[meteorite-list] Modern Burnishing

From: ALAN RUBIN <aerubin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:21:25 -0700
Message-ID: <CACWzm1wg8cyA3EOeTBKKzdYTwNiu63zg1Aj6Sz62J1rHAFK-8Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

For those who are interested, there is a similar pattern on the Haig
IIIAB iron, as illustrated on page 62 of the book Meteorites and their
Origins by G. J. McCall (1973).

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:30 PM Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> I hate it. Almost 100% made of glue is my guess. There?s no natural way to make it look like a turf squeezed out of a tube.
>
>
> Sent from Smallbiz Yahoo Mail for iPhone
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> On Friday, August 14, 2020, 10:32 AM, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> I saw that too Paul. I think I saw it once before a while back, being offered. I have never seen this shaping before either. Very unusual, but I would guess it must be terrestrial weathering influenced by some sort of internal structure...e.g. perhaps melt. I took the phrase "modern burnishing" to be that it had been cleaned in some way to remove caliche....but a vague description.
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> Graham
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 6:42 AM Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> Want everyone's opinion / on this highly unusual morphology.
> I don't doubt it is a real meteorite at all just that one side looks altered
> or is HUGELY UNIQUE
> Christies is currently selling it and gives a cryptic explanation for its
> shape as "Modern burnishing"
> What the hell does that mean exactly?????
> they also mention it could be naturally ventifacted.???????????
>
> Either way I have never seen anything quite like it in the meteorite world.
>
> Anyone else have an explanation ... please chime in on this.
>
> https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/deep-impact-lunar-rare-meteorites/evoking-sculpture-ken-price-exotic-meteorite-morphology-nwa-13203-38/82821
>
> Thanks
> Paul Gessler
>
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