Hello Michael, I have a 6g+ fragment of Mayo Belwa.
Here's a pic. http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/mayobelwa.jpg best, Martin On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael Blood<[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to Mike G. for the following: > ----- > " Mayo is a witnessed fall aubrite and the majority of it sits in the > Nigerian Geological Survey Office. Relatively little is in > collections. US Nat His in Washington has less than 200 grams and > American Nat His in New York has about 600. The Chicago Field Museum > only has 15 grams...... it's one of those obscure falls of a single > stone and the main mass is locked up. You can probably count the > private dealers in the entire world with this fall on one hand." > ----------------- > While the bulk of this post is, to the best of my knowledge, > Accurate, there is only one other dealer has ANY and she got it from me! > (.6g) AND THAT IS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE EVER SEEN (got it in a > trade over a decade ago from a fellow with excellent reputation who dealt > with the few "honest" dealers out there (there were only about 6 in > Those days). Several have contacted me to inform me she had this .6g piece, > But I already knew that. All of this happened so very long ago, I had no > Idea the value of the piece I had. > However, I now have a 2 gram specimen that came from the Oscar > Monnig Collection at TCU and INCLUDES THE CARD that came with it. > If anyone has any interest or any idea what it is worth or would like to see > The photo, please contact me off list. > Best wishes, Michael > > > >> From: Michael Blood <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:12:18 -0700 >> To: Meteorite List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mayo Belwa Q >> >> Re: Mayo Belwa >> Please contact me off list if you have any for sale or know >> Anyone who does..... >> Do you know why it is so very scarce and why it costs >> So much? >> RSVP >> Thanks, Michael >> >> ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
