[meteorite-list] Introducing NWA 8534 - the 1st CM1/2 Ever Offered For Sale

From: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:42:10 -0700
Message-ID: <CAJet4mNtPONh4aPcqmWrHL5RR0xA7eG3LicDjmhtFh=1jPajyg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Anne,

All that is great but as you know, when buying meteorites at a gem
show sometimes "How/When/Where" may be only guesses. Especially if the
seller is the second or third down the line.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your answer Carl.
>
> To me the shock value is an important element of the classification of a
> meteorite. Just like the weathering value, the condition of the discovery:
> exact site, when, conditions (sand dune? swamp? plowed up? how deep?......
> ). All those elements are parts and pieces of the history of the meteorite,
> they can tell us a bit of what happened to it both in space and since it
> landed on our planet.
>
> And I am sorry Carl, but I always want to know more!
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu>
> To: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com>
> Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
> Impactika <impactika at aol.com>
> Sent: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 12:32 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Introducing NWA 8534 - the 1st CM1/2 Ever
> Offered For Sale
>
>
> Low shock. Typical low density that you would expect from type 1/2. If this
> had been high shocked it would likely not survived.
> On Sep 17, 2014 12:18 PM, "Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anne,
>
> This is selling so quickly I'll be packing specimens for the rest of
> the day. In other words I haven't had time to read the entire writeup
> either.
>
> Honestly, it is very Fragile/ Friable not sure which term fits best.
> Nor whether it's because it is shocked or just loosely packed
> material.
>
> Here it is:
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=nwa+8534&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=60867
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> Friable, you say, does that mean it is highly shocked?
>> What is its shock-value on the 1 to 5 scale? I don't see it on the
>> write-up.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list
>
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
>> To: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 10:07 am
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Introducing NWA 8534 - the 1st CM1/2 Ever
>
> Offered
>>
>> For Sale
>>
>>
>> Good Morning Met-list,
>>
>> Today I'm Introducing the only CM1/2 ever offered for sale!
>> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/nwa8534cm12.htm
>>
>> NWA 8534 (CM1/2) Carbonaceous Meteorite
>>
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=NWA+8534&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=60867
>>
>>
>> Here is one of the rarest carbonaceous meteorites ever found. This
>> ultra-cool meteorite is classified as a CM1/2 - it's a type of
>> carbonaceous meteorite that has NEVER been found outside of Antarctica
>> and therefor never before offered for sale.
>> Although this small stone (under 100 grams) is very fresh it was
>> already broken into small fragments when found. The obvious reason is
>> because it is very friable - much like Orgueil and Ivuna (CI1) -and is
>> probably the reason for the rarity of such meteorites.
>>
>> Special thanks to Dr Carl Agee and Dr Karen Ziegler (UNM) for their
>> persistence in what was probably not an easy classification.
>>
>> Fragments are very light weight and so even small pieces look huge.
>>
>> I've already sold to several Museums/Universities that will continue
>> to study this rare meteorite.
>> http://www.mrmeteorite.com/nwa8534cm12.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rock On!
>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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>
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