[meteorite-list] [Ad] Kentland Quench Melt, 100% PERFECT Kentland Shattercone, Breccia, and more for sale on eBay!

From: b1dunovant at aol.com <b1dunovant_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:24:15 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CFD6ACE4A0A799-1564-3238A_at_webmail-m058.sysops.aol.com>

Happy Monday Everyone,

Today I have the great pleasure of introducing some spectacular
material to the community that in part comes from my personal
collection as well as material collected on my most recent visit to the
Kentland Crater in Kenltand, Indiana. If you do not care to read my
rambling about the specimens I have, feel free to go directly to the
eBay link, as the pictures speak volumes for themselves :-)


Firstly, I have been asked numerous times whether in all my trips to
Kentland, whether I have found a 100% perfect shattercone fully intact
 from bottom to apex. The answer is yes, and I would like to make one
very rare and special specimen available to the masses, in such a form
that is worthy of any museum or collector, which demands the best of
the best. This specimen has got it all, and I mean to the ?T?. It is a
100% perfect cone, preserved in very fresh limestone, has beautifully
detailed striations, and the cherry on top?.It has dual orientation!

1. The specimen weighs 435.5 grams and stands on its own in a position
very indicative of its natural position when found in the field. As I
said, if you demand the best of the best, look no further. I only have
a few cones such as this, and they will never leave my collection. This
is a rare opportunity, and worth having a look for sure. -
http://tinyurl.com/c4qdmmo



Next, and just as awesome (to me at least) is a new highly altered
material I found at Kentland my last trip after having searched for two
straight days. It appears to show a matrix the result of some serious
heat induced plastic flow, which formed a dike with clast of a breccia
 from a zone below of what looked to be a brecciated basement material
and a layer of semi-course polymict breccias just above. The exposure
was quite weathered at the surface so after much digging I was able to
collect some very stable pieces.

2. This endcut weighs 803g and has been cut, sanded, and polished to
reveal a matrix that reveals breccias clast floating and stretching to
create shapes reminiscent of a tadpole in its earliest of stages, as
the clast are stretched and melted. - http://tinyurl.com/cqchyup



Now this is a cool stone, even in its small form. It appears to be a
quench material with amazing long quench xtals that are oriented from a
common surface. On the backside, the piece shows very large T variation
common to shocked rocks. Additionally, on the outer most surface of the
green melt, is a vesicular foamy black melt material. As if all that
wasn?t enough, there are also metal inclusions seen on the uncut
portion which have left oxide stains, the metal of which has not yet
been tested to prove iron.

3. The specimen weighs 51.8 grams, and is the rarest of the materials I
have found thus far at the Kentland site. This is an extra special
pieces, the other half of which, I have in my personal collection. You
may never see something like this again from this site, or any, so if
impactites are you fancy, this is the unrivaled cream of the crop! -
http://tinyurl.com/cwprl6x




There are other very nice impactites listed, but for readings sake, I
will let you discover those for yourself when taking a look at my
offerings. I appreciate the consideration, and if you have made it this
far in reading, my hat is off to you :-) I combine shipping on all
orders as well! Have a good week and happy hunting to everyone!

My Best,
Brandon D.
Received on Mon 11 Feb 2013 03:24:15 PM PST