BLAINE REED METEORITES= LIST 285 04MAY2026

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

LIST 285 - May 4, 2026

Dear Collectors
Here is my second “consigned things brought home from Tucson” list. Like the last one, these are all consigned items that (if not sold) be going back to the owner. This will not be done for at least a couple weeks, so do try and let me know if something here interests you, even if you will not be able to take/pay for it until later (it would be much more difficult for me to try and get a specimen back into my hands later.




GUADALUPE Y CALVO, Mexico: Hexahedrite (IIAB). Found 1971. Tkw = 58.67kg.
This is another piece of that meteorite that was used as a dog food bowl on a ranch in Mexico. They had large dogs that would drag off (and hide/lose) regular bowls. Of course, with the money they got from selling us this meteorite, they were able to come up with an alternate working solution (who knows? Maybe they are using a big hammered copper nugget these days). This piece came to Fredric through me some years ago (it has a copy of the old made on a physical typewrite info card I made when I first had this meteorite with it). This piece is most certainly one of the ones I sold for Jim Schwade some years ago. Somehow, I think Fredrick had something of a moisture issue in his house (even though it was in Tucson). Not sure if it was a hot tub, fish tank, or what but many of the iron meteorites I got from him show some rusting (see the NWA 11446 slices pictured in the last offering and the Seymchan below). For some reason, ALL of these things were completely uncoated. I know, some years ago, some people were saying “never coat a meteorite, that will just seal in moisture”. I call Bulldink on that. Dry the thing first and it won’t be a problem. I have done actual tests (uncoated, coated, waxed….) and found that coating a meteorite that has lots of iron in it a huge benefit. Of what I have gotten from Fredrick and or Timothy, this is, by far, the most oxidized. However, in this case, it has done something kind of amazing. The rust on this piece is thin (not the type that would promote further rusting risking the piece. More of a medium grade surface coating) but I decided to not clean this because of what this coating of oxidation has done. Somehow, this has brought out the Nuemann lines unlike ANY meteorite I have ever seen. I remember the cut and polished face that was on the meteorite when we bought it showed these really well. Unfortunately, that cut was oriented really awkward for further cutting so we cut it in a different direction. Unfortunately, that direction made the Nuemann lines barely visible no matter how much effort Marlin put into etching this stuff. Here, they are super strong and vibrant – the best I have ever seen. It would be really easy to polish off this oxide coating, if that is what someone really wants but no amount of fiddling with etching will bring this structure back to life after. I have spray coated this meteorite to keep it long term protected from further oxidation (but still, DON’T put it next to the shower, hot tub or fish tank PLEASE).
342.1 gram part slice – 120mm x 70mm x 5mm - $1400

NWA (8262): L-Melt breccia. Found 2013. Tkw = 1226grams.
Not all that long ago, this would have been a very expensive meteorite. I think the firsts of this type I saw were cat Mountain, AZ ($100 hundred +/gram I think) and Chico, New Mexico (a lot cheaper but you had to buy a pretty big piece to get both textures). This slice reminds me of a miniature Chico. About ¾ of the piece is highly shocked/ distorted chondritic material (that has a lot of vesicles in it – just like Chico) and the remaining ¼ is obvious flow melt material. Unlike Chico though, this is a nice hold in the palm of your hand complete slice. This piece is in a Riker type box (maybe not in the group photo though) that comes with a WWMeteorites.com label.
30.5 gram complete slice – 70mm x 45mm x 3mm - $95

NWA (17418). HED achondrite (Diogenite). Found 2024. Tkw = 4.88kg.
This is a nice end piece with a cool shape. This meteorite reminds me strongly of Dhofar (700). It has the same solid crystalline composition (looking kind of like a greenish Ureilite more than a Diogenite). Mixed in this are some dark (nearly black( inclusions (likely chromite). The back side is all clearly old exterior, no fresh breaks or modifications. There are a good number of black shiny areas that look like crust but I suspect that these are actually wind-polished chromites. This piece is in a Riker.
20.3 gram end piece – 55mm x 24mm x 10mm - $220

NWA (8022): Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia). Found 2013. Tkw = 1226 grams.
This is a specimen that required me running it on the XRF to be sure it was not something that accidentally mislabeled. Nope, this is indeed a moon rock. However, it has something of a different look to it than most. To be honest, this looks a LOT like many eucrites/ howardites I have seen. This even has a lot of small brown spots scattered all through it (which are likely oxidized iron meteorite bits that got mixed into this from impacts while sitting on the moon) – making it look even more like an HED. This is a nice end piece that has some obvious smooth greenish gray fusion crust on the back. This Stephan specimen is very well priced and I have thought of buying it myself to cut up and offer to collectors as it has a different look to it than Lunars I have sold in the past.
71.0 gram end piece – 50mm x 23mm x 30mm - $1800

SEYMCHAN, Russia: (Pallasite). Found 1967.
This is actually one of the all iron pieces. Given its thickness, I suspect that this is one of the earlier sold specimens. When this stuff cfirst came out, the Russians were doing the cutting as they wanted the “value added” by turning the stuff into slices (could get a lot higher $/g for something that isn’t a hundreds of kilos chunk). The problem was that they were cutting the pieces to something on an awkward thickness. They were, generally, seen as too thick by collectors but they were thin enough that there really wasn’t an easy/ safe way to split them into thinner slices (that was before wire saws. A wire saw can probably cut this piece into several thinner slices but it would cost a fairly shocking amount of money to get that done, unfortunately). This is really kind of a long bar with only one of its shorter edges being a natural surface. This piece has been etched on both sides and does show a good etch structure. This was another Stephan piece that was uncoated. Like the others, this does show some (very minor) surface discoloration from oxidation (limited to one side). This could be completely renewed by someone that actually knows how to etch (don’t look at me, I really suck at etching). Frankly, it is safe (now coated) staying the way it is. This comes with a Matt Stream “Streaming Meteorites” label. This is priced well below what the Russians would charge for a similar piece these days.
523.5 gram part slice – 140mm x 50mm x 9mm - $780.

Shipping:
PLEASE NOTE-

 USPS POSTAL RATES HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT 8% ABOVE THE COSTS LISTED BELOW A CUSTOM QUOTE ON SHIPPING MAY BE REQUIRED.

US:
I have indeed found that even my smallest jewelry box in a padded envelope now costs a minimum of $8 to send now. I know that there is yet a further shipping rate increase in the works. I have heard that package shipping rates will be going up (or may have already) another 8% or so. I won’t work about this until I actually see/ experience it. So, for JUST now, basic shipping will be $8. For small priority flat-rate boxes $12 should be fine. 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:
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 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).