Hi Listees, Listoids, and (Mega-)chondrule Lovers, Some days ago a list member wrote about a "steal of a lifetime". Such things do happen and what a "steal of a lifetime" is probably depends on one's personal likes and dislikes.
I encountered such a "steal" today when I saw Mirko Graul's new L3 chondrite NWA 5411. Julius Caesar would have said: "Veni, vidi, vici". I saw this chondrule wonder, 9.6 grams featuring one of those megachondrules and I couldn't help buying it! It probably measures about 8 x 6 mm, it is elongated, and it is out-of-this-world! It's number 2 in my collection, only my "cosmic onion" (NWA 2384) beats it because it has an onion-shell-like chondrule measuring ca. 18.5 x 8.5 mm (with concentric arcs). Can hardly wait to welcome this extraordinary, unequilibrated chondrite harboring such a fine megachondrule, in my collection... oops, I almost forgot to show you what I am talking about: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300253608412&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=020 Here are some of those megacondrules: Parnallee, LL3 - 3 mm Bremervörde, H3 - 4 mm Estacado, H6 - 7 mm and 10mm Barratta, L4 - 8 mm Belle Plaine, L6 - 9 mm Bluff, L5 - 10 mm Crumlin, L5 - 11 mm Richardton, H5 - 11 mm NWA 4679, CK3.8 - 12 mm De Nova, L6 - 13 mm Hajmah, L5-6 - 18 mm Djati-Pengilon, H6 - 48 mm Chon-droolingly Yours, Bernd ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
