[meteorite-list] (ADD) Vintage Meteorites and Tektites for sale...

2019-10-05 Thread jeff hodges via Meteorite-list
(ADD)  Vintage, and unique collection of meteorites, Tektites, impact melt 
glass and thin sections for sale.  Must sell to pay medical bills.  All were 
cherry picked from old collections over twenty years ago. 

· Australites:  Collection of 15 small individuals under 1 gm. Each.   
All flanged, oriented or both. All are pristine, black, with no chips.  

· Bensour:  8.96 fresh individual.  90% fresh black crust with a small 
chip to show interior.

· Besednice:  5 beautiful individuals purchased over 20 years ago.  AAA 
quality, come in black velvet jewelry boxes.

· Boxhole:  Set of 13 small very nice Boxhole individuals.  Total 
weight, 74gms.

· Canyon Diablo Display:  consist of a very nice 114gm CD individual, a 
vial with 1mm spheroids, a vial with spheroids less than 1mm, and an 
autographed, mint condition copy of “A Comet Strikes the Earth”.

· Collection of Thi Tektites and Libyan desert glass: Very High graded 
selection.  Collected in the 60’s. AMAZING QUALITY!!!

· Dar al Gani 476 Sherg,:  thin slice, large surface to weight ration 
12mmx 9mm 1mm.

· Darwin Glass: 1 individual

· Gao Guenie:  Very high-quality oriented specimen.  7.22gm Amazing 
thin lipping. 

· Gibeon Crystal:  Amazing 19.12gm individual with 8 flat faces.

· Gibeon Crystals:  4 smaller almost perfect pyramids.

· Henbury:  Set of 13 small very nice Henbury individuals.  Total 
weight, 69.3gms.

· Hollbrook:  AMNH #1512 Complete individual 100% black fusion crust.

· Juancheng:  3 small individuals.  Fresh dark black crust.

· Norton County:  Extreme fusion crusted fragment with crystals on the 
bottom.  Used to be in Michael Farmer’s personal collection 20 years ago.  
4.61gms.

· Nuevo Mercurio:  2.70gm individual.  Approx. 80% primary fusion crust 
and 20% secondary crust.

· Odessa:  2 etched end cuts from a vintage collection.  40.14gm and 
34.88gm.

· ONE OF A KIND COLLECTION: - 22 rare samples set in epoxy plugs 5 mm 
thick.  Large specimen surface area to weight ratio.  ALL SAMPLES POLISHED TO 
AN UNPRECEDENTED .05 MICRONS.  THIS IS THE FINEST I HAVE EVER HAD ANY SPECIMENS 
POLISHED.  OPTICALLY FLAT AND IDEAL FOR TAKING METEORITE MICROSCOPY TO A WHOLE 
NEW LEVEL.  PREPPED AND POLISHED BY DAVE MANN!

· Ourique:  2-piece set.  Fusion crust, polished window

· Santa Vitoria do Palmar:  3.45gm thin polished part slice.  High 
surface to weight.  30mm x 20mm.

· Sikhote Alin:  Collection of 15 unique and special individuals.  
Oriented, highly sculpted, bullets, slugs, etc.  Total weight, 110gms.  
Collected over 20 years ago so they are much fresher than the ones being sold 
these days.

· Thuathe:  74gm complete individual.  Collected immediately after the 
fall.  100% fusion crust.

· Tibetan Tektite Collection: 18 spectacular individuals encompassing 
18 different formations.  Very special collection.

· Tissent:  Specially prepared specimen. 15mm x 10mm x 1.5mm Large 
surface are polished to 3 microns on the bottom and 1 micron on the top 
surface.  Set In epoxy with sample surfaces exposed, optically flat and 1.3mm 
thick.


Thin Sections:

· D’Orbigney,  Angrite (Dave Mann)

· DAG 489,  Martian shergottite-basaltic (Dave Mann)

· Murcison #1,  CM2 (Dave Mann)

· Murcison #2,  CM2 (Dave Mann)

· NWA 2877,  Lunar, (gabbro) (Dave Mann)

· NWA 2986,  Martian shergottite (Dave Mann)

· NWA 2995,  Lunar, (feldspathic breccia) (Dave Mann)

· NWA 2999,  Angrite (Dave Mann)

· NWA 4483,  Lunar, feldspathic granulitic impactite (Dave Mann)

· NWA 482,  Lunar, (anorth) (Dave Mann)

· NWA 4884,  Lunar, (mingled basalt rich breccia) (Dave Mann)

· NWA 5471,  Brachinite (Dave Mann)

· SAH 99555, Angrite

· SAU 006,  Martian shergottite-basaltic (Dave Mann)

· SAU 008,  Martian shergottite (Dave Mann)

· Zagami,  Martian shergottite (Dave Mann)

Many more thin sections available!

Please email me with any questions, for pictures, prices etc.

Thank you,

Jeff Hodges
hod...@yahoo.com
meteoritethinsectiongallery.com
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