Sorry Ian, but there is a good reason why Brahin is only a dollar a gram on ebay - it is nothing but crap. Unfortunately you get what you pay for. If you want a beautiful stable pallasite, buty Esquel or Imilac. Luckly your specimen was not too big so you probably did not pay much for it.
Randy
>From: "Ian Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Cracking Brahin Pallasite
>Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:09:27 +0000
>
>
>Last night I examined my two inch slice of brahin Pallasite and I've
>not loked closely at it for a while. It has developed a crack all
>along one side and when I gently applied pressure to the slice it
>broke in three pieces !!
>It's my fave piece and I've not been collecting for long so may have
>missed something but I was under the impression that Brahin was
>pretty stable. Am I wrong ?
>Can anyone offer any advice for the future as to how I should store
>pallasites - and other pieces for that matter to prevent
>decomposure.
>Thanks all.
>
>Ian Barrett
>
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