Thanks Luc - and mediator Dave - for this great night-video: what a dense
and, well, somehow suitable crazy dense atmosphere ;-)
My best,
Matthias B.
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From: "Dave Gheesling" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] [AD] Announcing Two New Lunar Meteorites and a New
Bencubbinite
I'M POSTING THIS FOR LUC, WHO IS HAVING TROUBLE DOING SO FROM HIS WEB
INTERFACE IN TUCSON:
Hello everyone,
I am announcing to the list two new lunar meteorites and a Bencubbinite
launched for the 2010 Tucson show.
I discovered the Shişr 166, my 10th piece of the Moon in Oman, a 128.8g
lunar feldspathic impact-melt breccias in April 2008. The circumstances of
finding are quite funny because I find it in the desert at night using my
head lamp around the camp. The Led head lamp offer a very good contrast at
night so this is a possibility for everyone to extend the time of hunting
in place with high potential of finding in white flat desert area like
Oman. So, times to times a meteorite is just waiting you at night! Hunting
during the night, we do that since most than 10 years now, is very
exciting and it’s most of the time the best thing to do in the desert at
night with thousands of stars and sometimes the Moon inspiring you. Don’t
forget, to keep few hours to sleep…
Anyway, here is a video take mainly by my brother few minutes after I pick
up the lunar. Sorry for the poor quality video but we used a small camera
in our car. Again sorry, we speak French in this video but you can easily
understand the excitation when I used sand paper on this stone and
discovered the typical breccias of a lunar…
http://www.meteorites.tv/content/108-new-lunar-meteorite-classified-by-Randy-Korotev
Just few pieces available, less than 10g are for sale, the main mass was
acquired by a Museum for public display.
http://www.meteorites.tv/444-lunar-meteorite-shisr-166
Here is the end cut with photos and a nice 360° display if you have flash
enabled
http://www.meteorites.tv/233-lunar-meteorite-shisr-166.html
I found the Dhofar 1528, a 213g stone, in a “sub-normal” circumstance, not
a night!, and after a full day with no meteorite in Oman which is quite
exceptional. This lunar was just waiting me since long time in the desert,
a nice lunar classified Anorthosite (highland) breccias that contains a
wide variety of lithologies
The end cut and some slices are available, smaller slices are available at
the InnSuite:
http://www.meteorites.tv/457-dhofar-1528-lunar-meteorite
To finish my best surprise of 2010! The Minera Escondida (name pending) a
new
This 598g meteorite was found during a trip in Chile on Imilac with my
brother in 2004. From the exterior and the “skin” so typical of iron from
Chile, I supposed first it was a silicated iron meteorite.
So, since 2004, I used this meteorite as a nice meteorite paperweight,
because the particular shape round and flat. I tried to sold this iron at
the Sainte Marie aux Mines show in France in June 2009 as an unclassified
iron. It was not sold, so I decided to remove a sample for classification
in September 2009. and discover the real nature of it…a new bencubbinite…
This CB was found near the famous Minera Escondida one of the largest mine
for copper.
I have full and part slices and a small end cut for sale in Room 118 at
the InnSuites (Now Tucson City Center Hotel):
http://www.meteorites.tv/la-escondida-bencubbinite/267-minera-escondida-name-pending-bencubbinite.html
http://www.meteorites.tv/458-la-escondida-bencubbinite
With best wishes to all,
Luc Labenne
Labenne Meteorites
Meteorites for Science, Education & Collectors
http://www.meteorites.tv
[email protected]
[email protected]
Dave Gheesling
IMCA #5967
www.fallingrocks.com
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