[meteorite-list] AD - Black Beauty

From: Matt Morgan <mail_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:55:10 -0700
Message-ID: <2e10c96d-9a14-4f0f-8f36-669ea414e920_at_email.android.com>

Carl
Thanks for clarifying the point on the cutting. All additional pieces of authentic Black Beauty that are publicly available through my site were cut in distilled water by Kerf Industries.

Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites
Http://www.mhmeteorites.com

Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:

>Hi Jason,
>
>I looked at your link. I think you need to revise it since it contains
>false information about the cutting of Black Beauty (NWA 7034) -- at
>least if you are referring to the 320 g main mass that is at the IOM?
>The cutting was done with distilled water -- NOT ethylene glycol
>(antifreeze). Also, stating in your link that our samples were "messed
>with" seems to be a rather unusual way to describe cutting with a fine
>diamond wire.
>
>If you want to know anything specific about Black Beauty, I would be
>happy to talk to you about it and how to identify it in hand sample
>and nature of the reduced carbon -- my team has been studying this
>meteorite with numerous lab techniques since August 2011.
>
>PS: the Science Article print version will be on newsstands Feb. 15.
>
>Carl Agee
>
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>On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:24 AM, jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>> I just finished the page for some fragments of the unique water and
>> soil-bearing Martian regolith breccia paired with NWA 7034 and a few
>> other stones.
>> Please see our website for available specimens.
>>
>> http://www.fallsandfinds.com/page88.php
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jason
>>
>> IMCA 7630
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