Hello list members,
I have listed a 2 gram piece of Willamette meteorite on Ebay. This is a piece of oxide that popped off of the mass during the thousands of years it sat here in good old Oregon rain. The Northwest is getting slammed with record rainfall lately. How about if the Heavens let's
This has been a fun thread to watch.
When I started selling meteorites I decided not to allow myself to collect them and so for years I didn't but I still collected other things in fact I picked up a couple of other lines of collectables to compensate for the denial in meteorite collecting.
will be honored by your consideration and welcome your visit.
Offered here is the entire Edwin Thompson Library Collection of books on meteorites and Tektites. This collection is probably the largest most complete collection in private hands in the World. The collection contains over 600 books. This count
Hi list members,
For those of you coming to Tucson and for you book worms and thin section collectors;
My son Patrick will be joining me this year to help in the room (ste #103 at Inn Suites) How quickly time flies, it has been 9 years since the last time he helped mein the booth in the old
Hello all. Busy days here in Tucson. Patrick and I have been here since the 22nd of January and are having a blast. The weather is warming now and they are saying that it will be really warm by Sunday.
We have confirmed our Tucson party in the courtyard at the old Pueblo Inn for Wednesday night
Hello list members. Received two frantic calls from hunters who say there was a huge meteor over Illinois, Indiana and reports from Missouri. It was talked about by Paul Harvey this morning
and it sounds like something large came in. Does anyone have more details?
Thanks, E.T.
There have been many rock shops in Oregon over the years that have sold fragments of Canyon Diablo and Odessa iron meteorites. Many of these irons where purchased in Tucson by rock shop owners and Oregon collectors who encountered one of the many old timey meteorite dealers in Tucson like the
The owner of the main mass of News Orleans is a long time collector and dealer of meteorites and fossils from a small town in the suburbs of New Orleans. He and his wife have a shop and a museum and they intend to keep the main mass of the New Orleans intact for their museum collection. They
slide for mounting on a stage in a microprobe the slide can be polished into a round by the thin section maker at no extra charge. These specimens are as affordable as I can make them. Please inquire off list to:
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Cheers, Edwin Thompson
There are just a few remaining, thin sections of Los Angeles 001 and the price is $500.00 each.
These are double polished, uncovered slides with a specimen surface area of roughly 10.5 x 13.5 mm.
Also offering a number of lunar thin sections.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers, E.T.
. These are some of the best or most unusual specimens that I have seen go through my hands in the past 25 years. Please write for pictures and prices. I believe that you will find the prices low and quality fantastic.
Thanks,
Edwin Thompson
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1) Allende 1935 grams A classic
Hi Folks, anyone searching for a large thin section of D'Orbigny please feel free to contact me privately. The specimen used for thin sectioning measured roughly 10 x 20mm. These are very fine thin sections, in fact the thin sections sold by Al Mitterling and David New came from me originally.
Orbigny and many NWA and Oman meteorites. Hopefully for years to come, E.T. Meteorites will be a dependable source for high quality and hard to find thin sections in both covered and uncovered slides.
Second, now for the book collection, many of you saw the Edwin Thompson Meteoritics Library Collection
Hi Folks,
For any of you interested in collecting main masses of carbonaceous chondrites, I am offering for sale the main mass of NWA-1465 the huge mainmass of a very unusual C3 anomalous. The stone is weathered and cracked but very pretty on the inside. This stone was brought to the marketplace
Yes you figured it out right on the gnat. The main mass of NWA 1465 weighs in at 7.8 kilograms.
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I would like to congratulate Marvin Kilgore on his position at U of A. I know that this is a dream come true for Marvin and I am aware that he has worked hard to develop and fill this new position. I think that it is a powerful move in the right direction for all of us in the Meteoritical
level Farmer, but shut up and move to
Panama. Wait, maybe the whole Panama thing was a joke or a lie or a sales ploy.
Sincerely, Edwin Thompson
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Cheers, Edwin
Hi folks, Oregon got slammed by a tornado today just 30 miles south of our
home. We watched the storm come and go. It was awesome! Very very unusual for
this region. They say it is a cold front from Alaska colliding with the
Pineapple Express; a warm storm that comes up from Hawaii and has
Hi everyone, we are selling a gorgeous, absolutely perfect, complete Pasamonte
individual. It weighs 5.8 grams and comes with museum provenance. This beauty
is a real gem. I remember 25 years ago selling a 9 gram stone similar to this
one and the collector telling me that he would be buried
Hello list members,
We are all watching the tragedy unfold in Japan. I feel compelled to do what I
can to help. So this Ebay offering has been discounted to entice a sale and 10%
of the sale will be donated to the Japan earthquake and tsunami relief fund.
I am also changing the Ebay listing
Hi Folks please help raise dollars for aid to Japan and put a falling star in
your pocket for being generous!
We have put a gorgeous 91 gram complete and very pretty Oum Dreyga individual
on Ebay and 100% of the sale goes to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
Fund. Please bid with a
Just want to say that I am very impressed and stunned to see such a great
display of generosity by the people bidding on this fund raiser for Japan.
Thanks very much in advance to everyone who has looked and those who have
generously bid this meteorite up to a very good price.
The bidding
Dear list members,
We would like to publicly thank all of the list members who generously and
aggressively bid on the Oum Dreyga stone offered on Ebay as a 100% donation
item to help with the tragic situation ongoing in Japan right now.
Patrick and I feel that it was a huge success. We
Hello list members. Looking for books to ad to your collection? Please check
out the books listed on our Ebay store. Looking for a specific book? Please
drop me a line off list.
http://www.etmeteorites.com/ebaystore.php
Cheers, E.T.
Hello list members, I am presenting this wonderful book for offers. It is 'The
Geology of Mars' Signed by Thomas Mutch and it comes from the Dr. Alan Rubin
collection so it has Rubin's name written inside the cover as well as his
autograph. This is a very fine work of 400 pages loaded with
Hello list members,
We have recently acquired the Berthoud, Colorado eucrite. Many of you remember
this event on October 5, 2004 when a gorgeous 960 gram single mass landed just
96 feet away from Megan Whiteis moments after she stepped out of her house.
Megan told me that she and her son
Hello fellow list members, there has been a lot of talk about the king of
angrites. So we decided to introduce you to the Galactic Emperor of all
angrites.
D'Orbigny the emperor of the meteorite galaxy; it is the biggest, baddest Sith
Rock in all the Galactic Empire. This main mass is 2.3
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
Hello list members. We have listed a small partial slice of Berthoud, Colorado
on Ebay. Please click on link below to view the specimen.
Thank you, Edwin
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Hello List members.
Patrick and I have just received a shipment of wonderful new thin sections.
These are of the best quality and are double polished to a half micron finish
for high resolution photography and microscopy. All are made with large
specimens for maximum surface area and have
At 6:00 a.m., yesterday, Tuesday September 21st, fishermen along the Deschutes
river near the Columbia river witness a large fireball travelling from the
South to the North. It broke into multiple pieces with numerous bursts and
disruptions. They saw glowing pieces moving beyond the fireballs.
Hello List members, Patrick and I are offering some letters and signed
reprints. Please contact us off list if you have an interest in adding these to
your collection.
Sincere thanks, Edwin etmeteori...@hotmail.com
A letter dated 1983 from Robert Hutchison to Dr. Alan Rubin
to donate for research projects. I
am also always interested in museum trades with D'Orbigny. Contact me off list
for details at etmeteori...@hotmail.com
Sincerely, Edwin Thompson (E.T.)
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It appears that Greg Hupe’s new achondrite NWA 6707 is paired with our mass NWA
6693. Dr. Paul Warren stated, “There is zero doubt that our NWA 6693 and
Irving/Hupe's NWA 6704 are paired. It's an extremely distinctive material, and
their description matches ours very
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Dear fellow listers, for only 100 million dollars you can go to the moon and
gather your own Lunar specimens. It could be a very profitable enterprise. But
the rumor mill has it that China will be going to the Moon next. If you go
First; Is it a meteorite if it lands on the Moon? Isn't it just a chunk of
asteroid or planetary debris added to our Moon. No atmo/no fusion crust. No
atmo/no resistance to slow approach but then again no entry velocity generated
but a great amount of gravity but rather only cosmic velocity.
Hello Mike, in a word, yes. Patrick and I have 538 grams of small, fresh
individuals that are most likely paired with those owned by Chladnis Heirs.
They have been studied and classified at UCLA. This list forum is beginning to
become a great venue for visually pairing meteorites. Since as a
! All it takes is a plane ticket and you’re
welcome.
Sincerest regards,
Edwin Thompson (E.T.) and Son
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Hi Doug very good to hear from you,
A very compelling poster was presented at a Met Soc meeting back in the 90's
showing a very plausible scenario that might have produced meteorites on Earth
having come from the surface of Mercury. A number of conditions were taken into
careful consideration
My vote would be the 1955 Studebaker-President; Lots of heavy metal, really
nice interior, looked like almost no other model, came in a really cool
champagne silver metal flake, 1955 was a vintage year of fairly old age and it
went really fast. Plus, it had tail fins with lights in them! A
My vote would be the 1955 Studebaker-President; Lots of heavy metal, really
nice interior, looked like almost no other model, came in a really cool
champagne silver metal flake, 1955 was a vintage year of fairly old age and it
went really fast. Plus, it had tail fins with lights in them! A
Hello fellow listers,
We are offering the 243 gram main mass of the lunar meteorite NWA 6570 on Ebay
as of today. Attached is a link to the listing. Please enjoy the pictures. I
don't expect to sell a piece like this on Ebay but it is fun to put it out
there and share it with world of
Hoping that everyone at the Met Soc Meeting in London is safe and ok. A friend
at the meeting today tells me that events are being cancelled. Wishing everyone
well there.
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Hello listers,
I have been contacted by a guy in Florida through Ebay who thinks he might have
a meteorite. He would like to show it to someone there in Florida. If you life
in Florida and would like to help this guy please contact me off list and I
will give him your contact information.
Hello fellow list members,
I am offering for sale this spectacular complete slice of Abee. It measures 7mm
x 260mm x 374mm and it weighs 1675 grams. I bought this gorgeous specimen from
David New who got it from his longtime friend Russ Kempton. This is the last
full Abee slice to be had.
Hello List members,
For all of you thin section collectors, I have just received a shipment of
wonderful thin sections of NWA 6693. We have been fondly referring to this
meteorite as “Super Green”. This amazing ungrouped achondrite has over 70%
pyroxene and the metal in the matrix is over 80%
Greetings list Members!
Writing to introduce what I believe to be one of the wildest and most beautiful
eucrites ever to fall to Earth. The pictures attached are of a center slice
from this single beautiful mass. The slice weighs 121 grams. Slices from this
stone range from 50 grams to 145
Hello Fellow list members.
After the huge response to our release of the new eucrite breccia NWA 6694,
Patrick and I had a serious discussion based on all of the collectors and
scientists who are strapped by a tight budget controlling their purchase
decisions. We calculated the cut and polish
Hi Larry and Frank, yep in the future I will be better versed at creating
photobucket files with specific pictures. Thos are pictures of our slice of
Abee and the shadows are from the fir trees overhead. We had so few sunny days
this summer that most folks here in the Northwest agree that
Hello List members,
Yesterday I listed the main mass of D'Orbigny on Ebay. After so many years of
keeping this large piece intact rather than breaking it up to sell it off and
based on the time value of money, I had to raise the price a bit. I am certain
that all of you business people
Hello list members. I have a very nice, thin, complete, slice of Dhofar 019
obtained in a trade early this year. I'd like to trade it for a fragment,
individual or slice of SNC from Northwest Africa. The slice weighs 10.26 and
makes a very nice display slice of shergottite. Am not very picky
Hello list members. Anyone out there know Who classified this new SNC from
Morocco? If an institution has already done the work and submitted to Met Soc
then there is no need to do it again. Am also wondering if the nomenclature
committee is considering this a new witnessed fall and giving it
Hi list members,
Patrick and I will arrive in Tucson on January 22nd and plan to set up and open
by the 26th in suite #106 at the old Inn Suites hotel. We are going to be
offering our D'Or angrite pieces at super low prices. We'll have pieces from 1
gram to 1200 grams. Finally after all
Hi list members,
We just got in a very nice selection of high quality thin sections of our
howardite NWA-6695. We sent two complete stones for thin section making in
order to get large sections from the center of two distinct stones. The results
are stunning! The surface area on each thin
Hello List members,
For all the thin section collectors out there. We are expecting at least four
thin sections of Tissint to arrive next week. These are expertly prepared and
double polished to a half micron finish and covered rectangular slides with
slightly ground corners just like all of
Patrick and I are still in Sutter's mill. Really a fun area and great people
here. Turns out that several meteorite dealer's live very close. I was shocked
to see Jay Buscio here yesterday. Haven't seen him in over 15 years. Looks like
many hunters have left but I am sure they will come back
Hello Brien and list,
Yes, Dr. Peter Jenniskens from SETI Institute, a meteor astronomer who found
one of the earliest recovered specimens in the parking lot at Lotus Park last
week returned this past weekend to organize a large group of
searcher/volunteers to help him hunt private land to
Yes, I believe that I was scammed when I bought the large and rather expensive
main mass of Baygorria. I believe that it was a Campo and gave it all away. For
anyone who wishes to see the main mass of this iron meteorite for reference or
comparison it was donated to Cascadia Meteorite
Hello list members,
If you enjoy collecting historic, rare achondrites that are nearly impossible
to obtain then here is a gem for you to add to your collection. I am selling
the 15 gram display specimen of Serra De Mage from the museum collection at the
I.O.M. This has always been the hardest
Hello list members,
I have a very nice complete 398 gram Allende individual with museum catalog
number and card and I am hoping to trade it for a complete, fresh Park Forest
stone.
If you have a stone that you are willing to consider trading please contact me
off list at;
Hi list members,
We are selling the last piece of D'Orbigny. We have a 636 gram specimen but it
is already dedicated to a deal that is pending. That leaves just this one
beautiful 40 gram specimen remaining.
This is the piece that I would like to keep for my own but bills and taxes come
first.
Hello list members,
We are offering for sale a beautiful complete mass of the unusual silicated
iron; NWA – 5549. It weighs 13.3 kilograms and displays very nicely showing the
contrast between the surface that was exposed to the desert wind and the
portion buried below ground level. This
Hello list members,
Will be home next week for a couple of days and have a couple of Tissint thin
sections remaining. They are gorgeous David Mann thin sections and the specimen
surface measures roughly 12 x 15mm in size. This is a fascinating SNC to enjoy
under magnification. Even if you
Hello Anne and list, I too will have nice large thin sections of Sutter's Mill
just as soon as I find one of the stones. Hopefully this will happen sooner
than later. Have seen a number of very nice stones found mostly by locals and
many are beautifully oriented little gems but no luck for
Hello list members,
It is getting hot in Coloma! Thirty four days in the area and not one meteorite
have I found. Have been investing most of the time in what should be the large
end of the strewn field. Thirty four days and I have yet to see a rattlesnake.
I enjoy snakes so this is a huge
The summer of 2012 started early for someone from rainy Oregon with a fun trip
for father and son to chase after a new fall in Coloma, CA. The first trip to
the new strewn field was ten days long and only a few days after the fall.
Having the bordello room upstairs at the Sierra House hotel
For anyone interested we have a set of the Vagn Buchwald books, the three
volume set in the slip cover for sale. The set is offered on a make offer
basis. Please contact off list at etmeteori...@hotmail.com.
We'll accept the highest offer made in the next 24 to 48 hours.
As a side note
Hi list members,
Now is your chance to add a piece of D'Orbigny to your collection. We have a
limited amount of this gorgeous meteorite remaining and hope to sell out before
or during this next Tucson show. If you have always wanted to add a specimen of
this dramatic angrite to your
Hi Linton,
looking forward to seeing you and Karen in Tucson this year. When MBale fell
in 1992, Cornelius Baijens was in Uganda with a dutch survey group. Cor
recovered the bulk of material that was brought out of Uganda. For a couple of
years after the fall Cor actively sold specimens and
Has anyone else noticed this in the Science fiction movie 'Oblivion'?
The structure of the Alien space ship the 'Tet' appears to be fine octahedrite
structure(looks very much like Gibeon).
Maybe someone in Hollywood has figured out the true origin of iron meteorites!
I would like to know if
Bright fireball event announced just 50 minutes ago over Canada!
Edwin
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We had a fairly large fireball just 31 minutes ago at 8:31p.m. Pacific time,
color was mostly green heading east just north of Grant's Pass and it was seen
to break into three pieces. It lit things up at dusk and was most likely seen
by a number of people driving north and south on interstate
email me for pictures.
Regards,
Edwin Thompson
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Hello Bob and list,
For those of you who have held onto Edwin Thompson Meteorites mail order
catalogs dating from October 1984 up until the Spring 2001 final catalog, there
are a number of sizeable pieces of Karoonda. In fact, until recently I still
had very nice thin sections of Karoonda. I
Meteorite nick-names are beginning to resemble the names of beers and hot brews
in the Northwest:
Black Beauty and Hot Shocolate
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Hello list members,
My new book, a science fiction/adventure, will debut at the Tucson show this
year. We will be in the same suite #106 at Inn Suites/ Hotel Tucson City
Center.
The first in the series, EarthUnder - The Meteorite Chronicles will be
available in late January. I have
Hello list members.
I have a very nice 40.47 gram piece of D'Orbigny that I am offering in trade
for a 6 to 10 gram fragment of Nakhla. Please feel free to make alternative
trade offers.
Thanks very much for your consideration,
Edwin
Sorry,
I should have thought to include my email address.
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Thanks,
E.T.
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Hi folks,
Over the years of my life I have amassed a large collection of books on
numerous favorite subjects. In an effort to continue writing the series, 'The
Meteorite Chronicles' I will be attempting to sell many of the books from this
collection. The plan for now is to spend one week each
http://meteorites.pdx.edu/fundraiser.htm
Hello list members, this is an invitation to a meteorite event at Cascadia
Meteorite Laboratory at Portland State University in beautiful Portland, Oregon.
For over ten years, we have held fun, successful fundraising banquets, sales
and auctions to
The January, 2016 meteorite giveaway!
I didn't win the powerball lottery last night, but am still feeling the spirit
of giving. Digging through the vaults, preparing and packing for the Tucson
show, I came across these cosmic gems and decided to give them away.
The oriented Gao stone was
Patrick and I would like to thank everyone who participated in the meteorite
giveaway drawing. I have to say that doing this makes me wish I had more
specimens to give away. If I ever win the lottery, we will do this a lot more
often. I created all of the tickets tonight and mixed them in
Hello to all list members,
I am reaching out to the farthest corners of the known world to appeal to any
and all collectors.
Having dealt in and collected meteorites, tektites and related books since I
was just a kid, collecting all kinds of rocks which included a few cherished
meteorites as
,
Edwin Thompson
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Viva Le Tour!
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Yep,
Looks like a Campo.
Cheers,
E.T.
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Yep, it does look like a Campo.
E.T.
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To all of those in our meteorite community, some very sad news. Our dear friend
and the guy with the biggest smile, Carlos Oddi passed away on December 30th.
Carlos lost his battle with cancer but, he went out with pride, he was active
and doing what he loved until nearly the end.
Carlos was
Hello List members,
I am offering a beautiful 487 gram lunar meteorite. Will consider offers over
$25.00 per gram. Please private email me for pictures. You can also check out
pictures of this specimen at my Facebook page.
Now is your chance to add a well over one pound chunk of the moon
It is so sad to hear of Art's passing. Art was a dear friend and a very fine
gentleman. My heart goes out to Carol.
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We are selling a number of very nice partially crusted specimens of the
shergottite NWA 6963. The fusion crust is very fresh and most specimens have
more than 50% crust. There are pieces from 1.3 grams to 31.5 grams. Offering
this material for $150.00 per gram.
If
Hello list members,
Please check out the meteorites I have recently listed on EBay. Lots of great
meteorites and great pictures.
Thanks,
E.T.
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For all you thin section collectors, spotted this ultraphot on EBay. Ex NASA
equipment and a good deal.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Zeiss-Ultraphot-III-Microscope-with-Rare-IIIB-Cabinet-and-Side-Table/362343678325?hash=item545d5dc175:g:fYwAAOSwV0NbF1cA
Hello Listers,
I am considering selling my collection specimen of Holbrook. I have no idea of
what something like this stone will sell for nor what to ask. The weight is
1037 grams. I am writing to ask members of the community for their ideas on the
value of this specimen. It is a Foote
A number of list members replied that they don't have Facebook accounts. Here
are images of my Holbrook stone. Please let me know if you would like to see
more pictures.
https://i.imgur.com/3CtHTsE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kmfrTsh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rddpu28.jpg
Thanks,
Edwin
So sad and shocking to learn of Freddie's demise. He and his wife Debbie were
just here last weekend fishing and crabbing with us. The world is a sad place
without Fred.
My condolences to Fred's wire Debbie, his family and friends.
E.T.
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There should be a few major fireballs produced by this gravel pile passing so
near to Earth!
Get ready!
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Hi Folks,
I am writing to pay homage to James Tobin and Paul Harris for all that they do
for the meteorite community. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for bringing
the meteorite community together in so many ways. So much of what they do takes
work , effort and dedication with virtually no
Hello Rock Nuts,
I spoke with Stanley Chun, the manager of the Hotel Tucson City Center last
week. He was very enthusiastic about the coming show. He said there was a
meeting with the city of Tucson about the show and he was told that the city
will be allowing the show. He said there will be
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