Good Luck for Siena ;-) Matteo
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've recently returned from a couple of weeks in > Scotland including an > excellent visit with Rob Elliott. We did drink beer, > actually Guinness Stout, > at "room temperature" (which is the correct temp for > Guinness) although he > had all of the windows of his home open such that > the ambient temperature was > to the chilly degree that we burn wood in our > Florida fireplaces. He did not > offer any "haggis," but they are routinely served in > Scotland and I had them > a few times. If the amount of oatmeal is minimal and > a fair amount of nutmeg > is added, they are quite tolerable, especially with > a wee dram of single > barrel, malt whisky as a chaser. Accompanied by some > poetry by "Rabbie" Burns > and a little bagpipe music, it's almost enough to > make one don a kilt. Almost. > > Anyway, Rob has one of the planet's most magnificent > private collections, > over 300 locations and he's recently traded w/Monica > for Aubres, the type > specimen for Aubrites. It fell September 14, 1836, > at 3 in the afternoon in > Nyons, Drome, France. A single stone of about 800 > grams was collected. The > NHM (London) has 440 grams less at least 10% traded > off. Rob received 28.41 > grams in trade making him the second largest > repository (!) of this material. > This specimen can be viewed at his website. > > By its own regulation, the NHM can no longer trade > more Aubres. The Cat of > Mets lists only 500 gms. remaining in all > repositories. Only Moscow and > Budapest have amounts of more than 20 grams so the > likelyhood of more coming > on the market from those sources is minimal. Rob has > told me that what's > available on his website is all that he will cut and > sell. It is my belief > that less than 32 grams are in the public domain, > making this key piece > virtually out-of-reach for most collectors. > > I traded for an exquisite 1.4gms. with Rob which I > treasure and am keeping, > and another 0.150 gms. available here today. A very > healthy micro, it's a > freshly sliced fragment measuring 9 x 6 x 1.5mm. > > The price is $300, same as on Rob's website, and I > will also entertain trades > for Barbotan, Pasamonte AEUC, LA001, the "new > nakhlite",Gujba bencubanite, > Alais, Krasnojarsk (w/olivine) or Siena. > > I will pass on a photo of the specimen (courtesy of > Rob) to interested > parties. > > Regards, > > Kevin Kichinka > Fort Myers, Florida > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite@;excite.it/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
