Hello list members, Patrick and I decided to cut the Berthoud meteorite not only to make it available to museums but also to the collector community. Recently I travelled to Malta, Montana to have long time friend and master meteorite cutter Marlin Cilz cut the Berthoud mass with his amazing wire saw. Marlin used a .3 mm diamond impregnated wire which is truly only the diameter of a course human hair. He did a fantastic job of making smooth cuts and generating minimal cut loss. In fact the cut loss was 20 grams and I got back 19.4 grams of dust from the saw. We are now selling slices of Berthoud. There are three slices to be divided and sold to collectors and two thick slices and the end cuts which we hope will go into museum collections. Patrick and I have decided to sell Berthoud for a price per gram comparable to Ibitira and far less than half the price of Puerto Lapice. Please contact us off-list for sizes and price quotes as well as pictures. Museums interested in tradin g for a piece of Berthoud please contact us off list at [email protected] Also, we will be trying to get a piece of Berthoud into the collection at the Denver Museum. We could use help learning who to contact at the museum. Thanks very much, Edwin ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
