[meteorite-list] Choteau - A NEW Ungrouped Pallasite Meteorite

From: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:26 -0700
Message-ID: <CAJet4mP+zXx-acB-6oHF5YOhcp4frcB4s0PEoV2UeBq3vx+prA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mike,

Yup, they're beautiful!

There is only six ungrouped pallasites and half are in the USA!

Choteau (8.47 kg TKW) is in the same league as Milton (2.04 kg TKW)
and Vermillion (34.36 kg TKW). The other three (NWA 1911, Yamato
8451, Zinder) have a combined TKW of only about 150 grams!

Only a handful of collectors have been able to acquire a Choteau
specimen. Very soon - as with all rare meteorites - there will be
none to see short of a visit to a museum.


On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks
<meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great find! It looks like a more-beautiful version of Udei Station,
> but with olivines instead of blackened silicates.
>
> The good ole' USA may not have a lunar yet, but we certainly have some
> gorgeous pallasites. :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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> On 6/19/13, Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for posting the Met-Bulletin update!
>>
>> The most exciting meteorite on that list must be Choteau - and not
>> just because of it's beauty. As the bulletin explains, Choteau is as
>> ultra-rare as pallasites get, and has few rivals.
>>
>> View photos of this meteorite here:
>> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/choteaunewmeteorite.htm
>>
>> Robert Cucchiara and I were lucky enough to have acquired quite a few
>> slices and an end cut back when everyone was only guessing what it
>> might be. Many of us thought it would be classified as a pallasite,
>> but no one knew for sure as it does not look like a typical pallasite
>> - and to make things more confusing, the isotopes plotted with the
>> primitive achondrites!
>>
>> Because of it's rarity we're proud to say we've already placed slices
>> in some of the best universities and museums in the world.
>>
>> View photos from our recent (last week) Smithsonian Museum visit.
>> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/smithsonianvisit.htm
>>
>> We only have a small amount of this material left as most is sold or on
>> hold.
>>
>> Special thanks to Tony Irving, Laurence Garvie, Carl Agee, Rhiannon
>> Mayne, Tim McCoy and Linda Welzenbach for all their help!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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