Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 189
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………………LIST 189
April 27, 2016
Dear collectors,
Here is the e-mail version of my recently mailed spring/ after tax season offering. Yep, I pretty much waited until the last minute to finally get my taxes done. If any of you did the same (apparently, a surprising number of people do procrastinate on this particular task) and will have to wait for your refund (hopefully you will get one) and would like to spend it on meteorites please let me know. I’d be happy to set things aside for you while the refund check is “in the mail”, so don’t hesitate to ask.
WOLF CREEK, Australia: Medium octahedrite (IIIB). Found 1947.
These are not actual iron meteorite but the famous (and still scarce) shale balls from this famous crater. I think a few pieces of actual iron has been found (and some shale balls still contain unoxidized iron inside them) but I have never had any such fresh metal Wolf Creek in my years. It has been many years since I have even had any shale balls. These particular specimens are all complete with a generally round (or oval) and often flattened shape and show the rough, kind of cracked surface texture (some have a layer of adhering sand). I have very few of these – only one of each size, except the smallest (of which I have two).
1) Individual shale balls as found (lightly air-blasted clean):
a) 108.6 grams - 50mm x 45mm x 28mm - $150
b) 126.4 grams - 65mm x 45mm x 27mm - sold
c) 165.6 grams - 60mm x 50mm x 30mm - $225
d) 190.6 grams - 60mm x 60mm x 28mm - $250
NWA (8225): Ordinary chondrite (H4), S2, W1. Found before September 2011. Tkw = 100 grams.
Here is another little “Main mass” offering. This, superficially, looks quite weathered. It has a complete individual shape but no real distinct crust left. The interior shows lots of small chondrules and some metal in medium to dark mottled orangish brown matrix. This is priced well below what just the analysis work would cost me to get the thing classified.
85.1 gram individual – 40mm x 30mm x 30mm - $130 – Main mass.
NWA (8738): “Ordinary” chondrite. (LL3-6), W1, S4. Found. Tkw = 2851 grams.
It took nearly 7 years to finally get this one through research (it just now got done). I think it was worth the wait. This is anything but ordinary and, to me, one of the most interesting meteorites I have offered in a long time. The pieces I got (4 larger and lots of gravel) looked like concrete – angular to rounded darker pebbles in a light gray matrix. The seller thought this was a howardite. To me, this turned out to be better. This is a breccia containing fragments of three distinct different meteorite types: LL3 (around 25% of the stone) and making up remainder (75% together) is LL6 and L6 (!). So, this is a breccia that has a large component of material from a completely different parent body! I don’t have a lot of this remaining as a sizable portion was small gravel and fragments and a fair number of the larger pieces have already sold. This is another meteorite that seemed to sell itself the few times I have shown anyone pieces of it.
1) Slices:
a) 4.0 grams - 18mm x 15mm x 5mm - $40
b) 8.0 grams - 32mm x 20mm x 5mm - $80
c) 16.6 grams - 50mm x 30mm x 5mm - $150
d) 36.4 grams - 65mm x 40mm x 5mm - $300
e) 77.8 grams - 75mm x 65mm x 5mm - $600 – nice large dark clasts.
2) Cut fragments:
a) 107.9 grams - 65mm x 65mm x 15mm - $800 – really nice!
b) 233.9 grams - 85mm x 70mm x 17mm - $1400
JBILET WINSELWAN, Morocco: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Found 2013. Tkw = about 6 kg.
I hesitated to offer this material. Part of me wanted to wait and see if it turned out that Ceres or the comet the Europeans landed on matches this stuff in any way at all. I suspect (hope?) that there are a number of collectors who thought (like me) that they could wait and pick up a nice piece of this at any time so they missed out. It turned out that there really was not much of this recovered and it disappeared quite quickly. These are all natural fragments (many have at least some crust) that I have air-blast cleaned to get rid of dirt (and now look amazingly dark and fresh). Here is another chance to own a Murchison like meteorite (these even still have a hint of odd carbon smell) for a fraction of the price.
1) Natural fragments as found (air blasted to remove dirt):
a) 1.7 grams - 15mm x 11mm x 10mm - $50
b) 2.7 grams - 16mm x 15mm x 8mm - $80
c) 5.5 grams - 23mm x 21mm x 11mm - $160
d) 9.7 grams - 30mm x 24mm x 12mm - $275
e) 19.3 grams - 35mm x 25mm x 19mm - $530
f) 37.7 grams - 40mm x 30mm x 28mm - $950
NWA (10514): HED achondrite (Eucrite, monomict breccia). Found April 2015. Tkw = 12 kilograms.
I got this stuff in a trade for a slice of a Texas stone that I simply could not say “No” to. This eucrite definitely has a bit different appearance than most. It has a mottled/swirled dark gray, green and reddish brown color with only a few light colored areas. This darkness is mostly due to shock effects and this particular meteorite has experienced a lot of shock. The research notes say it has a “high” shock level and that there is impact melt visible around the clasts (which are all one type material, hence the “monomict” breccia classification). These are all part slices, as the person who cut this had to block it down to get it to fit in their saw. These are not much to look at BUT it has a very different appearance and is quite affordable.
1) Part slices:
a) 2.6 grams - 20mm x 18mm x 2mm - $25
b) 5.2 grams - 33mm x 26mm x 2mm - $50
c) 11.6 grams - 42mm x 32mm x 3mm - $100
d) 27.1 grams - 60mm x 55mm x 3mm - $250
e) 66.1 grams - 100mm x 70mm x 4mm - $500
BEDIASITE, Tektite from Texas.
I picked up these wonderful specimens in Tucson from the guy that found them. He was leaving the show early to go do some gold prospecting I think and didn’t want to leave them with the jewelry dealer that he originally had them on display with (where they weren’t selling well as most jewelry people would have no idea why these pieces of dark glass were so expensive). Thankfully, he stopped by my room and made an offer that I luckily had (barely) cash to cover. Any way all of these are complete and show nice surface pits and etching (though the largest piece is a little shallower than others). I do have a few deep etched “popcorn” pieces listed below. However, these are one of a kind, only pieces available (as is the 41.7g large smoother piece).
1) Individual specimens as found:
a) 4.3 grams - 17mm x 15mm x 12mm - $45
b) 5.9 grams - 18mm x 15mm x 15mm - $60
c) 12.8 grams - 26mm x 22mm x 19mm - $130
d) 21.0 grams - 35mm x 22mm x 22mm - $200
e) 41.7 grams - 35mm x 33mm x 27mm - $400
2) “Popcorn” like individuals: $15/ gram:
Sizes available: 3.7g, 7.0g, 11.6g, 16.8g
MICROBIAL MAT: (stromatolite). Australia: 3.49 billion years old.
Here is yet another “ancient rock” offering. The note on the perky box says that this is from the Dresser Formation, North pole dome, Pilbara District, Western Australia. I had seen these during Denver last year but hesitated as they were twice the price of the other ancient rock perky boxed specimens I had bought earlier. Also, the Strelly Pool stromatolites are around the same age. However, research says that these North pole dome specimens are actually around 100million years older. I don’t have a lot of these specimens and it is not certain if the guy I got them from will be allowed to export any further pieces.
Roughly 20mm x 15mm x 10mm specimen in perky box - $50
Please note:
Shipping: For small US orders $3 should still be fine for now. Larger orders are now $12 (insurance is extra if desired – I’ll look it up if you want it). Overseas prices have gone up A LOT the past couple years. Now small overseas orders are around $9 (I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders). Thankfully, it seems that the rate for registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is still around $13.
I do have a new fax machine that seems to work (but I have to answer it and manually turn it on), so overseas people can contact me that way if they must. How ever, for overseas orders, it probably is best to go ahead and use my brmeteorites@yahoo.com e-mail.
