Hi,
Haven't heard of specifically heard of what you speak of.. Though not that long
ago the Hupes were selling complete slices of an NWA which was dubbed the
enigma stone - it had inclusions and even parts of howardites, diogenites,
eucrites and if i'm not mistaken... chondritic material also
Hello,
Yes, Almahata Sitta contains ureilitic, chondritic, enstatite material, and
very recently organic matter was also found in it. And yes, it is all one
meteorite, that question has already been discussed and answered.
If you go to the Meteorite-Stones page of my website, you will see the
Hi, just wondering if anybody ever came across anything like this. I
found these when cleaning a bunch of UNWA rocks for a work give-a-way.
That's a mm magnet sticking to them.
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt201/slowpoker1/weird/SDIM0321.jpg
The enigma stone is awesome, but not too surprising.
A howardite is made up of a certain amount of Eucrite and Diogenite mixed
together.
I'm sure that there is likely several stones from howardite falls that might be
similar.
The nwa 1929 strewnfield yielded both Eucrite and Howardite
A 1 cm magnet:)
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Barry Hughes bhug...@sneezy.com wrote:
Hi, just wondering if anybody ever came across anything like this. I
found these when cleaning a bunch of UNWA rocks for a work give-a-way.
That's a mm magnet sticking to them.
1 CM...:)
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Barry Hughes bhug...@sneezy.com wrote:
Hi, just wondering if anybody ever came across anything like this. I
found these when cleaning a bunch of UNWA rocks for a work give-a-way.
That's a mm magnet sticking to them.
Hi Barry,
I came across a single small stone that appears very similar to yours
a few weeks ago when sorting and cleaning a batch of UNWA's. I'll try
to image it tomorrow evening and post for a comparison. I have no
clue about what it is though. Mine's an oldie though...perhaps part
G'day Mike,
Interesting piece. I've seen a bit of a new CV3 meteorite coming out from
Morocco lately and much of it looks similar to yours. Firstly, take a look
at this page on Dark Inclusions:
http://www.meteorites.com.au/oddsends/DarkInclusions.html
It could be possible that the unusual
Hi All,
For those of you who at least occasionally enjoy the endeavor of meteorite
hunting -- and therefore know how hard it is, even with modern technology --
this photograph from an old LIFE magazine is sure to bring a smile to your
face...
http://www.fallingrocks.com/images/FR11708058.jpg
Yo Dog,
Museum putty is excellent you can put the button at a slight
Slant and hold it upright with only about 3 times the mass of a BB
Worth of putty. You can put the entire thing in a 1 clear cube - or,
If it will be in a cabinet anyway, just on top of one of those nice
Magnet stands.
Hi to all. Hope everyone is doing good this morning.
Exciting new offers are abundant!
Since the met list was laggy when I placed my last ad and to help fund exciting
new material, I am extending a ONE DAY ONLY offer.
Select samples of the awesome King of Angrites for less than $150 per gram.
I once paid $100 for 1mg of the Sylacauga Hodges stone.
On 8/10/10, Melanie Matthews miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Good evening/morning all
What is the most expensive meteorite per gram, to date? The Lunar Calcalong
Creek? After that which ones are next in line?
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Hi Jeff and List,
The color balance in my first set of photos was way off. Here is
another photo showing what the color should look like. This photo is
split, the left shows my original photo, and the right shows a better
representation of what the stones actually look like in person -
Pieces of Ureilite maybe?
Mike in CO
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:52 AM, Barry Hughes wrote:
A 1 cm magnet:)
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Barry Hughes bhug...@sneezy.com
wrote:
Hi, just wondering if anybody ever came across anything like this. I
found these when cleaning a bunch of UNWA
I think i paid around $200 a gram for my sample.
Peter
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http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/2086-inclusion.jpg
Hello All,
Michael G. wrote:
So I am thinking that there must have been a surface fracture that extended
down into
the interior of the stone. Weathering products intruded through this crack and
the brown
'inclusion'
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/10/alaska.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1iref=BN1
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Hi Martin,
As crazy as it sounds, you probably have some specimens that might
fetch $1k for a 1mg speck on eBay, if the right bidding war erupts.
I've seen pieces go for *insane* prices if the bidding gets spirited.
You have some really rare and exceptional pieces that are
largely-absent from
Wow,, and the Sylacauga Hodges stone is just an ordinary chondrite.. Can you
imagine if it were a rare achondrite or a Planetary meteorite, with a limited
amount available to collectors?! @_@
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I eat,
Melanie asked What is the most expensive per gram...?
Gram sized and larger individual specimens of NWA 5000, Nakhla, Shergotty and
Chassigny, just to name four planetaries, have brought up to $4,000 a gram
depending on attractivness of size, weight, shape, lithology, fusion crust,
Hi Bernd and List,
That's funny you mention that because Bob King also raised the
possibility of phyllosilicates. I took some more photos of the
specimen that show a better representation of what the specimen looks
like. You can also see a distinct boundary line between the typical
NWA 2086
Hi Count, Melanie and List,
Several months ago, I saw a small crumb of Honolulu sell for $400 on
eBay. I don't recall how much it weighed, but it could not have been
more than 50mg.
Best regards,
MikeG
On 8/10/10, countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net wrote:
Melanie asked What
With all you guys and gals tramping over the Buzzard Coulee strewnfield
looking for new goodies,
has any one found a meteorite specimen that ISN'T a Buzzard Coulee?
Same goes for the Ash Creek Feb. 20009, and April 10th , 2010 Wisconsin
falls.
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
How come there are so many dealers in the Arizona (especially Tucson)
areas? Is it the desert air?
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
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Don´t forget, folks, that once upon a time, which in fact is not way to
long ago (only just a bit more than a decade or so right now) lunar or martian
meteorites were simply unavailable on the private market. And when the first
lunar, DaG 262, was available from the sawblade of the finder,
Because they are meteorite addicts! ;) They live, eat and breathe
meteorites!
So yes it's int the air...
Eric
On 8/10/2010 11:46 AM, Chris Spratt wrote:
How come there are so many dealers in the Arizona (especially Tucson)
areas? Is it the desert air?
Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
It does depend a lot on size. I remember a 4 milligram speck of NWA 011
selling
for over $500.00 when only 58 milligrams was available. This is would
extrapolate to a mere $125,000.00 gram. The only other meteorite I think to
beat this price was Calcalong Creek which could at one time be
Hi All:
Here's my few grams worth:
1. I think the standard of living is pretty good - not too expensive to live
2. They have one of the largest Gem and Mineral shows every Jan-February
3. There are a lot of deserts around - so you can hunt meteorites
4. For some reason a lot of meteors of
Well said, Alex. And not only rare classes such as planetaries,
carbonaceous, achondrites etc. - exceptional fine individuals of common
classes as well. Years ago I was lucky enough to buy a parade example of a
shield oriented NWA stone, weathered, but perfectly shaped, 120 gm, for ca.
50 $.
List:
I wonder if it's in the Guinness Book of World records or Ripley's Believe it
or not.
That would be neat.
Maybe someone could submit it.
Greg S.
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Hi Alex,
today I'd say, regarding the costs - any Antarctic meteorite.
It's simply very expensive to work in such an extreme and hostile environment.
Seen the price paid: Calcalong - it had cost in the end more or less the
meteoritic future of a whole continent :-(
Best!
Martin
My money's on terrestrial weathering as the cause of the brown area,
although there is a clear lithologic boundary on the right side of
photo:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/2086-slice-weird-1.jpg.
Jeff
On 2010-08-10 2:22 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote:
Hi
Hello,
I know we have discussed that before, but Adam I still have to disagree
with you.
Yes, Martians and Lunars are still high priced now, but not at all as high
as they were, and it is still a novelty thing. Some day people will realize
that they are not rare any more. Just look at the
Hello Jeff, All,
The only reason that I assumed that this slice *might* be a piece of
NWA 2089 is because of that dark corner - it's the only part of this
stone that looks *like* NWA 2086.
The light lithology that you say looks like NWA 2086 looks very unlike
other samples of 2086:
Hi Anne and List,
We are talking about the most expensive meteorites here, not the rarest. I
have
bought and sold both Lodran and Winona and their prices are nowhere near
comparable to those of Lunaites in the last few years, especially with the
release of more Winonites and Lodranites from
This confirms my impression of collectors! They are NUTS! I don't
single out meteorite collectors but all collectors. Let us look at
art as an example. If a painting by a famous artist sells for big
bucks and later it turns out to be a fake it is nearly worthless
again. It has
Listees,
How many are there? What is best estimate on the number of perfect or near
perfect flanged buttons?
Will one million dollars buy them all?
Thanks, Fred Olsen
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How about Lafayette? That is a rare one, impossible to obtain. I have a .87
gram piece:
http://meteorite-identification.tripod.com/LAFAYETTE.htm
Told it is worth about $10,000...
Any takers?
Steve Schoner
http://www.petroslides.com
IMCA 4470
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:26:46
Well Ed,
at least the quality of a meteorite is mainly defined by hard physical and
measurable criteria in standardized processes.
Take the NWAs which as orphans all are relatively uncontaminated by
terrestrial history, anecdotes, fashions, interpretations.
There you'll find, that a W0 or W1
Ed:
I actually mis-interpreted your post... I think.
I meteorite is valuable because of its uniqueness; for example, If it is
oriented, is a fall (very fresh), hits an object (a hammer) or is a rare
composition. If an ordinary chondrite hits an animal (or person) then it will
be more
Hey All,
A year or so ago, I managed to acquire a pretty nice example of an
australite - this 6.1 gram complete flanged button.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102083id=508345918l=b6c21a6903
Granted, it has some cooling cracks, but it doesn't have a single
chip, new or old. It's also
Hi Ed and List,
I don't think collectors are all nuts, just showing a passion for exceedingly
interesting objects. The price of fine art has plummeted, more so than the
price
of housing or meteorites. There comes a point when the history of an object
becomes over-hyped and cannot maintain its
Sorry, off topic.. What Ed mentioned about a piece of wood with some stripes
painted on it, selling for big bucks... I think that's just stupid - original
piece of 'work' or not.. What the hell?
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I
Ed says, referring to all collectors, They are NUTS!
Most critics of the prices paid for art probably don't have an understanding of
what drives the value. Pieces created by an artist are meant to open a dialogue
with those who view the work. The artist is making a statement using whatever
IF this is a double post..my apologies.
Guido
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Ed says, referring to all collectors,
Though Ed is entitled to his opinion, I must disagree. Perhaps I
misunderstand what he meant, and hope he's joking...
Ed, Your logic seems to be that collectors only collect because they are
selfish, greedy people with a my meteorite is bigger and better
mentality. On the contrary, meteorite
You're most certainly correct Paul. I'm always a little behind in my work.
[like the butcher who backed into the meat slicer!]
On Aug 9, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Paul Harris wrote:
Hi Stuart,
You should find this very interesting :-)
Ed Majden and I are actually neighbors, I have been to his home a few times and
had some good looks at his meteorite collection. He is a good man and not
monger. Think he has a misinterpretation on things.
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To ad: I apologize if my words regarding the painting were harsh.. Just that
personally, I wouldn't put out big bucks for such simple artwork unless someone
who is dear and close to me, did it at a very young age (or my pet dog).
However, I'm a lot more interested in meteorites than I am art -
Hi Steve and all,
Lafayette is truly a rare specimen. Only 30 grams total in private hands. I
recently cut some of this material and still have small fragments that broke
off from what I was cutting. After I sell what little I have left, it will
be gone and nearly impossible to buy.
Anne,
Wow Jason, that is a big one. Very cool.
Check out this pseudo-button indochinite I was fortunate to acquire.
It's quite a fun novelty piece.
Good luck with the sale.
Phil
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey All,
A year or so ago, I managed to
Ooops, forgot the
linkhttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/tektite/button2.jpg
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Phil Morgan roxfromsp...@gmail.com wrote:
Wow Jason, that is a big one. Very cool.
Check out this pseudo-button indochinite I was fortunate to acquire.
It's quite a
Hi Melanie,
I'm sure Ed is a good guy, and certainly wasn't referring to him as a
meteorite monger. ;) Only those who would deny the public access to
meteorites are meteorite mongers. However that doesn't change my opinion
of the logic of his opinion.
You mention in your signature that you
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders ~ Chang Tsu
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch
of space is a miracle ~ Walt Whitman
Cheers
John
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My Norton Anti-virus program has deemed every Photobucket link I've clicked on
lately an unsafe site. Evidently there are some viruses such as Downloader and
BloodhoundExploit.281 lurking in there!
Thoma
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I received an alert from a list member who said his Norton flagged my
photobucket links as having a trojan virus. But, the Norton incident
report gave a completely different source URL than my link. FWIW, I
use PC-Tools Anti-Virus and SpyWare which is updated almost daily. I
haven't received a
Well Guys Galls, my comment sure raised a lot of discussion,
eh! ;-) I guess I'm a nut also as I collect meteorites. I've
always been interested in meteoritics but was first introduced to
collecting by Chris Sprat in Victoria after seen his fine collection
at a Royal Astronomical
Hi Jason and List,
Jason makes a great point about this being an inclusion within an
inclusion. These specimens were taken from a small, jagged, fragment
that was obviously a remnant of a larger mass. Before that mass
fragmented (either in flight, on impact, or through weathering), it
was
Wow, see this photo -
http://www.meteorite-house.com/MHContentFiles/MHmetPix/PicStoneCHotherNWA208612.html
Andreas' specimen does have a clast like mine! Notice the close-up of
the clast in his piece. It is very similar to the light-colored
regions in my stone. There is even chondrule
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