P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
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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.
