=7063

I'm sorry there aren't any good photos of slices there, but I know the
stone well.

The "Nakhla" looks to be from this set of pairings:

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/dhofar0489.htm

But since they look so similar, it would be very hard to tell the
exact number from whence it came.

I haven't looked through the rest of the catalog, but from what I just
saw, it looks like they've botched things up royally. Thomas Heitkamp
must be quite the specialist; I wish someone would pay me for nothing
more than (not) knowing about things.
Regards,
Jason

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:27 AM, e-mail ensoramanda
<ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I agree Shawn...The first two do look lunar though...but not the ones
> they say...and the last looks like the NWA Chassignite 2737!!!
>
> I just looked through some others and I think several other of the
> lunar slices are mixed up too.
>
> They need to be told I think before they get circulated under the
> wrong names or folks end up getting something different from the
> photos when they bid....not good.
>
> Perhaps someone on this list is auctioning them through Bonhams?
>
> Graham, UK
>
>
>
> On 13 April 2011 08:12, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hello Listers
>>
>> In NYC on May 17th 2011 Bohams is having a Natural History auction and there are some nice meteorites up for auction. However, I was viewing the LOTS and I noticed that a 5.6g Zagami slice does not look like a Zagami from what I have seen and what I have owned. Here is a link to that lot
>> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3168/ take a look and see if you agree with me or not. Also, I noticed other LOTS where the images do not match up with what they are auctioning off.
>>
>> Nakhla
>> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3172/
>>
>> Here is a Nakhla image from the Smithsonian
>> http://nhb-acsmith1.si.edu/emuwebmsweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1001071
>>
>> Dar al Gani 400
>>
>> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3177/
>>
>> The matrix is darker then what I have seen. From what I can tell, it should be a neutral gray and white clasts.
>>
>> Now I am not sure if I am correct or incorrect but I am wondering if they have mixed up the images of the LOTS or I am blind. But at any rate, take a look and see what I mean by some of the LOTS.
>>
>>
>> Shawn Alan
>> IMCA 1633
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>> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html
>>
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