P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
LIST 253 - September 30, 2022
See Full Note at bottom of post concerning substitutions.
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).
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SERICHO, Kenya: Stony-iron (pallasite). Recognized 2016. Tkw = tons.
Nope, these are NOT more pallasite pieces. These are actually pieces (all be it small) of etched iron from this huge find. It turns out that among the hundreds (thousands?) of pieces of this meteorite recovered only a tiny few (as in single digits, like 2 or 3, I am told) were all iron, no olivine specimens. This IS somewhat like Brenham, another large pallasite recovery where almost all pieces are olivine-rich but some are found that are all iron. Seymchan was only known as all iron specimens (and classified as such) for decades after it was originally discovered and only further intensive search work decades later turned up olivine baring specimens showing its true identity as a pallasite (but those olivine baring pieces were always, by far, rarer among the recoveries). These are nice small etched on both sides ALL IRON specimens that I got from a person that landed one of the two or three all iron pieces from this large and now famous find.
1) Part slices, etched on both sides:
a) 4.0 grams 18mm x 9mm x 3mm $14.00
b) 8.9 grams 17mm x 16mm x 3mm $31.00
c) 14.7 grams 30mm x 27mm x 3mm $50.00
d) 22.1 grams 39mm x 24mm x 3mm $75.00
e) 32.0 grams 40mm x 27mm x 3mm $100.00
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
LIST 253 - September 30, 2022
See Full Note at bottom of post concerning substitutions.
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).
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SERICHO, Kenya: Stony-iron (pallasite). Recognized 2016. Tkw = tons.
Nope, these are NOT more pallasite pieces. These are actually pieces (all be it small) of etched iron from this huge find. It turns out that among the hundreds (thousands?) of pieces of this meteorite recovered only a tiny few (as in single digits, like 2 or 3, I am told) were all iron, no olivine specimens. This IS somewhat like Brenham, another large pallasite recovery where almost all pieces are olivine-rich but some are found that are all iron. Seymchan was only known as all iron specimens (and classified as such) for decades after it was originally discovered and only further intensive search work decades later turned up olivine baring specimens showing its true identity as a pallasite (but those olivine baring pieces were always, by far, rarer among the recoveries). These are nice small etched on both sides ALL IRON specimens that I got from a person that landed one of the two or three all iron pieces from this large and now famous find.
1) Part slices, etched on both sides:
a) 4.0 grams 18mm x 9mm x 3mm $14.00
b) 8.9 grams 17mm x 16mm x 3mm $31.00
c) 14.7 grams 30mm x 27mm x 3mm $50.00
d) 22.1 grams 39mm x 24mm x 3mm $75.00
e) 32.0 grams 40mm x 27mm x 3mm $100.00
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GHUBARA, Oman: Ordinary chondrite. (L5), black, xenolithic. Found 1954.
Here are some slices from a 6kg chunk of this meteorite I set aside many years ago. These turned out to be some of the best cut Ghubara I have ever seen. They have a nice medium to dark gray color showing lots of lighter colored chondrules and cm plus sized clasts and lots of fresh metal. This meteorite is more than just an L5. It is actually a regolith breccia that is composed of L5 clasts in an L3 host matrix (probably should have been called an L3 with L5 xenoliths actually). What is even cooler still is that recent research work has shown that this meteorite is a regolith breccia from the surface of the ORIGINAL L-parent body! That body got blown apart in an impact around 500 million years ago – resulting in a drastic increase in large (and small) impacts here on Earth not long after.
1) Slices:
a) 8.4 grams 30mm x 23mm x 4mm $17.00
b) 17.0 grams 35mm x 27mm x 5mm $34.00
c) 34.1 grams 38mm x 38mm x 5mm $65.00
d) 74.8 grams 75mm x 57mm x 5mm $140.00
e) 151.6 grams 90mm x 80mm x 5mm $270.00 – nice complete slice.
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NWA (14930): Ordinary chondrite. (L5) – melt breccia, W0. Found 2021. Tkw = 4798 grams.
Well, this was likely found late 2021 perhaps. I bought this during the delayed (until April) 2021 Tucson show. A dealer at my hotel had it sitting with a few other meteorites on the end of a table in room that was, otherwise, filled with fossils. I could see that it had melt/ flow veins all through it on its wind-polished surface so I knew it was going to be on the more interesting side of “ordinary chondrite”. Yep, I was right. Cutting and research revealed areas that are shocked and or melted but looked somewhat typical chondrite (these zones do contain small clasts of unmelted L5 material – hence the “L5” part of its classification) surrounded by thick veins of obviously melted and flowed material. Nice and interesting meteorite. Lots of metal and sulfides (some small and blebby) in a green/ gray matrix (the melt veins lean more towards green).
1) Slices:
a) 4.8 grams 19mm x 16mm x 5mm $18.00
b) 8.2 grams 25mm x 16mm x 5mm $30.00
c) 14.4 grams 40mm x 30mm x 4mm $50.00
d) 29.0 grams 55mm x 50mm x 4mm $100.00
e) 62.2 grams 95mm x 68mm x 5mm $210.00
f) 142.2 grams 125mm x 100mm x 4mm $450.00 – complete slice.
2) End pieces:
a) 478.3 grams 125mm x 60mm x 30mm $1100.00
b) 2620.5 grams 125mm x 90mm x 90mm $5000.00 – Main mass.
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DJOUA (001), Algeria: Enstatite achondrite (Aubrite). Found 2021. Tkw = 22.5kg +
It has been a looooong time since I have offered a new (or old) Aubrite on a catalog. I picked this up in Tucson as unpolished slices. Wow, I had no idea an aubrite could be so hard to polish. It took considerable time (and more than a few sanding belts) to polish these. This is really interesting stuff. It has a white, light tan to dark brown mixed/mottled texture. Many (most, actually) of my pieces have a considerable amount of fresh metal scattered through parts of them. XRF work suggests that this is likely from other meteorites impacting the parent body of this material (the metal-rich pieces have a way higher iron content then the iron-poor areas clearly showing that the iron is NOT from being brought out of the minerals. But then, the minerals in this type meteorite contain very little iron to begin with). Neat stuff at a really affordable price for this very rare type of meteorite.
1) Slices:
a) .88 grams 10mm x 9mm x 3mm $25.00
b) 1.5 grams 18mm x 17mm x 3mm $42.00
c) 3.2 grams 25mm x 11mm x 3mm $88.00
d) 6.5 grams 23mm x 22mm x 4mm $175.00
e) 12.2 grams 33mm x 22mm x 5mm $315.00
f) 26.6 grams 57mm x 33mm x 4mm $650.00 – Complete slice.
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IMPACTITE: Henbury Crater, Australia.
Impactites are a glassy froth resembling volcanic cinder but are created by the melting of rock during the formation of an impact crater. These pieces were formed around 5,000 to 10,000 years ago when the Henbury meteorite impact created 13 craters. As meteoritic material is mixed in with the terrestrial rocks during impact, impactites contain small bits of meteorite mixed throughout them. If these were cut, these pieces of meteorite would be visible as small bright shiny metal blebs. I did not cut these particular specimens as my experience the last time I had some of these from Henbury (quite a few years ago) showed me that these particular impactites are a bit to frothy to cut and polish nicely. So, I decided to leave these in their “as found” condition. I have only one of the largest size listed here.
1) Specimens as found:
a) 1.8 grams 18mm x 15mm x 10mm $4.00
b) 3.0 grams 24mm x 15mm x 10mm $6.00
c) 5.5 grams 30mm x 18mm x 10mm $11.00
d) 7.7 grams 30mm x 23mm x 16mm $15.00
e) 11.1 grams 30mm x 30mm x 18mm $22.00 – only one this size.
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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 (three times a year) 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.
Shipping: For small US orders $5 is needed now. Larger orders are now $10 to $16 (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 $16 (Canada seems to be right around $14). I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders (both local and overseas). Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $20 plus insurance (but insurance is relatively cheap for registered packages).
I do have a 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. However, for overseas orders, it probably is best to go ahead and use my brmeteorites@yahoo.com e-mail when possible.
Here are some slices from a 6kg chunk of this meteorite I set aside many years ago. These turned out to be some of the best cut Ghubara I have ever seen. They have a nice medium to dark gray color showing lots of lighter colored chondrules and cm plus sized clasts and lots of fresh metal. This meteorite is more than just an L5. It is actually a regolith breccia that is composed of L5 clasts in an L3 host matrix (probably should have been called an L3 with L5 xenoliths actually). What is even cooler still is that recent research work has shown that this meteorite is a regolith breccia from the surface of the ORIGINAL L-parent body! That body got blown apart in an impact around 500 million years ago – resulting in a drastic increase in large (and small) impacts here on Earth not long after.
1) Slices:
a) 8.4 grams 30mm x 23mm x 4mm $17.00
b) 17.0 grams 35mm x 27mm x 5mm $34.00
c) 34.1 grams 38mm x 38mm x 5mm $65.00
d) 74.8 grams 75mm x 57mm x 5mm $140.00
e) 151.6 grams 90mm x 80mm x 5mm $270.00 – nice complete slice.
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NWA (14930): Ordinary chondrite. (L5) – melt breccia, W0. Found 2021. Tkw = 4798 grams.
Well, this was likely found late 2021 perhaps. I bought this during the delayed (until April) 2021 Tucson show. A dealer at my hotel had it sitting with a few other meteorites on the end of a table in room that was, otherwise, filled with fossils. I could see that it had melt/ flow veins all through it on its wind-polished surface so I knew it was going to be on the more interesting side of “ordinary chondrite”. Yep, I was right. Cutting and research revealed areas that are shocked and or melted but looked somewhat typical chondrite (these zones do contain small clasts of unmelted L5 material – hence the “L5” part of its classification) surrounded by thick veins of obviously melted and flowed material. Nice and interesting meteorite. Lots of metal and sulfides (some small and blebby) in a green/ gray matrix (the melt veins lean more towards green).
1) Slices:
a) 4.8 grams 19mm x 16mm x 5mm $18.00
b) 8.2 grams 25mm x 16mm x 5mm $30.00
c) 14.4 grams 40mm x 30mm x 4mm $50.00
d) 29.0 grams 55mm x 50mm x 4mm $100.00
e) 62.2 grams 95mm x 68mm x 5mm $210.00
f) 142.2 grams 125mm x 100mm x 4mm $450.00 – complete slice.
2) End pieces:
a) 478.3 grams 125mm x 60mm x 30mm $1100.00
b) 2620.5 grams 125mm x 90mm x 90mm $5000.00 – Main mass.
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DJOUA (001), Algeria: Enstatite achondrite (Aubrite). Found 2021. Tkw = 22.5kg +
It has been a looooong time since I have offered a new (or old) Aubrite on a catalog. I picked this up in Tucson as unpolished slices. Wow, I had no idea an aubrite could be so hard to polish. It took considerable time (and more than a few sanding belts) to polish these. This is really interesting stuff. It has a white, light tan to dark brown mixed/mottled texture. Many (most, actually) of my pieces have a considerable amount of fresh metal scattered through parts of them. XRF work suggests that this is likely from other meteorites impacting the parent body of this material (the metal-rich pieces have a way higher iron content then the iron-poor areas clearly showing that the iron is NOT from being brought out of the minerals. But then, the minerals in this type meteorite contain very little iron to begin with). Neat stuff at a really affordable price for this very rare type of meteorite.
1) Slices:
a) .88 grams 10mm x 9mm x 3mm $25.00
b) 1.5 grams 18mm x 17mm x 3mm $42.00
c) 3.2 grams 25mm x 11mm x 3mm $88.00
d) 6.5 grams 23mm x 22mm x 4mm $175.00
e) 12.2 grams 33mm x 22mm x 5mm $315.00
f) 26.6 grams 57mm x 33mm x 4mm $650.00 – Complete slice.
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IMPACTITE: Henbury Crater, Australia.
Impactites are a glassy froth resembling volcanic cinder but are created by the melting of rock during the formation of an impact crater. These pieces were formed around 5,000 to 10,000 years ago when the Henbury meteorite impact created 13 craters. As meteoritic material is mixed in with the terrestrial rocks during impact, impactites contain small bits of meteorite mixed throughout them. If these were cut, these pieces of meteorite would be visible as small bright shiny metal blebs. I did not cut these particular specimens as my experience the last time I had some of these from Henbury (quite a few years ago) showed me that these particular impactites are a bit to frothy to cut and polish nicely. So, I decided to leave these in their “as found” condition. I have only one of the largest size listed here.
1) Specimens as found:
a) 1.8 grams 18mm x 15mm x 10mm $4.00
b) 3.0 grams 24mm x 15mm x 10mm $6.00
c) 5.5 grams 30mm x 18mm x 10mm $11.00
d) 7.7 grams 30mm x 23mm x 16mm $15.00
e) 11.1 grams 30mm x 30mm x 18mm $22.00 – only one this size.
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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 (three times a year) 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.
Shipping: For small US orders $5 is needed now. Larger orders are now $10 to $16 (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 $16 (Canada seems to be right around $14). I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders (both local and overseas). Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $20 plus insurance (but insurance is relatively cheap for registered packages).
I do have a 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. However, for overseas orders, it probably is best to go ahead and use my brmeteorites@yahoo.com e-mail when possible.
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