Hi Richard and list,
Thanks for bringing this beautiful tektite to our attention..(..AUSTRALITE:
Tektite, Meteorite from Western Australia..330458934895.) although I
nearly had a stroke when I saw the priceWOW!!! $2,000.00 Aussie dollars,
$1,830.80US dollars.
Is this someone we
On this beautiful tektite, I stand corrected. I've been told it could go for
up to $5,000, perhaps more due to the quality of it.. I'll keep my big mouth
shut now. It is beautiful, and I assume the price is determined not only by
the market, but on the quality and rarity of such an item.
Good
Hello Brian and List,
Brian wrote: On this beautiful tektite, I stand corrected.
On December 3rd, 2000, I asked our late Darryl Futrell (+ Aug 13, 2001) what
a reasonable price for a perfect Australian button would be and the next day he
responded like this:
A perfect flanged button goes for
All,
There are a couple of key issues regarding flanged aussie buttons. First, the
big money has always been for Port Campbell Victoria specimens which somehow
seem always bright, fresh, and pristine. All the others are in another league.
For years I have offered specimens from anywhere
Sorry, I was typing in the dark and hit a button that sent the message before I
was done.
The one on Ebay is significantly over-priced. For $1800, I think I can still
source a flawless specimen. With the rim chips, I would not pay $1000, but
times are certainly changing. They haven't made
Figure 3 on this link: http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/tek_australite.html
Unfortunately only a half button, but with Darryl Futrell collection number :)
ArnaudM
The Tricottet Collection of Natural History Specimens
(Minerals, Fossils Meteorites)
www.thetricottetcollection.com
I bought this one years ago along with two others for $900- each. Not for sale
as this is the last one that I have left. Although all were similar, this one
was slightly the best.
http://www.catchafallingstar.com/buttona.JPG
http://www.catchafallingstar.com/buttonb.JPG
Jim Strope
Hey Norm,
I haven't looked at many tektites, but what caught my eye on this one was the
deep swirl on the bottom of this one. Obviously spinning as it re-entered. I
can't remember seeing this feature before.
Just curious how common that is?
Thanks
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
Careful Richard. These things are dangerous. They are a lot like
potato chips you'll always want just one more...and then there are all
those different flavors to try :-)
There is some information on the formation of these here:
http://www.australites.com/australi1.htm
And of course, Norm's
Dear Richard and List,
Here are some Australite Flange Buttons on Meteorite-Times.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/march/Tektite_of_Month.htm
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2007/June/Tektite_of_Month.htm
G'Day Phil Norm Richard and List
Very Dangerous and forget Aulbrey's site
http://www.tektites.co.uk/
Cheers John
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I'm not looking any more! I'll just gaze at my humble dumb bells and tear
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Full Moon Photography
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Subject: RE: [meteorite-list]
I know this will sound like a stupid question but how are these formed? I
thought teks were ejecta type material.
Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
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Hi Stuart,
You should find this very interesting :-)
http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/australites/
Paul
On 8/9/2010 3:44 PM, Stuart McDaniel wrote:
I know this will sound like a stupid question but how are these
formed? I thought teks were ejecta type material.
Stuart
Hello Stuart,
The following page has a great summary:
http://www.tektites.co.uk/australasian.html
If you click on the picture, you'll get a larger version that you can
read. It puts australites into perspective with other australaisian
tektites. If you want to learn more about australites'
OK, I read Aubrey's site and it explains pretty well. But if there was a
meteorite that big that hit the earth, shouldn't there be pieces to be
found along with the tektites??
Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
- Original Message -
From: Stuart
Hello Stuart,
Well, we don't find meteorites accosicated with craters very often,
for a number of reasons. First and foremost is that most of the
craters found in the past have been pretty old - on the order of
millions of years.
Wolf Creek is one of the older craters that we know of where
Another one for the collection
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com/collection/fbtek.htm
Took me 4 years to find one at a price I was willing to pay
Rob Wesel
www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
www.facebook.com/nakhladog
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Hello all
For those of you lucky enough to own a button, I was wondering if you had
them displayed in any particular way. I want to cleanly suspend the piece
upright in profile and pondered a metal post with mineral tack or a drop of
hot glue but I am nervous the piece would break if I ever
So why do teks survive that long, is it due to meteorites being mainly iron
and they are glass??
Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC
Secr.,
Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
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From: Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com
To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Greetings
So I've got a fair bit of practice at identifying falling meteorites in
radar data now, and a great deal of radar data taking up space on my hard
drive. I want this data used to actually collect meteorites, but there's no
way I can cover all that ground myself. So I'm going
Hi List,
Has anyone ever seen an inclusion like this in a CV3 meteorite? It is
a brown. featureless, area that snakes through the surrounding matrix
and chondrules. I have seen light and dark inclusions in different
carbonaceous meteorites, including Allende, but I have not seen an
inclusion
Hi all,
Please see the link below for a very nice flanged button hunting video!
Wish I was back living in Victoria!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqRoVdFDB9E
Cheers,
Desmond Leong
IMCA #2254
http://www.TektiteInc.com
http://stores.ebay.com/Tektite-Inc
Hi Mike...great looking stuff. Are you putting this up for sale?
As far as the brown...naa I'm not going to do it...
the best..
Barry
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks
meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi List,
Has anyone ever seen an inclusion like this in a CV3
Hey Mike,
Almost looks like staining (rust) to me especially in photos 2 and 3.
Bob
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks
meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi List,
Has anyone ever seen an inclusion like this in a CV3 meteorite? It is
a brown. featureless, area that snakes
Hi Marc,
Great idea setting up a site with radar data for some of these
orphaned falls. On the Lorton fall, there are also prominent hits
from the Norfolk/Richmond radar at time-tag 22:30:51 (cut angle
0.47 degrees) located between Springfield Forest and Newington,
and the Dover radar at time-tag
The first of Mike G's picture actually #3, also shows an addition of
material at least once, maybe twice at the far right. It makes a new
guy wonder how a meteorite is ever really ever analyzed and
categorized if it just matters where you take the sample. I have
several meteorites that are
Hello List,
As I read all of the posts about the discussion of Tektite
prices.all I can do is hang my head. :-(
Another good investment that I didn't pay any attention to. I honestly
never really liked the look of most of them and thought the dumbbells were
kind of cool, but was
Hi Rob, list,
Rob, I'm happy to see that my former companion is still in good hands. ;)
I would not use hot glue on a flanged button, I even would be very careful
with any kind of mineral tack, if you haven't used it before on a long term
basis and know whether it is stable. During my years
Good evening/morning all
What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar Calcalong
Creek? After that which ones are next in line?
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