BLAINE REED METEORITES FOR SALE- LIST #284 17APR2026

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com

LIST 284 - April 14, 2026

Dear CollectorsI know, it has been a looong time since I have sent out any kind of e-mail offering. I have been busy with all kinds of things. Most things simply pop up as I go through each day (and eat up a surprising amount of my time). Others are longer term that I try and chip away at (with varying degrees of success) when I can. I got back from Costa Rica recently. I had hoped to chip at one of my largest issues while there, but it was not to be, unfortunately. I had hoped to get a membership with one of the “private” hospitals in San Jose. Then I was going to get scans to see what can be done about my hip and back. The hip I know- it has to be replaced. I completely wore it out with all the mountain climbing and hiking I did (way over did) over the years. However, the back is a fairly new thing. I suspect those problems are from my right leg now being a bit shorter than the left (no cartilage left in the right hip means that leg is a tiny bit shorter now which means lower back is out of alignment which means – endless pain and numbness in my back and left leg).
Kevin had lined up a hospital that had a very highly rated doctor for these things for me BUT we found that the rules had changed. It once was pay the yearly membership ($250 range, payable on the spot in cash, if you like) and you could immediately get scans (if the equipment was not being used at that moment) and the doc would get back to you with diagnosis and options for fixing. Nope, now you have to pay with a credit card (and they will NOT tell you what the membership cost is – just that it will be billed monthly and you will know the amount when you get your bill (!!!!!). An appointment for scans will then have to be made – A minimum of 2 weeks in advance and THEN someone might get back to you. Oh, they will only accept message from and send message to you through “Whatsapp” no phone, email or ANY other form of communication accepted or available. BOTH private hospitals have gone to these new ways. As such, neither I nor Kevin signed up for their services. So, it seems I am back to local doctors fighting with stubborn (“you are too young to need hip replacement, so we won’t cover it”) insurance companies to hopefully get back to actually walking like a human, rather than more like a zombie for me.

Anyway, the things listed here are all things I brought home from Tucson. These are all consignment items that will be returned to their owners if they don’t sell here. Not a huge rush, but do try and let me know if there is something you are interested in (even if you need to wait some time before actually being able to take it) fairly soon so I can be sure to keep it in my hands for now. Many (most actually) of these things are actually from Fredric Stephan. Well, actually his brother now. I was shocked to hear that Fredric passed away not that long ago. I enjoyed seeing him at the Tucson show each year and he usually had some really neat things for me to sell for him. Sad to lose one of our own but it is something we have to accept (not happily though). I will have at least 2 of these offerings that contain things of his and hope to work with Tim (his brother) to be able to offer more in the future.

A note about the photos:
Usually, I take the pictures for these offerings outside in natural sunlight. I was not able to do this this time. I delayed putting this offering together and sending it by days waiting for usable weather. We have been in an endless run of either overcast/ cloudy or very windy (and often, like right now, both). On the few days we did have sun at the proper times (midday is best) we had strong winds (like 30+mph) even in the mornings. Weather reports said we’d have this for the foreseeable future as well. I finally gave up and had these pictures taken inside. The light is less strong as a result but the biggest issue is that the light has been filtered through a “low –E” window. This gives the light something of a green undertone. Probably not a big deal for the particular items photographed on this list but it is something I figured people should know.



ARROYO AGUIAR, Argentina: (H5). Fell Summer 1950. Tkw = 7.45kg.
This is a Fredric Stephan specimen. To be honest, I was surprised that this is a fall. It does have some fresh metal in a largely medium to dark brown matrix but, overall, has a more aged look to it. The story on this says it was picked up “soon after” the fall. It was found some 50cm deep in the ground when the rancher who saw it fall finally located just where it had hit. Maybe “soon” was not as soon as we’d normally expect and maybe the ground was very wet. I did look into this meteorite a bit and found that this slice perfectly matches all of the other pieces of this meteorite I could find pictures of (including some with famous museum/ institution labels) so I know that this is NOT a case of the wrong sample getting put with the wrong specimen. I don’t recall having much of this go through my hands before. Whatever may have would have been small and only a specimen or two total – nothing that I have ever had enough of to be memorable.
56.8 gram slice – 65mm x 55mm x 5mm - $580

GIBEON, Namibia Fine octahedrite (IVA).
These pieces are actually from Al Mitterling. I probably would have sold some of these if I had put them out in Tucson. I did sell a couple similar pieces as those were what I had room for in the display case. I had forgotten that I even had these “extra” pieces until I found them while packing to go home (after Al had already left town). These are all basically blocks/ bookend type pieces and are quite nice. Most of these have one natural face. All other surfaces are cut and etched. These days, it is not terribly common to see any Gibeon available and, when it is, the etched pieces are surprisingly expensive (like $6 to $10/g). If you would like a well-priced little Gibeon paperweight, here is a good chance.
a) 34.9g – one natural face – 24mm x 16mm x 13mm - $140
b) 35.9g block – 21mm x 18mm x 12mm - $145
c) 39.4g one natural face – 24mm x 18mm x 15mm - $160
d) 69.1g one large natural face – 29mm x 22mm x 18mm - $260

NEW CONCORD, Ohio: (L6). Fell May 1, 1860.
I am really surprised that these 2 (Stephan specimens) did not sell in Tucson. To be honest, they are not real large and I did have my room pretty full (as were all of the cases) so they probably did not stand out as well as they should have. Anyway, these are both nice, small, fresh specimens of this fall. The smaller piece has a nice patch of fusion crust along one edge. Both look like that came from Ruben Garcia at some point. They both have labels, but only one still has the “ Mr.Meteorite.com” along the bottom.
a) 1.12g slice with crust – 11mm x 6mm x 5mm - $75
b) 1.76g slice – 15mm x 8mm x 5mm - $80

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: (H5). Fell November 23, 2003. Tkw = 19.256kg.
This is (for this meteorite) a fairly large natural fragment. It has thick crust covering one side. This piece does show some “weathering” but only in so much as it had once it was found. The main mass of this meteorite was not found until considerable time after the fall. The owner of the home that it fell (completely) through was convinced that it was only powder and crumbs (what was found scattered about each of the floors the thing passed through during the fall) that had made the clear (and fairly large) holes through things (where have I heard this before? I am thinking Carancas (which was never fully investigated) and Chelyabinsk where it was believed (until they pulled up a nearly half ton piece) the mere “air blast” have blown a large hole on the ice covering a lake). It was some days/ week or two before someone was allowed to go under the house and inspect things. Yes, a good sized (footballish?) sized meteorite was buried in the dirt under the house. Unfortunately, it had broken a pipe(I won’t mention exactly what kind of pipe here) such that it was covered in “water” the entire time until it was recovered. As such, this does show some orange rust staining (but not a lot, thankfully).
18.3g fragment with crust – 30mm x 20mm x 18mm - $1800

NWA (7609): HED achondrite (eucrite). Found 2012. Tkw = 249 grams.
This is actually a nice complete slice of a fairly typical unbrecciated basaltic eucrite. To be honest, this thing looks very much like a slice of Camel Donga color and texture wise. However, this is missing the multi millimeter iron blobs that Camel Dongas often have (which can make them difficult to cut nicely). This has nice black crust around all but about 5mm of the edge. This comes in a plastic display box and has an A. Bates Meteorite Collection Label with it.
10.0gram complete slice – 55mm x 30mm x 2mm - $75



NWA (11446): Iron. Hexahedrite (IIAB). Found 2015. Tkw = 13kg.
This one was something of a mystery. I had these (both directly from Fredric and from Tim later) labeled as “Agoudal”. Did not think much of it. Agoudal is also a similar type meteorite (and I had never had a piece big enough to cut and etch). It was Jason Utas that looked at these pieces in Tucson and knew they were “something different”. He came up with the proper ID on these. We were wondering how the confusion came about. I think I know. Years ago, I was offered a “large” (really large for this meteorite) piece of Agoudal. I didn’t really have a need (or the $) for it so I kind of dropped it. I was later told that this had been cut into slices and etched (I think that was the next Tucson). I DID want some of those pieces. However, they had all sold by the time I was able to get over to see the person that had them. The original piece, I seem to recall, was about 13kg. The slices (I got to see a couple, but they were already sold – just waiting for the buyer to come pick them up) looked much like these. Personally, I am very surprised that this was figured out to be a different meteorite. I was shown a nice “large” slice of genuine Agoudal and it does look different. The detailed chemistry though shows that these two are not related. Good catch on someone’s part. Anyway, I have 2 each slices and end pieces. The price is the same as it was when these were “just” Agoudal specimens.
a) 293.7 gram complete slice – 135mm x 85mm x 4mm - $590
b) 359.1 gram complete slice – 210mm x 75mm x 4mm - $725
c) 447.9 gram end piece – 100mm x 70mm x 17mm - $900
d) 768.6 gram end piece – 125mm x 90mm x 20mm - $1500

Shipping:

NOTE- AS OF APRIL 26, 2026 THE USPS IS ICREASING PARCEL/POSTAL RATES BY 6-8% IN ADDITION TO THE QUOTE BELOW. 
US: It seems that shipping rates are going endlessly these days. Sometimes there is an excuse “holiday rush pricing” (that started in October and never did drop back down). Sometimes there is nothing. I noticed a couple weeks or so ago that now even the lightest of my packages (a small specimen in a small jewelry box in a padded envelope – only a bit over 2 ounces total) now costs a minimum of $8.10 to send “Ground Advantage”. Sending this EXACT package by priority is closer to $17 (!!!!). Obviously, it is better to use a small flat-rate box for most things these days (around $12). For things that are not light or small and won’t even fit in a small Priority flat-rate box I’ll probably need to custom quote the shipping.

OVERSEAS: 

NOTE- AS OF APRIL 26, 2026 THE USPS IS ICREASING PARCEL/POSTAL RATES BY 6-8% IN ADDITION TO THE QUOTE BELOW. 
It has been some time since I have sent anything out of the US. With all the hassles and paperwork these days, that us something of a blessing. At this point, anything going overseas, I will need to look up shipping costs. However, the last packages I sent out of the US were about $17 for my basic small/ cheap specimen in a padded envelope to Canada and around $25 going to Europe. For small priority flat-rate boxes I think it was around $30 to Canada and around $45 to Europe.

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #283 04JAN2026 - NEW OFFERINGS AND COMING TUCSON SHOW

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
LIST 283 - January 4, 2026

Dear Collectors
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TUCSON SHOW INFO: At this point, I am planning on being gone from January 27th until around February 17th. However, I MAY try going to Tucson a bit earlier this year just to see what happens. I get people telling me they have been in Tucson for days and are going home before I even unload my car. Years when I have shown up early I hear “not buying anything until everyone else is set up and I see what they have”. Kind of interested to see what the situation is now. IF I do go early, it will likely only be a few days early (leaving around Jan 23rd perhaps). Regardless, for the show itself, I will be in my usual spot “Days Inn” (665 N. Freeway, Tucson) and I’ll be in my usual room - #134. I should be open by mid to late morning Friday January 30th (as early as the 26th if I do decide to go early). I currently plan to stay through the bitter end which would be February 14th but may leave early if things look like they will be as slow that last week as they have been the past couple years. I will open the door most days at 10AM but will try to make it a bit earlier than that when possible. I will have the door open most evenings until around 9:30pm or so (or later if people are visiting/ still wandering about).

Notes on my “spring” list: I usually do an offering sometime in April/ May. Currently, it looks like I will skip this offering this year. I have a lot of travels (including out of the country) piled up the months after Tucson and I will not have time to gather, prep and list enough material (let alone being home to take, pack and ship orders). I may send out a note (with a few meteorites offered?) sometime mid- summer telling people about Denver in September (currently, I have no show space for this show).

A note concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with imbedded group photos of the items on this list that the item pictured MAY NOT be the identical item you receive (except for cases where I have clearly labeled an item as “the only one this size” or similar). I usually have (and sell) multiple pieces of each size of the items listed (sometimes MANY of them – far to many to put all in a photograph for people to pick from). What I normally do is send the first person that asks for a particular item the largest piece available in whatever size range it is that the specimen they are buying belongs to (when I send a piece that is not in the photo, you generally get a very similar but slightly larger piece). This came about as MOST of my sales from these periodic larger catalogs come from the paper mailed version of this offering where no photos exist so customers don’t know exactly what the piece they ordered looks like (and are usually quite happy to receive a slightly larger specimen instead). So, you can certainly request the exact item in the group photo and I am happy to send it if someone else hasn’t already requested it. Please let me know if you would likely ONLY be happy with receiving that actual pictured piece(s) and I will NOT do any substitution(s) in your order.


Henbury, Australia: Meteorite Shale/Oxide.
Here are pieces of oxide/shale from the famous Henbury craters discovered in 1931. There have been some arguments as to exactly how this forms. Most believe that it is just by a meteorite oxidizing over many years after reaching the ground and others are thinking it might be a form of “fusion crust”. In this case, the hot metal being exposed to the oxygen rich air blast from the fall or melted and splashed out of the forming crater(s) rapidly turns some into this material (I can personally think of some problems with this idea). Anyway, many of these pieces are kind of cool (and are all affordable) and the biggest is really quite a nice paperweight. One of the 100gram bags would be ideal for those that want to give friends and family a holdable sized piece of “meteorite material” and not spend a lot doing it (and doing this might spark an interest in meteorites and science in some of those people).
1) Meteorite Shale/ Oxide fragments as found:
a) 11.2 grams - 25mm x 20mm x 7mm - $7
b) 25.6 grams - 35mm x 20mm x 12mm - $15
c) 43.0 grams - 48mm x 35mm x 10mm - $25
d) 95.0 grams - 50mm x 30mm x 25mm - $50 – only one this size.
e) 211.9 grams - 107mm x 50mm x 25mm - $105 – only one this size.

2) 100gram+ bag of mixed pieces generally around 2cm to 4cm or so in size - $35



SILVERTON (TEXAS):, Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1938. Tkw = about 14kg.
This is a meteorite I got “out of the field” (bought from the finder) many, many years ago. It was 1986 or 1987 when I got it. I had hoped it would be a “new” meteorite. My maps of already known meteorites from the area showed it might not be. The closest likely possibility is that the 10kg piece I bought from the farmer who ploughed it up (in 1981 he believed) was another piece of Silverton - a meteorite that Nininger had reported as three pieces totaling close to 4kg being found in 1938 (so, clearly there was something of a strewn field in the area). I had trouble getting the comparison work done. The only place that had a known piece of one of the original Silverton stones was in Germany. Despite my giving them a slice and pre-made thin-section of my material, it still took some years to get my answer. When I did get the results it was that my “new” stone was indeed now the “main mass” of the Silverton (Texas) meteorite.
1) Part slices:
a) 7.2 grams - 20mm x 15mm x 7mm - $28
b) 14.2 grams - 34mm x 22mm x 7mm - $55
c) 28.9 grams - 40mm x 34mm x 7mm - $110
d) 63.6 grams - 50mm x 50mm x 7mm - $240
e) 164.5 grams - 90mm x 75mm x 7mm - $600 – has 6mm metal nodule.



NWA (12641),Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4). Found 2018. Tkw = 613grams.
This was a single stone recovery. The stone didn’t have any real fusion crust remaining so it was easy to see that it was something interesting right from the start. The interior shows dark gray chondrules (but not a lot of them) in a somewhat coarse-grained matrix (and this stone IS mostly “matrix”) that is mostly gray but has something of a greenish tint to it. This meteorite has quite a lot of Cr rich magnetite (but no fresh metal) in it (in both the chondrules and matrix). Some of this
magnetite has oxidized to orange/brown secondary iron hydroxides (there is not a lot of this though). Research work says that this also has “sparse, small fine-grained Calcium Aluminum Inclusions” (those things that formed first in the cloud that would become the solar system and often contain pre-solar system grains like diamonds a silicon carbides). I have looked at a few cut pieces of this (interestingly, the sides of these slices that have not been sanded show the structure MUCH clearer than the sides that were “polished”) and I have not seen anything that I would say is clearly a CAI (so they are obviously quite small).
1) Slices/ part slices:
a) 1.0 grams - 15mm x 10mm x 2mm - $12
b) 2.1 grams - 28mm x 14mm x 2mm - $25
c) 4.0 grams - 32mm x 28mm x 2mm - $45
d) 8.4 grams - 47mm x 28mm x 2mm - $90
e) 17.2 grams - 63mm x 54mm x 2mm - $170 – complete slice.



MILLBILLILLIE, Australia: HED achondrite (Eucrite). Fell October 1960. Tkw = around 150kg.
Here are some meteorites that, like the Irghizites below, I have had set aside for a loooong time. And I do mean long. These have been set aside for AT LEAST 35 years now! When Millbillille was readily available I made it a point to “stash” some nice small complete individuals. These are all really nice. They do have the usual orange dirt on most of them. I did try several ways in the long ago past to remove this (by both mechanical and chemical methods) but those all ended up looking bad, so I choose to just leave these as they are. These have nice shapes, only minor chips showing the bright white interior and lots of flow lines in the fusion crust. I’ve watched for years and years but have not really seen anything in the way of nice complete (small) eucrite individuals come out of the NWA areas. Complete little individual eucrites are a scarce thing, even including NWAs.
1) Complete individuals (mostly) as found:
a) 8.8 grams - 25mm x 15mm x 15mm - $170
b) 15.7 grams - 25mm x 20mm x 17mm - $300
c) 24.2 grams - 35mm x 25mm x 20mm - $450
d) 59.5 grams - 45mm x 30mm x 25mm - $1100









SEYMCHAN, Russia: Sotny-iron (pallasite). Found 1967.
Yeah, I know, I have offered a fair amount of this over the past years BUT I have not ever offered any in this form. No, not like slice, end piece, whole but in how it is displayed. These pieces are each really nice pallasite slices (the two largest have some larger areas of metal that have a great etch structure that really make these pieces a visual treat). It is HOW they are displayed that is different. These are in a metal picture frame (chrome) and are set between two pieces of glass (the front piece being an expensive non-glare “Museum glass”) so light can pass through to show the wonderful natural “stained glass window” look of these piece. I make these frames all myself. I custom cut the metal frame parts and make the custom cut (black) mats (these are hand cut with a jeweler’s saw to tightly fit the shape of the slice). A LOT of work but these do look pretty nice. I have been told that a good number of these I have made (also with non-pallasite meteorites) are hanging in some museums (including the Smithsonian I was told). I decided that I should not hold these only for shows but offer them to everyone even by mail.
1) Pallasite slices in custom fit metal frame.
a) 62.1 grams – 100mm x 65mm x 2mm – frame is 5”x 7” - $1100
b) 154.9 grams – 140mm x 115mm x 2mm – frame is 7” x 8” - $2350
c) 333.8 grams – 230mm x 120mm x 2mm – frame is 8” x 11” - $4700



IRGHIZITE, Russia: Zhamanshin Crater.
Here is another item I have had set aside for years and years. I can’t remember how long ago I last offered some of these on a list, but it has been a long time. The Zamanshin Crater is 14km (8.6miles) in diameter and is believed to have formed right around 900 thousand years ago. It is also believed to be the most recent impact of size great enough to have possibly created “nuclear winter” environmental effects (but not big enough to have caused mass extinction, thankfully). There are many different types of impact glasses found around this crater and Irghizites are the ones that have generally been looked at as tektites. These are all pieces I set aside as being particularly interesting. They have wild, ropy shapes (often many stretched glass strands piled up on top of each other) and all have natural holes (most have several). These are all standard to somewhat larger than average size and all are a feast for the eyes under magnification.
a) about .8g 10mm x 15mm x 6mm fancy individual - $20

Shipping:

US Shipping: Well, the post office has been raising prices at a faster rate lately. My small specimen in a small jewelry box in a padded envelope now costs me almost $8 now! Lately, the cheapest I have been able to send such a thing (to closer addresses) has been $7.80 (and that is for “ground advantage”) . I think small flat-rate priority boxes are at least $11. Bigger things I’ll probably have to custom quote (though I don’t have any things on this offering that would require anything bigger than a small flat-rate box).

Overseas shipping, it does look like the “First Class” option still exists (thankfully, because most overseas small flat-rate costs are bumping up against $50 these days). I will, likely, need to custom quote even the “first class” jewelry box in a padded envelope none the less. Those used to be around $15 or $16. However, I seem to recall that such a package was quoted at closer to $35 going to France a couple months ago (that customer decided to go with the faster Priority).

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #282 30SEP2025 - mailed catalog

Blaine Reed Meteorites

P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com

LIST 282 - September 29, 2025


Greetings,

A note concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with imbedded group photos of the items on this list to be aware that the item pictured MAY NOT be the identical item you receive (except for cases where I have clearly labeled an item as “the only one this size” or similar). I usually have (and sell) multiple pieces of each size of the items listed (sometimes MANY of them – far to many to put all in a photograph for people to pick from). What I normally do is send the first person that asks for a particular item the largest piece available in whatever size range it is that the specimen they are buying belongs to (when I send a piece that is not in the photo, you generally get a very similar but slightly larger piece). This came about as MOST of my sales from these periodic larger catalogs come from the paper mailed version of this offering where no photos exist so customers don’t know exactly what the piece they ordered looks like (and are usually quite happy to receive a slightly larger specimen instead). So, you can certainly request the exact item in the group photo and I am happy to send it if someone else hasn’t already requested it. Please let me know if you would likely ONLY be happy with receiving that actual pictured piece(s) and I will NOT make any substitution(s) in your order.



BOXHOLE, Australia: Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1937. Tkw = 500kg.
it has been a long time since I have seen pieces (of any type) of this meteorite. It was one of my starting meteorites. I had (and could get) lots of small pieces of this and certainly had it on my first catalogs (nearly 40 years ago now). Glenn Huss is who I got it from back then. I have had no real/ reliable source of Boxhole since. To be upfront, ALL of these pieces are actually “Oxide/ shale”. But hey, it is what was available of this semi-famous crater forming meteorite. I have heard that this “shale” may actually be kind of “fusion crust” – forming from hot pieces of molten iron reacting with the air during the fall or right after impact. But then, it might just be from larger pieces rusting in the ground for many years (though I don’t recall ever seeing a large iron of any type that has a bunch of this stuff stuck to it. The “shale” always seems to be on its own). Anyway, here is a chance to add a piece of something from this now really hard to get material from impact cratering meteorite.
1) Natural fragments as found:
a) 3.5 grams - 18mm x 15mm x 7mm - $5
b) 7.5 grams - 25mm x 15mm x 7mm - $10
c) 11.0 grams - 30mm x 18mm x 7mm - $14
d) 24.1 grams - 32mm x 23mm x 12mm - $25
e) 56.0 grams - 44mm x 30mm x 15mm - $55




NWA (14617): Ordinary chondrite (L3). Found May 2021. Tkw = 636 grams.
A single stone was found. This is a quite fresh meteorite and shows lots of close packed chondrules. Frankly, this look a lot like NWA (7031) an L3.15 meteorite I offered slices of some years ago. The detailed “sub-typing” was not done on this stone. Not surprised as that is a very expensive and labor (well research) intensive process. As such, this generally only gets done on larger meteorites that look quite strongly like they are a “low” type (3.2, 3.1, ideally something that has a real chance at being an all hallowed 3.00). I find this unfortunate as now MOST type 3 chondrites simply come out as “type 3” with no further identification or notes. I seem to recall that there is/ was a way to get a pretty good idea of the sub-type (chrome content of olivine I believe) but that was voted as not acceptable by the Nomenclature Committee. Regardless, this research notes on this particular stone said that the iron composition spread of the olivine in it indicates that this meteorite is roughly an L 3.5.
1) Slices:
a) 7.5 grams - 30mm x 20mm x 4mm - $27
b) 13.1 grams - 33mm x 22mm x 5mm - $45
c) 22.2 grams - 47mm x 28mm x 5mm - $75
d) 45.8 grams - 55mm x 50mm x 5mm - $150
2) End piece:
a) 84.1 grams - 55mm x 50mm x 12mm - $250 – “main mass”




NWA (15775):Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 2022. Tkw 14.63kilograms.
A single oriented stone was found. Not sure why it got cut up other than, maybe, it wasn’t oriented enough to be of interest as a whole stone. The interior, however, IS quite nice. It is quite fresh, showing lots of metal and some chondrules (including some that are over a cm in diameter!) in a mottled light tan to medium brown matrix. This stone also takes a nice high polish (not common for fresh L’s). This is because this has been highly shocked. I was told that this was an “impact melt” when I bought these slices. Plausible, I thought. It does show some (but not a huge number) of shock veins and has dark areas that clearly have some shock melting going on (just not enough to call this meteorite an “impact melt”). A good looking meteorite for a great price.
1) Slices:
a) 6.1 grams - 23mm x 16mm x 5mm - $15
b) 13.3 grams - 37mm x 25mm x 5mm - $30
c) 27.8 grams - 52mm x 35mm x 5mm - $62
d) 50.5 grams - 80mm x 40mm x 4mm - $110
e) 100.2 grams - 110mm x 70mm x 4mm - $200
f) 169.3 grams - 105mm x 100mm x 5mm - $340 – complete slice.




GRAPEVINE MESA, Arizona: Carbonaceous chondrite (CBa). Found 2021. Tkw = 500+grams.
I remember seeing pieces of this not long after it was found. I think those were priced around $500 to $1000/grams. But, at that point, not much had been found. It is still the case that not much has been found weight wise BUT there have been quite a few really small pieces found so prices have come down a bit (on the smaller pieces anyway). I got some of these smaller (but not smallest) pieces in Tucson this year. This is an odd meteorite. It is mostly iron (around 70% of a cut surface is iron) with only small amounts of silicate material (but some carbon to give it the “carbonaceous” moniker). I had to research the CBa and CBb thing. The “a” set are really high in iron (which is generally in large pieces/ blobs) and low in silicates (and generally completely lacks fine grained matrix material). These pieces are all natural as found. To be honest, they look (and weigh) more like small iron meteorites than a chondrite of any sort.
1) Natural specimens as found:
a) .15 grams - 5mm x 4mm x 3mm - $37
b) .31 grams - 6mm x 4mm x 3mm - $75
c) .64 grams - 8mm x 6mm x 4mm - $150
d) .80 grams - 9mm x 6mm x 5mm - $180
e) 1.50 grams - 10mm x 10mm x 5mm - $300




NWA (2986): (Shergottite). Found 2006. Tkw = about 550grams.
These are pretty much all complete little individuals. They have been on the ground for a while so they do show weathering (in the form of wind polishing and sand ablation in spots, no rusting or minerals rotting). They all have at least some of their fusion crust remaining (some close to 50% of it) and all have their overall original rounded complete individual shape. In my years in business, I have not really had that many genuine complete individual Mars rocks (plenty of fragments that have been weathered to look like they MIGHT have been an individual). The ones I have had have been quite expensive (but then, most of those were Tissint – a witnessed fall). What pieces of this I could find of this being offered were really high priced (like $1200 or so/gram!). NOT going to even try pricing these like that. Here is a chance to add an affordable “complete individual” Mars rock to your collection.
1) Complete individuals as found:
a) .146 grams - 7mm x 3mm x 3mm - $50
b) .268 grams - 7mm x 5mm x 5mm - $90
c) .354 grams - 7mm x 7mm x 4mm - $115
d) .594 grams - 9mm x 7mm x 6mm - $190
e) 1.268 grams - 12mm x 10mm x 8mm - $380




SAFFORDITE, Arizona: Pseudo Tektite.
I have had these off and on for years but never offered any on a mailed list. But then, these really are NOT associated with meteorites in any real way. Yes, they were (and likely still are) really popular with the New Age crowd (to the point of these bringing over $15/gram a few years ago) and I have had a fair number of meteorite people ask for them as well. I had a piece of this and one of “Columbianite/ Americanite” (a similar looking material from Columbia, South America) go through detailed analysis years ago. The results were exactly what I expected: both are Rhyolitic volcanic glass that has weathered to look like a tektite (sometimes surprisingly so – the reason that Dr. Nininger really believed the pieces coming out of South America were really tektites). These generally transmit a good amount of light through them and have a nice pinkish gray color to them when they do (the few faceted stones I have seen cut from these are also quite pretty). NOT really meteorite related but PLENTY of collectors still want one as they were (for a time) thought to be tektites.
1) Complete specimens as found:
a) 1.0 grams - 12mm x 10mm x 6mm - $6
b) 2.0 grams - 14mm x 10mm x 8mm - $10
c) 3.6 grams - 17mm x 15mm x 11mm - $18
d) 5.5 grams - 21mm x 17mm x 10mm - $25
e) 8.4 grams - 23mm x 19mm x 13mm - $38 – only one this size.


Shipping:
US Shipping: Well, postal rates have increased yet again (gads, I feel like I am having to say this on EVERY new offering these days). I knew that the basic “Forever” stamps went up this July (and I stupidly forgot to buy a bunch before they did). I did not see package rates go up initially. However, once into August, I have seen surprisingly expensive package shipping costs. I just sent out one of my small specimen (as in few grams!) in a small jewelry box in a padded envelope and it cost me over $7 to send it by GROUND!!!. I have also had to pay about $12 to send small Flat-rate Priority boxes. So, I will make US shipping costs $6 for small Ground Advantage for now (until I see whether or not that $7 was a fluke or the new reality) and small priority shipments $12.

Overseas shipping: For the time being, I think I will need to custom quote everything. I have no idea how bad rates may be now. I know that before this recent increase, it cost about $30 for one of my small padded envelopes (First Class) and around $45 to $50 for a small Priority Flat-rate box (about double what they had been before that last rate increase). I am sure there will be real horrors to be discovered as I attempt to calculate things going out of the US now.

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #281 18AUG2025 - Coming Denver Show

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com

Dear Collectors

It has been a long time since I sent out an offering. Part of this is because I have been so tied up this spring/ summer (soon to be fall) with many other things. Part of it is that I simply have not had new things to offer. The few new things I have gotten this summer have quickly sold to people simply calling and asking about/ for new/ different things. There has not been a lot of this BUT it has been more than enough to soak up the things I had planned on putting on offerings like this. The things being offered here I had planned on debuting at the Denver Show. I suspect that I would have already sold most of these if I had NOT set them aside for this purpose.

DENVER INFO:
Yep, that show is coming soon, too soon for me, frankly. I have lots of prep work that needs doing and a completely NEW venue I have to figure out how to fit in (and that will require new tables and equipment from what I am seeing). YES, we are in yet another NEW/DIFFERENT place for this show once again. This new spot, hopefully, will be long term and is certainly easier to reach from the other shows than we were last year. This new location is Delta Hotel, Denver Thornton. This is located on the South East corner of the intersection of I-25 and 120th (actually, it is in back behind the shopping center on that corner). I will be in room 114 (yes, a hotel room once more, unfortunately. I will not be able to have the open, inviting space where people could hang out I had in the last two show locations. No such space was available in this new distinctly smaller venue so back to a room for me. At least I was able to have a ground floor room). I want to be open the afternoon of September 4th (the show is having a “soft opening” then) but I question my ability to get things set up by then. This new spot is NOT so easy to work with like my last new spot was (the space I had last year was fantastic for easy set up). So, I suspect it will take a considerable amount more time to jig-saw things into the room nicely. At worst, I plan to be open by 10am Friday (September 5th). I will try to be open a bit earlier (9am?) on other mornings of the show. I will stay open until 9, 9:30, 10pm most nights (visitors depending. No people around at all, then maybe call it a night earlier). The show runs through Saturday September 13th. Barring any plagues, big health crisis, national emergencies, war, what have you, I plan to stay through the end (some people are closing up earlier to either set up at or visit one of the other shows that only runs the last few days of this time period). I’ll send out more “show announcements” if any of this changes for any reason.

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AUSTRALITE BUTTONS
Well, nice partial buttons anyway. These both have nice complete cores (that show strong pressure waves on their leading rounded face) and differing amounts of the flange left surrounding it. I bought these in Tucson and then forgot I had them. They had gotten put kind of where they belonged- with Australites. I re-discovered them while packing things up for the Creede show a couple weeks ago (I bring some Australites there). I got them from a guy that had a fairly good assortment of Australites. Most of his were exactly like the ones I already have (cores, no flange). Some of them were fairly large (but not larger than ones I already have) and he had a pretty large price on them. I was able to finally convince him to sell me just the buttons after showing him that I had plenty like the others (and at a price cheaper than he was asking for his) and I was NOT going to buy the entire lot. Anyway, I ended up with 3 pieces (one I am keeping for the time being – it is very similar to the large one offered here). He said that these came out of a museum –The South Australian Museum in Adelaide I believe. Stupid me didn’t write it down believing that I would remember (and then managed to forget that I even had the things). The smaller piece does still have its museum number painted on it (looks like 1202). The larger piece has been repaired. I am just happy that whomever found the pieces was smart enough to keep them together and then put them back together later (likely a museum worker). The smaller piece has about ½ of its flange intact (in two segments across the core from each other). The lager piece is closer to ¾ intact. Nice pieces. Not cheap, but then, given the fact that the two “complete” buttons I have been offered in the past couple years (they were labeled “complete” but I never got to see how complete they really where) were $4500 for one and $5000 on the other has me thinking that these are actually not unreasonably priced.
a) 3.12g button. ½ flange intact – 20mm x 15mm x 9mm - $700
b) 5.69g button. ¾ flange intact – 23mm x 20mm x 12mm - $1100

SAN ANGELO, Texas: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1897. Tkw = 88kg.
This is yet another piece I got in Tucson and then forgot about. I re-discovered this one with some Sericho individuals I needed to cut in half for Denver. I had set it aside as it had a thin skin of rust browning over substantial parts of it (it had been in a humid climate and didn’t look to have a protective coating of any kind on it) so I set it aside in the pile of “needs work” things (that pile can get pretty big at times). I went ahead and simply cleaned the rust off (with the rust removal kit I got from Bill Mason years ago). I thought about sanding the thing down, re-etching and such but decided to leave this as is as much as possible. Part of this is because I, frankly, suck at etching and part of it is that this does look to be something of a historic specimen at some levels. This has an old (really old) label with it that shows it was once part of the Illinois State University collection. The guy I got it from had it and a few other more common things that they were parting with to get some fancier, rarer things for actual display for their collection. I can understand this. This piece likely just lived in a drawer in a back room there. This is certainly NOT a visually exciting piece. It is basically a square cut specimen (with one edge natural) and the etch does not show well (this is likely from one of the more heated/ shocked areas of the meteorite that was noted in research work done on it). Regardless, I suspect that this is a very hard to get meteorite. I can only recall ever having an ugly little bar with a bunch of holes drilled in it (iron research work in the early days generally used those drilling shavings from such holes) that was maybe 12 or 15 grams in my entire past. The notes on this (in Buchwald’s Iron Meteorites) say that Ward’s Scientific Establishment bought the bulk of the piece after it was found. The label that came with this says “Donor: Wards Nat’l Science Establ”.
123.0 gram part slice – 50mm x 47mm x 5mm - $1200.

SILVERTON, Texas: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1938. Tkw = 14.16kg.
These are pieces that I did get fairly recently. Getting them brought back a lot of memories. This was one of my first “field recovery” meteorites (where I’d spend a couple weeks in an area, knocking on doors, handing out fliers, talking with people to see if they had plowed up any meteorites). The guy that had this was determined to keep this as a “family heirloom”. I ended up offering a pretty substantial amount of money for it in front of his wife at the end. He was still determined to keep it. It seems his wife had better ideas for the $ this thing would bring them. It was the next morning (like well before sunup morning) that he came to seek me out at the motel I told him I was staying at (“in case you change your mind, I’ll be at…”). Rather than do something nice like knock on the door (he did have the room number) he simply sat in his truck honking his horn (yeah, everyone else staying there got woken up too). He insisted on cash though (I usually gave a check as it does act as something of a “bill of sale” showing I DID pay for the thing. I have heard of some getting hit with legal actions after they bought a meteorite with cash only to have the original owner come after them later, claiming that they were never paid. I did NOT want to get into that position (so I ended up making him sign a full “bill of sale”). Unfortunately, it was Saturday morning. NO banks were open Saturday in the area. I had to go up to Amarillo to find an open bank (and take a big cash advance on my credit card) to make this work. Got that done, went home with the stone. Troubles started. Not legal, but research. I had to have this compared to every other meteorite of a similar type that was found within 15 miles of this one. Well, the most likely candidate was Silverton, Tx. The problem here was that the ONLY place that had a thin section that would allow this comparison to be done (to the satisfaction of the Nomenclature Committee anyway) was a place in Germany. I sent them an already made-up thin section of my (10.1kg) stone to make it “quick and easy”. Nope, it still took years to get that done. Yep, it turned out to match the piece that was found back in 1938. These two pieces came from Jim Schwade who got “them” from me back in February of 1991 (probably at the Tucson show that year). Each comes with one of his labels. However, while measuring things for this list I noticed that these two pieces actually fit together to form a much large part slice (there is still one cut edge – likely the piece I cut off of this, likely the center slice of the stone I got, for research work). I looked up Silverton in Jim’s collection catalog and, yes, there is (was, anyway) a 585g “part slice” listed for this meteorite there. It seems that it got dropped or such (broken in shipping?) at some point. The weights on the labels are very slightly higher than the weights of the pieces. This is because I sanded one side back to 220 grit so you can actually see some of the structure of this meteorite. Both sides were fairly highly polished. As such, they were very dark brown and did not show much of anything with the naked eye.
a) 250.2 gram slice – 130mm x 90mm x 7mm - $850
b) 331.3 gram part slice – 130mm x 120mm x 7mm - $1125
c) both pieces - $1700

WHITECOURT, Canada: Iron. Medium oct. (IIIAB). Found 1906. Tkw = 140.9kg.
This is a completely natural as found individual. Nothing has been done to it since it was found. It has a classic shrapnel shape to it. When I’d show Sikhote-Alin shrapnel pieces to people in the past I made it a point to tell them that this is NOT how a meteorite really looks. For the most part, it isn’t. BUT, once a crater is involved….. Now we have at least three different meteorites that look (almost exactly) like this (Sikhote-Alin, Gebel Kamil and Whitecourt). Enough so that it would be hard to sort them out from one another without the aid of scientific equipment. I got this piece in Tucson and kind of planned on keeping it for myself. I may still do that if it does not sell. Currently, I don’t think I have ANY meteorite specimen from Canada at the moment and it might be kind of interesting to have a display showing the 3 meteorites currently known meteorites that look so similar (yes, Henbury and/or Boxhole could qualify but they tend to be a lot smaller and not quite so obviously shrapnel shaped).
225.4g shrapnel fragment as found – 75mm x 45mm x 20mm - $1200
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Shipping:

Well, once again, the post office has increased prices (a lot). I knew about the increase in the basic “forever” stamps (and stupidly missed buying some before the cost went up in July) but did not see an increase in other shipping costs. That seems to have now come about. I mailed my first package (actually just a padded envelope with a very small item in my smallest jewelry box) since August 1st and it ran me over $7 for “ground advantage”!!! (it would have been around $15 for priority as they really penalize you if you do not have “standard packaging” with priority. Basically forcing you to use a flat-rate box or really get screwed on shipping rates). Speaking of flat-rate/ priority rates. It now looks like $12 is needed to send a small flat-rate box (yeah, I know. You can get it for more like $11 if you do all the work online and print the label yourself. However, I have been finding lately that that system has been having LOTS of problems lately and I am only able to do such less than half the times I try).

I have no idea on what changes have happened in overseas/ out of the country rates. I’ll have to custom quote those kind of shipments for now.

Blaine Reed Meteorites - List 280 30APR2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
LIST 280 - April 30, 2025


Dear Collectors

This (interestingly) is probably my first list in 20 years that I don’t have a single NWA meteorite on.

As I mentioned above, some of these things I have only a very small amount. However (aside from Richfield and Cape York) I have checked a bit and found that, if I have sold a piece you were hoping to get before you could contact me, I should be able to get very similar replacements. I’d just need a week or so maybe to get my hands on it.

A note concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with imbedded group photos of the items on this list that the item pictured MAY NOT be the identical item you receive (except for cases where I have clearly labeled an item as “the only one this size” or similar). I usually have (and sell) multiple pieces of each size of the items listed (sometimes MANY of them – far to many to put all in a photograph for people to pick from). What I normally do is send the first person that asks for a particular item the largest piece available in whatever size range it is that the specimen they are buying belongs to (when I send a piece that is not in the photo, you generally get a very similar but slightly larger piece). This came about as MOST of my sales from these periodic larger catalogs come from the paper mailed version of this offering where no photos exist so customers don’t know exactly what the piece they ordered looks like (and are usually quite happy to receive a slightly larger specimen instead). So, you can certainly request the exact item in the group photo and I am happy to send it if someone else hasn’t already requested it. Please let me know if you would likely ONLY be happy with receiving that actual pictured piece(s) and I will NOT do any substitution(s) in your order.




CAPE YORK, Greenland: Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1818. Tkw = about 58tonnes.

This is one thing I did manage to work on (on one of the few nice days we have had). I picked up a 200g rectangular slice of this in Tucson. Hated to cut it down, but I did have a couple people wanting a smaller piece of this. I figured that others would as well. This meteorite was likely known by the native of the Greenland area for hundreds of years. They spent large amounts of time beating on these irons to get iron for knives and spear points. Some of these items were given to Capt. J Ross in 1818 and it didn’t take long for them to be recognized as meteoritic. In 1898 R.E. Perry located and loaded up (for a trip to New York) the three known masses. Luckily for the natives, they were (in general) supplied with “modern” iron implements as replacements. These are all rectangular slices etched on one side.
1) Part slices, etched on one side:
a) 10.7 grams - 20mm x 18mm x 3mm - $175
b) 23.0 grams - 31mm x 26mm x 3mm - $360
c) 44.0 grams - 43mm x 37mm x 3mm - $760 - NOT in photo, but very similar.




AMO, Indiana: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Fell December 10, 2024. Tkw = about 70kg.

I was offered some of this in Tucson (and did put some pieces out for sale). The price back then was $120/g. News got out that a large piece (53kg found by Robert Ward) had been discovered (and was even on display a short walk from my room). Of course, speculation that a large amount of this material were about to be dumped on the market had people believing that prices would soon plunge. Yep. Prices did drop somewhat, but they certainly have not plummeted. I suspect that this might be one of those falls where prices don’t ever get really cheap. The big pieces were (so far) found by people that plan to keep them and keep them intact. Smaller pieces have been found, but not that many. I have not had anyone offering me any of this material in any quantity since its fall. Anyway, I decided it might be kind of nice to offer some of the newest US fall on this list. IF you really feel the want/ need to own a piece of this new fall, maybe stick with buying a small(ish) piece for now. That way, if the price does drop from here, you can be thankful you didn’t spend a fortune to get the biggest piece of this you could get as soon as you could get it. But then, if the price stays here (or starts to go up) then you can be happy you already have a nice piece of this meteorite in your collection.
1) Slices/part slices:
a) .57 grams - 10mm x 7mm x 2mm - $35
b) 1.14 grams - 11mm x 11mm x 2mm - $69
c) 1.8 grams - 19mm x 11mm x 2mm - $103
d) 3.3 grams - 22mm x 18mm x 2mm - $180
e) 6.4 grams - 34mm x 27mm x 2mm - $340
f) 13.9 grams - 50mm x 35mm x 2mm - $720
g) 35.9 grams - 80mm x 80mm x 2mm - $1795 – complete slice.



RICHFIELD, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.7). Found 1983. Tkw = 41kg.

I once had the entire mass of this meteorite. I had it cut up into slices about 6mm or so thick before I found out what it was. This meteorite has lots of areas that have been darkened by solar wind implanted gasses. Those areas do a god job of hiding the chondrules. The piece I first cut open (a solar wind area) looked very, very much like an L5 so I told the person cutting it to cut it the standard chondrite thickness (which was around 6mm at the time for a stone this large). Only later did I find out that this was, a rare and desirable meteorite type. I have long since sold all of those large slices (though I do have a 517g custom framed complete slice that has been cut down to only a few mm thick - $4000) and now only have small pieces (that I too have split into thinner pieces). I’ve priced these a lot lower than what pieces of this brought back when I first offered them. My inventory records seem to show that I have only a total of around 150g of this material remaining (the big framed slice is a consignment).
1) Part slices:
a) 1.2 grams - 13mm x 10mm x 3mm - $10
b) 2.5 grams - 18mm x 16mm x 3mm - $20
c) 5.6 grams - 25mm x 25mm x 3mm - $44
d) 10.7 grams - 35mm x 30mm x 3mm - $82
e) 13.6 grams - 55mm x 30mm x 3mm - $100




NORTON COUNTY, Kansas: Enstatite achondrite (Aubrite). Fell Feb. 18, 1948.

I really, really hesitated to put these on this list as I have so very few of them. However, these are a special enough item I felt it would be a good idea to let as many people as I can know about them. I have also looked into getting more/ replacement pieces and it does look like I should be able to get some. Aubrites are a really rare item on their own. I have had very few of them go through my hands over the years. However, these particular pieces are far more special yet. These all fluoresce (with a 365nm filtered LED black light) very brilliantly. There is no mistaking the fluorescence of these pieces. They all have a sizable amount of iron free olivine patches that fluoresce a brilliant yellow (I’ll try to get a picture of these under black light I can send people who ask for it. Not sure it will work, but I will try). These are all ex University of New Mexico specimens. Each is a smallish fragment with a number (in black on a white painted spot) painted on it.
1) Natural fragments that show good fluorescence:
a) 3.8 grams - 17mm x 15mm x 10mm - $190
b) 4.8 grams - 22mm x 13mm x 10mm - $240
c) 5.9 grams - 22mm x 18mm x 12mm - $295






IMILAC, Chile: Stony-iron (Pallasite). Found 1822.

All I have had to offer for this meteorite the past couple decades has been the little “shrapnel”, wild shaped pieces, that have had their crystals turned to a sandy texture (I do still have some, but not a lot, of those - $15/g). I can’t recall the last time I had a truly nice, fresh slice of this meteorite to sell (even as a single piece or on consignment). Which is kind of a shame as it is positively one of the very prettiest meteorites in existence. I picked up a small (very small) selection of really nice slices in Tucson this year. Actually, I ended up getting them from a couple different sources (one etched their slices, one stuck with the simple but beautiful high polish). These are NOT cheap but they are superb ”stained glass window” effect stable pallasite slices. Seymchan (now running $15 to $20/g on a good day) is stable but it rarely has really nice clear crystals like this material has. If these (or the particular size piece you want) sells quickly, fear not. I (with a little time) should be able to obtain nice replacements for any of these pieces/ sizes.
1) Thin cut full and part slices:
a) 4.5 grams - 21mm x 18mm x 2.5mm - $180 – polished slice.
b) 10.7 grams - 30mm x 24mm x 3mm - $430 – etched slice.
c) 21.1 grams - 44mm x 30mm x 3.5mm - $840 – etched slice.
d) 41.8 grams - 65mm x 60mm x 2mm - $1600 –polished complete slice.



PHILIPPINITE: Tektite from Philippine Islands. Bikol Province “Bikolite”.

These I do have a fairly good selection of. I lucked into these through a trade in Tucson. Yes, I already had (and have offered) plenty of Philippinites in the not terribly distant past. However, I have not had ones like these. These are the really classic deep grooved specimens (my other, smaller pieces have grooving but it is quite shallow – only a few mm deep). If you have seen a picture of a large classic Philippines tektite then you know what these look like – generally quite large, round with really interesting deep groves and knobs. However, these are from Bikol whereas many (most?) of the classic ones I have seen labeled as Rizal province (“Rizalite”). I had my source double check that these were indeed really from Bikol. “Yes, absolutely” was the answer. Not sure if that makes these more interesting or rare. Not sure it really matters. I am offering these at below the price that was asked for me to pay (“wholesale”) in Tucson for similar pieces just a couple years ago.
1) Natural individuals as found:
a) 31.4 grams - 38mm x 35mm x 20mm - $70
b) 68.4 grams - 50mm x 40mm x 25mm - $150
c) 114.8 grams - 50mm x 45mm x 45mm - $235
d) 152.5 grams - 55mm x 50mm x 45mm - $300
e) 187.4 grams - 65mm x 50mm x 40mm - $350
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Shipping:
US Shipping: Well, postal rates have increased yet higher. It seems that the very cheapest I can send one of my jewelry boxes in a padded envelope now cost just under $6 ($5.65 is the very cheapest rate I have gotten so far this year). I will still just stick with $5 for postage on these small things for now. This is for the “ground advantage” I have mentioned in the past. It still looks like that method is still getting things were they need to be pretty much as fast as the “First-class” method that once existed (and, so far, I have not had a package disappear because it got lost in a truck full of larger packages). For things people prefer to send “Priority”, the costs are $10 for fairly small things (whatever can fit in a small flat-rate box) and around $18 for large things (things that need a medium flat-rate box).

For overseas shipping, it does look like the “First Class” option still exists (thankfully, because most overseas small flat-rate costs are bumping up against $50 these days). I will, likely, need to custom quote even the “first class” jewelry box in a padded envelope none the less. Those used to be around $15 or $16. However, I seem to recall that such a package was quoted at closer to $35 going to France a couple months ago (that customer decided to go with the faster Priority).

Blaine Reed Meteorites - List 279 19MAR2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com

LIST 279 - March 19, 2025


Dear Collectors,

Here is the third “after Tucson” offering. I will (likely) have a couple more at some point. However, thanks to various projects (trying to maybe pull together a larger “Spring” mailed/ e-mailed offering), possible trips (visiting the Denver Spring show next month) and more may keep me too busy to put out more of these e-mail offerings for a while (most of the remaining “new” items I brought back from Tucson are mine or belong to someone that is not in a hurry to have me return them so there is not the immediate need/ rush to offer them as some of the pieces I have already offered).

As last time, if you see something you want but need to wait for some $ to come in, let me know. I’d be happy to set things aside for you (I have permission from pretty much everyone these specimens are from to do that.).



CARICHIC, Mexico: (H5). Found 1983. Tkw = 17kg.
This has to be one of the last “new” meteorites Glenn Huss (American Meteorite Lab) offered. The find date is only a couple years earlier than when he closed/ retired. This piece is a nice complete slice. The catalog number painted on it (on the edge) is “H438.5” so it is one of the earlier pieces he traded or sold of this meteorite. I do see some records of pieces of this meteorite out there in an internet search, but not many (and didn’t find any for sale). The interior is pretty typical of a somewhat weathered H chondrite – a fair amount of (generally small) fresh metal flakes, some (but not a lot) chondrules in a mottled medium to dark brown matrix. The natural edge has the classic meteorite rounded “corners”. Much of it shows weathered fusion crust but some of it is old natural chipped (from the fall?) surfaces. This comes with its original American Meteorite Lab label.
302.8 gram complete slice – 120mm x 115mm x 7mm - $1800

DEAKIN (007), Australia: (H6). Found 1989. Tkw = 1.06kg.
I remember having some of this to sell myself years ago. Those piece came from the same place as this one: David New. For a few years, he had a good assortment of different Australian meteorites for sale. I bought specimens of all the different ones I could get for my “micro collection” and others in multiple pieces to sell (to, maybe, help pay for the ones I kept). This piece is an interesting complete slice. About 2/3 of the edge has the classic crusted meteorite shape. I don’t see actual crust on those areas though. If it is there, it is hidden under a light orange/tan layer of adhering material (dirt or caliche). The remaining areas of the edge are clearly areas where a piece has broken or chipped off (but very long ago. There are no recent looking broken/ chipped surfaces). The interior is, as to be expected with an older H find, a medium to dark brown. There are lots of metal grains (many somewhat oxidized to a quasi-metallic looking magnetite/ hematite) and, also to be expected for a Type 6, no real clear complete chondrules (some part chondrules though) visible. This comes with its (now likely 35 year old) original David New label.
74.8 gram complete slice – 85mm x 50mm x 5mm - $400

KUNYA-URGENCH, Turkmenistan: (H5). Fell June 20, 1998. Tkw = 1000kg.
The card that comes with this specimen says that Jim Schwade got this specimen from me back in June of 1999. It is apparent that he got this from my mailed offering sent out that month (I actually found a copy of it!). This piece represents the largest I had available (I had a “42.8g” piece on the list but I often have pieces similar to the pieces actually listed on those mailed lists and whomever asks first gets the largest piece in the size they asked for. I still do this today). On that list (now 25 years ago) I had this material priced at $4.50/ gram. I don’t have this piece priced much higher (I may change this if this does not sell on this offering as a quick check shows others pricing this material at closer to $15/g). To be honest, this is not a terribly pretty piece. It has a lot of rust on its surface. But then, I recall pretty much every piece I had of this did. I kind of wonder if someone, when offering to buy this material after the fall, made the mistake of offering to buy it strictly by the weight. That mistake was made with Juanchenge(which fell only a year earlier). The first pieces of that meteorite to come out were really nice (and also close to $10/g). Weeks/ months later, everything seemed to be rusty, surprisingly so soon after its fall (same as this). What I learned was the Chinese finders of Juanchenge were dropping the meteorites in buckets of water for days/ weeks. They may not look it, but stone meteorites are often quite porous. Let water sink into/ fill those pores and you get a substantially heavier meteorite that brings you more $ when you are being paid strictly by the gram (instead of adding in completeness, condition and such as part of the pricing equation). This does have a patch of fusion crust (about 30mm x 15mm) that clearly shows a thumb-printed texture. This comes with a Jim Schwade Meteorite Collection label.
43.2 gram fragment with crust – 40mm x 30mm x 15mm - $250



SARATOV, Russia: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Fell Sept. 6, 1918. Tkw = 328kg.
At one time, I had a pretty good pile of this meteorite, including pieces that were many kilos in size (this was like 25 or 30 years ago). Lately, I rarely see a piece or Saratov, large or small. This is an interesting meteorite. I have always liked it. Probably its most obvious feature is that it is quite friable (though not quite as bad as the Bjurbole, Finland meteorite). It is not hard to simply rub this thing and have chondrules start to fall out (the matrix turns to fine dirt if you do this). It is really common, when receiving a piece of this, to find at least a few chondrules that have managed to escape on their own in whatever box or bag the piece is received in. The Jim Schwade label that comes with this piece has the weight as 696 grams. My weight has it at 694.7 grams. So, only about a gram difference from when the card was made up (some years ago). Some of this MIGHT be humidity escaping the specimen (Illinois is far more humid than I am here. This meteorite is very porous and will absorb some moisture if left unprotected in a humid place) but I suspect that a good portion may be due to chondrules making a break for it (I know there were a few loose in the bag when I got it). Anyway, this is a really nice nearly fist-sized specimen that has a nice patch of fusion crust (about 55mm x 70mm in size) on one end. As mentioned above, this comes with its original Jim Schwade Collection label.
694.7 gram fragment – 100mm x 60mm x 55mm - $2100

SELMA, Alabama: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1906. Tkw = 140.9kg.
This is another David New specimen. I did have some of this (smaller, much smaller) meteorite for sale years ago (and I seem to recall that all of those came from David New as well). This piece look like it might have been a museum collection specimen at some point. It has an old (looks like it has been there a long time) number painted on it in a very Nininger-like way – black numbers on a white (now cream colored due to age) rectangle. That number is “3856”. This piece is actually larger than those in some famous museum collections (and entirely missing in many others) and may be rare as such. This piece is an end piece that has part of the “bottom” cut off of it – so a “bookend”. Actually, it stands up perfectly as a bookend on its own. No display stand needed. The interior shows a lot of fine fresh metal grains in a medium to dark brown matrix. There are certainly lots of chondrules visible but you have to look a bit closer to see them. All of the exterior surfaces of this piece look to be old natural fractures. I don’t see anything that I’d feel confident in calling “weathered fusion crust” on it. Regardless, this a nice looking specimen of an older historic find that not a lot of has gotten out into the collecting world. This comes with its original David New label.
604.8 gram bookend – 120mm x 95mm x 30mm - $2400

TSAREV, Russia: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 1969.
Now I have had quite a bit of this meteorite in recent history. In fact, I know I have a number of slices remaining (just need to dig a little bit to find them). However, I don’t have the old David New label to go with any of those pieces. I thought that that this was a part slice, looking at it in its Riker. Nope, it is actually a cut end piece (an end piece that has two sides cut that makes it basically rectangular). The back side is original rounded natural weathered surface. What is more interesting is that the back side has a deep natural hole/ thumb-print that goes all the way through the piece. So, this specimen has a natural hole near one of the shorter ends. Interesting piece!
73.3 gram cut end piece – 65mm x 39mm x 10mm - $300

Shipping:
I will probably have to custom quote most of these. I can probably get the Kunya-Urgench in one of my standard jewelry box inside a padded envelope ($5 for “ground”). It and the Tsarev and Deakin pieces would fit just fine in a Priority small flat-rate box ($10). The other things (Carichic, Selma, Saratov) will require substantially larger packaging.

Blaine Reed Meteorites- List #278 11MAR2025

LIST 278 - March 11, 2025

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com

Dear Collectors,
Here is the second in a series of “After Tucson” offerings. It is likely that I will be cramming more of these offerings much closer together time wise than I usually do (but then, last year, I hardly did any of them the entire year). This is partly because many of these things are consigned items. The owners may want some of these back before I get a chance to try and sell them. I’d rather try to earn a little $ sending them to a buyer than just spending shipping money to send them back home. I don’t think some of them would be terribly happy if I waited until summer to offer their items to collectors (but then, maybe I could hold them for the Denver show if they didn’t sell then).

I do know “tax time” is upon us. I myself need to get that taken care. I generally have to wait as various museums and institutes send me 1099 forms (that MUST be reported on/ in my taxes). Unfortunately, a good number of them wait until the last legal day (March 31st I think) to send them out to me. Anyway, I do know many of us are worried about taxes. I also know many of us will be getting a refund (I will this year, thanks to the solar/ battery backup system I spent the later part of last year getting up and running). IF you are one of those lucky folks that are going to be getting a refund AND you see something on this list (or past and future ones for that matter) you want and would like to spend some of that refund $ on it, just let me know. I’ll be happy to set aside the item you want until your refund money comes in. All I ask is, if you do set something aside with me for this, let me know ASAP if, for some reason, you change your mind on wanting the specimen after all.

CAPE YORK, Greenland: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1815.
This piece does belong to me. It did not come with any kind of label. I couldn’t do anything with it in Tucson as I was not exactly certain just what it was (I had my suspicions though). Yes, I had the XRF and I could have run it to get its makeup (Ni, Co, Ge, P, S…). However, the actual data I needed (analysis results on different iron meteorites) were all in a book sitting on a shelf in my office. Thankfully, my suspicions (from remembering very similar pieces floating around years ago) turned out to be correct (or this would have ended up being very expensive Toluca or El Sampal for me). The XRF data clearly says this IS a piece of the famous Cape York meteorite. There was indeed a fair amount of this available years ago. Not so much these days. I don’t think I have had a piece of it in around 10 years or so. I do have people asking for pieces of this from time to time. So, (this is NOT intended to be any kind of threat) if this does not sell as is fairly soon, I will cut this into smaller pieces to offer on a future list (maybe even my Spring 2025 mailed list, if I do one). This is a very typical rectangular slice (all cut edges) with a nice medium octahedrite etch and only a few tiny troilite inclusions. I’ll make up some kind of label for this and (if the buyer wants) put it in a Riker.
211.1 gram rectangular slice – 95mm x 80mm x 3.5mm - $3000

DALGETY DOWNS, Australia: Ordinary chondrite (L4). Found 1941. Tkw = 217kg.
I offered some of this material on a recent mailed catalog (my January 2024 one, actually). I ended up selling quite a lot of it from that offering. All of those were substantially smaller than this piece. This is a piece that came (years ago) from David New (I think I even bought a number of pieces of this meteorite from him when he first brought it out all those years ago). Like my smaller pieces, this has a good amount of metal (not a ton – remember, this is an L-type) in a matrix that is mixed chocolate brown and light tan. This piece is a thick part slice. It has one cut edge with the remainder being the typical old natural fractured surfaces this meteorite typically shows (I don’t ever recall seeing ANY actual fusion crust, weathered or not, on a piece of this meteorite). This specimen comes in a Riker with its original David New label.
106.8 gram part slice – 70mm x 50mm x 10mm - $425

FORREST LAKE (b), Australia: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found Oct. 1980, Tkw = 26kg.
I sure remember this meteorite! I think it was the second stone meteorite I ever got a piece of. I got a nice slice of it from Robert Haag, actually. At that point, he had it listed as Forrest(b). Now (with the finding of many more meteorites in the “Forrest” area) this is officially Forrest (002). I suspect that this particular specimen got into collector’s hands very early after this meteorite was found and recognized. At least before the area was “simplified” to just Forrest (otherwise there might have been lots of odd names. Forrest Lake, Forrest ditch, Forrest rock…..). Regardless, this is actually one of the better pieces of this meteorite I have seen. Just looking at it in the Riker, I thought it was a thick slice. Nope, this is actually a nice end piece. Most of the back side does look to be an old natural fracture surface but the edges do show fusion crust (and thumb-printing) in some areas. The interior is the typical fine-grained metal in a nice mottled light tan to brown matrix. This comes with its original David New label.
132.8 gram end piece – 80mm x 60mm x 10mm - $600



GRETNA, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 1912. Tkw = 58.7kg.
Interestingly, this one comes with an old Cureton Minerals Co, Tucson label. I remember them from very early in my collecting days. I even remember visiting them at their house in Tucson and buying a few things from them one time. I know I had some pieces of this meteorite (both as collection pieces and for sale) and those came from them. This is a nice ½ slice. It has one cut edge. The remainder is split between fusion crusted and old natural fractured edges. This has a good amount of metal visible in a nice mottled brown and tan matrix. This comes in a Riker and (of course) comes with its Cureton label.
95.5 gram ½ slice – 70mm x 55mm x 8mm - $450

SALAICES, Mexico: Ordinary chondrite (H4). Found 1981. Tkw = 24.5kg.
This is actually a really nice specimen. It has a ton of fresh metal in a mottled dark green and brown matrix. This has a high polish on both sides. This would, actually, make really nice lapidary material (cabochons and such). NOT going to do that to this piece though. This is a complete slice – no cut edges. A bit less than half of the edge is obviously weathered fusion crust. The remainder is old natural fracture surfaces. I may be showing a bit of ignorance here, but this has a clear “S167” painted on the edge in Huss or Nininger style but I do not know who’s collection (private or University) this may have come out of. This comes in a Riker with its David New label.
98.2 gram complete slice – 80mm x 65mm x 5mm - $450

SELDEN, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (LL5). Found 1960.Tkw = 1.56kg.
Here is a meteorite that I am fairly certain that I have never had a piece of. This is not terribly surprising as only a single stone was found. Also, looking over the listing of what institutions have how much of this in the British Museum’s “Catalogue of Meteorites”, it shows that Fort Hayes Kansas State College has the main mass where they list the “main mass” and list that as the total 1.56kg found weight as their collection piece size. Well, that cannot be completely correct as other institutions (but only around 6) have (generally fairly small) pieces. This is an interesting piece. It has the odd look of many classic LL meteorites – very little metal and a mottled light to medium brown matrix that just looks different from H’s and L’s. This piece is basically an end piece (and probably quite rare as such) that has had its bottom and one small end cut off. Maybe call it a bookend? It does stand up very nicely on its own outside of its Riker. The best part though, is the fact that the “natural” part of its backside is (mostly) obvious thumb-printed fusion crust. A likely rare (locality/ name anyway) meteorite that I have not seen a piece of before. This comes with its original David New label (where it has this as an “AMPHOTERITE” – what they used to call LL type meteorites years ago).
48.6 gram part end piece – 53mm x 35mm x 15mm - $500

Shipping:
Pretty much any of these should be able to be safely shipped in a small Priority flat-rate box (if you are only buying one of them anyway). As such, US shipping on any of these is $10. I probably need to check overseas rates again (they seem to change almost weekly these days) but I think it cost me around $45 to send a small flat-rate box to Europe a couple months ago and around $32 on one going to Canada more recently.

I can (and generally will) look into rates for “Ground Advantage” here in the US. However, I have found recently that there are substantial penalties for not using a “standard box size/ shape” (basically any box that is not post office supplied) that often make the costs of shipping “Ground” as much or even more than using whatever size Priority flat-rate box would hold the item(s). I’ll let you know if Ground will save you money. As for overseas/ out of US shipments, I can only use priority, unfortunately. This is because First-Class is not allowed for a package that has a value at or above $400 (a value that all of the pieces here exceed, at their listed prices anyway).