[meteorite-list] AD - Black Beauty

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:57:53 -0700
Message-ID: <F3656E78-8132-425A-9006-76E2513FD252_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Get the popcorn, the "Black Beauty" wars have begun. It would make a great reality show.
Wait till the flood from Morocco comes.

Michael Farmer

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On Feb 12, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Matt Morgan <mail at mhmeteorites.com> wrote:

> 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
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>
> 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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>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
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>> University of New Mexico
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>>
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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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