Now I'm jealous, Peter. I love meteorites like this with interesting stories behind them.
I'm sad that I, a loyal lay-away customer, wasn't offered it earlier. ;-) Joke... Anne seemed to imply that the owner was hiding it away from us, and that there simply weren't many slices cut prior to this, so perhaps there simply wasn't enough to offer up to the collecting community at that time. Congrats on having a lovely piece though. :-) John Sent using the mail.com mail app On 11/21/15 at 7:03 AM, Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list wrote: > Hi, > > I purchased my sample in 2003. > > Thanks, > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Meteorite-list [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Zelimir Gabelica via Meteorite-list > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 4:52 AM > To: Anne Black > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite > > Hi Anne, > > Is Clifford really new ? > > I purchased from you (yes, from you) a superb 27 g slice in...2009, thus 6.5 > years ago. > > Here is a copy of my collection write-up: > > CLIFFORD (Colorado, L6)(S3W2), found 1962; tkw: [email protected] kg; collection code: > AB 09/314 > > History and scientific significance: > Clifford was found in 1962 in an uncultivated rangeland by a local arrowhead > hunter near Clifford, Lincoln County, Colorado. The finder didn't think it > was anything important, so he put it in his rock garden. Then 35 years later, > Gary Curtiss, a meteorite hunter, realized what it was and got it classified > in 1997. > > Sample description. > 42x39x5 mm 27.06 g part slice, 2 edges cut, 2 crusted, dominant black, some > brown spots and metallic patches. M. Morgan coll. (label lost). > > Was I a priviledged customer to whom you had offered this slice in premium ? > > Anyhow, many thanks, I appreciate the piece and its history > > Regards to all, > > Zelimir > > > ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list" <[email protected]> > À: [email protected], [email protected] > Envoyé: Samedi 21 Novembre 2015 04:14:59 > Objet: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite > > My turn to announce a new meteorite! > > Not a new fall, but a new meteorite (and all meteorites are really falls, how > else would they get here????) > > CLIFFORD, from Colorado. > > A single stone, weighing some 11.36kg, was found sometimes in the early 1960s > in rangeland in central Colorado while looking for arrowheads. He brought it > home but thinking that it was just an odd looking rock he added it to his > wife's rock garden. And it stayed there until 1997 when Gary Curtiss, a > Colorado geologist and meteorite collector happened to go by and spotted it. > He immediately recognized it for what it was, bought it and had it classified > by Alan Rubin at UCLA. But then he kept most of it for himself! > Until very recently, when I finally convinced him to get a few slices cut and > made available ot collectors. > Clifford is an ordinary chondrite, type L6, Shock S3, Weathering W2, with > some large chondrules, metal blebs, and odd tiny vugs. > > I have now 11 slices at very reasonable, collector-friendly, non-gouging > prices! > Listed right here: http://www.impactika.com/clifford.html > > Any questions, just ask! > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -- > Zelimir GABELICA > Professeur, Université de Haute-Alsace > ENSCMu, Lab. GSEC > 3, Rue Alfred Werner - F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex Mail : [email protected] > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
