[meteorite-list] Ad #1: Mitterling Meteorites January Sales List (Tucson Show)
Mitterling Meteorite Offerings January, 2022 Selling Meteorite Specimens for over 33 Years! (574-453-7285) Best Calling Times 09:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MDT. I'm near the phone during the week of an offering. I will be at Tucson Gem Show February 1st to 13th in order to meet up with people. Greetings, I take Visa/Mastercard & a few other types of cards. (let me know what you have. Checks, cashier checks, cash and money orders I will consider reasonable offers on any specimens, except those marked firm. Sincerely --AL Mitterling - Mitterling Meteorites - Email: mittmet51atgmail.com Photos can be found at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/183781924@N06/albums/72177720296265263/with/51846997684/ Note: put mouse over specimens to see names on color online catalog. Click to enlarge. Meteorites For Sale Allegan, Mi Fell July 10, 1899 8am. 31.75kg Ordinary high-iron (olivine-bronzite) chondrite [H5, S1, W0] After detonations, a single stone fell. Total iron (28.5 wt%) and olivine composition (~Fa18) are consistent with those of ordinary H chondrites. Most of the mass has been held at the U.S. National Museum. .67 gram Price: $95 Esquel, ArgentinaClass: Pal Found: 1951 Class: Pallasite A single mass of 1500 Kg was found and later purchased by Robert Haag. 132.5 gramsPart Slice $ - Sold New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana USA Fell 2003 September 23rd at about 16:05 hrs (CST)Ordinary chondrite (H5) On the afternoon of September 23rd 2003, a meteorite crashed through the two-story home of Ray and Judy Fausset, who were not at home at the time. Neighbors said that they heard a "terrific noise." Two observations of a fireball were recorded. The main mass of the meteorite was found in the crawl space under the house. Powdery meteorite debris and fragments were found along the penetration path throughout the house. A total mass of 19.256 kg was recovered from the Fausset house, the three largest fragments weighing 2966 g, 1292 g and 1001 g. Some additional material (~100 g) was also recovered in the surrounding neighborhood. The meteorite has a light grey matrix with a black fusion crust, and very friable. Abundant metal and troilite are visible on broken surfaces, as well as some thin (mm-thick) impact melt veins. Weight 10.4 gm Price $1,800.00 OBRO Portales Valley, NM This is a slice with metal veins! Portales Fell June 13th, 1998 at 7:45 a.m. Class: H6 and one of the most unique falls of recent times. After detonations were heard and smoky trails seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4 kg. The largest pieces weighed 16.5 kg. Speculation that some of the meteorites were hot from the fall or heated by the hot Sun still exist today. Possible orientation of the fall might account for possible heat generation of specimens. Specimen weight 48 gm Price: $ - Sold Johnstown, CO. Slice Class: Diogenite 1/4 slice 9.2 grams with about an inch long of black fusion crust on natural outside surface. This fall interrupted a funeral that was taking place and part of the fall landed on the outside of the church. Price: $ OBRO - Sold Juvinas, France Fell: June 15th, 1821 - This is a monomict breccia of the eucrite group. Eucrites falls and finds are the fairly common. Eucrites are believed to be, and most likely are from the surface of Asteroid Vesta. Vesta was the fourth asteroid ever discovered in the year 1807. Crusted on 100% of edges. 6.7 gm $970.00 no crust Jilin, China Class: H5 Fall Details: At about 1500 hr on 8 March 1976 a red fireball moving SW was sighted by townspeople of Hsinglung. During the flight there were several explosions and in the last stages of flight three distinct fireballs were observed. The meteorite fragments were scattered along an E-W trending strewnfield with the largest mass recovered at 44°03'N., 126°10'E. (MetBul) 16.8 grams Price $500.00 Holbrook, Az Class: L6 Holbrook is a famous meteorite fall, Holbrook fell in on the 19 July 1912. The fall was heard by many people with multiple explosions. A loud blast, followed by smaller explosions which lasted roughly a couple of minutes, in the early evening. Many stones fell in a large strewnfield along the Santa Fe railway line, extending for at least 6 miles to the eastern part of the town of Holbrook. Many of the fragments were recovered around the Aztec railway yard. More than 14,000 fragments from this fall have been recovered and fragments are often recovered to this day. 200 grams Price: $ (has museum number) Sold D'Orbigny Buenos Aires Prov. Part Slice (1 1/8 X 3/4 X 1/8 inches) Shows an interesting green/gray matrix of this rare angrite. A 16.55 kg stone, mostly covered with dark gray fusion crust, was found in a corn field after a farmer hit it with a plow. Shows unique formation characteristics. Weight 3.84 gm $1,000.00 or best reasonable offer Carbonaceous Chondrite Moss, Norway
[meteorite-list] Ad #1: Mitterling Meteorites January Sales List (Tucson Show)
Mitterling Meteorite Offerings January, 2022 Selling Meteorite Specimens for over 33 Years! (574-453-7285) Best Calling Times 09:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MDT. I'm near phone during the week of an offering. I will be at Tucson Gem Show February 1st to 13th in order to meet up with people. Greetings, I take Visa/Mastercard & a few other types of cards. (let me know what you have. Checks, cashier checks and money orders I will consider reasonable offers on any of the specimens, except those marked firm. Sincerely --AL Mitterling - Mitterling Meteorites - Email:mittmet51atgmail.com Photos can be found at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/183781924@N06/albums/72177720296265263/with/51846997684/ Note: put mouse over specimens to see names on color online catalog. Click to enlarge. Meteorites For Sale Allegan, Mi Fell July 10, 1899 8am. 31.75kg Ordinary high-iron (olivine-bronzite) chondrite [H5, S1, W0] After detonations, a single stone fell. Total iron (28.5 wt%) and olivine composition (~Fa18) are consistent with those of ordinary H chondrites. Most of the mass has been held at the U.S. National Museum. .67 gram Price: $95 Esquel, ArgentinaClass: Pal Found: 1951 Class: Pallasite A single mass of 1500 Kg was found and later purchased by Robert Haag. 132.5 gramsPart Slice $ - Sold New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana USA Fell 2003 September 23rd at about 16:05 hrs (CST)Ordinary chondrite (H5) On the afternoon of September 23rd 2003, a meteorite crashed through the two-story home of Ray and Judy Fausset, who were not at home at the time. Neighbors said that they heard a "terrific noise." Two observations of a fireball were recorded. The main mass of the meteorite was found in the crawl space under the house. Powdery meteorite debris and fragments were found along the penetration path throughout the house. A total mass of 19.256 kg was recovered from the Fausset house, the three largest fragments weighing 2966 g, 1292 g and 1001 g. Some additional material (~100 g) was also recovered in the surrounding neighborhood. The meteorite has a light grey matrix with a black fusion crust, and very friable. Abundant metal and troilite are visible on broken surfaces, as well as some thin (mm-thick) impact melt veins. Weight 10.4 gm Price $1,800.00 OBRO Portales Valley, NM This is a slice with metal veins! Portales Fell June 13th, 1998 at 7:45 a.m. Class: H6 and one of the most unique falls of recent times. After detonations were heard and smoky trails seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4 kg. The largest pieces weighed 16.5 kg. Speculation that some of the meteorites were hot from the fall or heated by the hot Sun still exist today. Possible orientation of the fall might account for possible heat generation of specimens. Specimen weight 48 gm Price: $ - Sold Johnstown, CO. Slice Class: Diogenite 1/4 slice 9.2 grams with about an inch long of black fusion crust on natural outside surface. This fall interrupted a funeral that was taking place and part of the fall landed on the outside of the church. Price: $ OBRO - Sold Juvinas, France Fell: June 15th, 1821 - This is a monomict breccia of the eucrite group. Eucrites falls and finds are the fairly common. Eucrites are believed to be, and most likely are from the surface of Asteroid Vesta. Vesta was the fourth asteroid ever discovered in the year 1807. Crusted on 100% of edges. 6.7 gm $970.00 no crust Jilin, China Class: H5 Fall Details: At about 1500 hr on 8 March 1976 a red fireball moving SW was sighted by townspeople of Hsinglung. During the flight there were several explosions and in the last stages of flight three distinct fireballs were observed. The meteorite fragments were scattered along an E-W trending strewnfield with the largest mass recovered at 44°03'N., 126°10'E. (MetBul) 16.8 grams Price $500.00 Holbrook, Az Class: L6 Holbrook is a famous meteorite fall, Holbrook fell in on the 19 July 1912. The fall was heard by many people with multiple explosions. A loud blast, followed by smaller explosions which lasted roughly a couple of minutes, in the early evening. Many stones fell in a large strewnfield along the Santa Fe railway line, extending for at least 6 miles to the eastern part of the town of Holbrook. Many of the fragments were recovered around the Aztec railway yard. More than 14,000 fragments from this fall have been recovered and fragments are often recovered to this day. 200 grams Price: $ (has museum number) Sold D'Orbigny Buenos Aires Prov. Part Slice (1 1/8 X 3/4 X 1/8 inches) Shows interesting green/gray matrix of this rare angrite. A 16.55 kg stone, mostly covered with dark gray fusion crust, was found in a corn field after a farmer hit it with a plow. Shows unique
