Nice specimen Mike. Thanks for sharing the photos of it. :)
On 8/10/09, Mike Bandli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Martin and All, > > http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/august/Accretion_Desk.htm > > It’s nice to see a witnessed iron on the Accretion Desk this month. It is > quite easy to forget that witnessed iron falls are incredibly rare. In fact, > according to the MetBull database, witnessed HED’s are more abundant than > irons at ~69 witnessed HED achondrites to ~49 witnessed irons. Even at that > number, iron falls are so highly prized by museums and institutions, that > you are lucky to find anything outside of Sikote-Alin, Udei Station, or the > occasional Boguslavka or Braunau. > > I was surprised to see that Martin’s piece has a ‘hack-saw’ cut job – > something I thought was unique to my piece of Bogou: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-3.jpg > > I purchased my Bogou several years ago (ex. Cureton Collection) sight-unseen > and re-etching and cutting off the hack-saw marks and 'hanging chads' has > always been on my to-do list until I read Martin’s article. It is easy to > forget that those blemishes can actually help tell the story and human > interaction involved with particular specimens. In fact, I think a hacked-up > Bogou looks just fine now ☺ > > > Martin also reminds us of how delicate and rare -real- fusion crust on an > iron is. On Bogou, it is like the thin crust of a croissant and can easily > flake off if not handled properly: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-2.jpg > > > Finally, the ‘good’ side, showing the curvature of the specimen. One can > only imagine how impressive a full slice would be: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-1.jpg > > > Martin, I wonder if our specimens shared a jar with the Cureton Collection? > > > 6 Irons Old, > > Mike Bandli > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Personal Site - http://www.glassthrower.com FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale Twitter - Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone eBay - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/maypickle .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
