Blaine Reed Meteorites
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LIST 240 - February 2021
NWA (13416): Ordinary chondrite. (L5). Found before September 2015. Tkw = 1834.0 grams.
Here is a stone I picked up at the Denver 2015 show as it had an interesting look to it (it showed some fine straight black shock veins on its surface– some of which had the surrounding material eroded away, leaving the veins as raised features on the stone’s surface (the largest end piece listed below shows this best). Though the research reserve specimen likely had some shock veins in it it seems that the piece I sent off for thin-sectioning did not. The research work on this reports it as “sparse chondrules set in a matrix containing altered metal, troilite, chromite and chlorapatite” – no mention of shock veins (oops). Anyway a good number of the pieces offered here show at least some shock veining, along with light brown/ orange “sparse chondrules” and some fresh metal in a medium orange/ brown matrix.
Slices:
a) 9.2 grams 28mm x 20mm x 4mm $12.00
b) 17.6 grams 42mm x 40mm x 4mm $21.00
c) 35.8 grams 60mm x 50mm x 4mm $40.00
d) 74.9 grams 100mm x 74mm x 4mm $75.00 – complete slice.
End pieces: I have only one of each of these.
a) 89.6 grams - $85, b) 153.8 grams - $145.00, c) 197.1 grams - $185.00
LIST 240 - February 2021
A note on Tucson this year.. Normally, I’d be at the show right now . Normally, I try to have this “first of the year” offering in people’s hands (or e-mail in boxes) right at the first of the year. This would allow me to raise a little $ to spend at the show, let folks know when and where I’d be for the show and more. Well, this year everything got dumped on its head. In late December I got notice that Tucson (the bulk of it anyway) has been cancelled or delayed. The big museum display loaded Convention Center show (run by the Tucson Gem and Mineral club and the venue that started all of it) has been cancelled entirely this year. Many of the “satellite” shows (of which mine is one) have been re-scheduled to dates around April 8th to the 24th. IF this does end up happening (questionable at this point given how fast infections are growing right now) I probably would want to stick to more like April 8th – 17th or 18th, as there is not going to be a “big event” convention center show that brings in a whole lot of new/ different people for the second week like in normal years. I will try to send out posts in the future as to what is happening concerning Tucson as soon as I actually know with some degree of certainty of what is happening myself.
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A note concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with embedded 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.I want everyone receiving this post with embedded group photos of the items on this list that the item pictured
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Here is a stone I picked up at the Denver 2015 show as it had an interesting look to it (it showed some fine straight black shock veins on its surface– some of which had the surrounding material eroded away, leaving the veins as raised features on the stone’s surface (the largest end piece listed below shows this best). Though the research reserve specimen likely had some shock veins in it it seems that the piece I sent off for thin-sectioning did not. The research work on this reports it as “sparse chondrules set in a matrix containing altered metal, troilite, chromite and chlorapatite” – no mention of shock veins (oops). Anyway a good number of the pieces offered here show at least some shock veining, along with light brown/ orange “sparse chondrules” and some fresh metal in a medium orange/ brown matrix.
Slices:
a) 9.2 grams 28mm x 20mm x 4mm $12.00
b) 17.6 grams 42mm x 40mm x 4mm $21.00
c) 35.8 grams 60mm x 50mm x 4mm $40.00
d) 74.9 grams 100mm x 74mm x 4mm $75.00 – complete slice.
End pieces: I have only one of each of these.
a) 89.6 grams - $85, b) 153.8 grams - $145.00, c) 197.1 grams - $185.00
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NWA (10155): Primitive achondrite. (Lodranite). Found before February 2015, Tkw = 277grams. A single complete stone was found. I got this late in the show in 2015 as another meteorite dealer had set this aside for later purchase and then never cam back for it. It looked interesting on the outside – having an unusual granular/ crystalline look to it. Yep, research work indeed shoed this to be quite unusual – a rare lodranite (I think I have only handled a few different lodranites over the years – NWA (2871), this one and MAYBE a single sample of one other). This is composed of polyhedral olivine and pyroxenes with many triple junctions. Fresh metal makes up about 10% of the volume of this stone. Primitive achondrites (lodarnites, acapulcoites and wininaites) are kind of half way between chondrites and achondrites. They have a chondritic composition (never fully melted and differentiated) but an achondritic texture.
1. Slices:
a) .6 grams 15mm x 10mm x 2mm $20.00
b) 1.6 grams 20mm x 13mm x 2mm $50.00
c) 3.0 grams 21mm x 16mm x 3mm $90.00
d) 6.0 grams 30mm x 20mm x 3mm $175.00
e) 14.9 grams 40mm x 38mm x 3mm $425.00 – nice complete slice.
2. End piece/ main mass:
a) 34.5 grams 40mm x 35mm x 7mm $870.00
1. Slices:
a) .6 grams 15mm x 10mm x 2mm $20.00
b) 1.6 grams 20mm x 13mm x 2mm $50.00
c) 3.0 grams 21mm x 16mm x 3mm $90.00
d) 6.0 grams 30mm x 20mm x 3mm $175.00
e) 14.9 grams 40mm x 38mm x 3mm $425.00 – nice complete slice.
2. End piece/ main mass:
a) 34.5 grams 40mm x 35mm x 7mm $870.00
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FULGURITES: Lightning fused sand. Pantano Wash, Tucson, Arizona.
Not sure what the connection is, other than that they are a pretty cool (and not too common) item, but I get people asking for these at every show. I stumbled upon these out in the hanger while digging around for something else (I got these some years ago). The note that came with them says “observed lightening strike” and the location, but not the time, unfortunately. Regardless, these are pretty cool and have the classic tubular shape with all kinds of sand and rocks fused to the exterior.
Fragments/ tubes as found:
a. Sample around 20 to 30mm long (generally smaller diameter tubes) - $10.00 each
b. Sample around 40 to 50mm long, larger diameter tubes - $20.00 each.
c. Sample around 70mm long - $40.00 each.
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CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1891.
I’ve had pieces of Canyon Diablo pretty much my entire business history (a bit over 34 years now). However, it has been a rare, rare day that I have had natural as found specimens to offer. Even more important is that these are, for the most part, these are all nice sculpted rim specimens (the smaller ones are particularly nice). What I mean by that is that these retained a nice thumb-printed kind of shapes and sculpting. These type specimens, from what I was told many, many years ago by Glenn Huss, are found near the rim of the crater. It seems that these pieces, being close to the 10 megaton or so blast that formed the crater, got heat treated to some degree and this made them more resistant to weathering. This also made these pieces loose much if not all of their etch structure (so these are NOT ones to cut). These pieces listed here are all as found. They even retain a light coating of the local soil in many cases (this clearly shows that these are indeed Canyon Diablos to those in the know).
Natural individuals as found:
a) 4.0 grams 30mm x 11mm x 5mm $6.00
b) 8.1 grams 35mm x 16mm x 7mm $12.00
c) 17.3 grams 27mm x 22mm x 9mm $24.00
d) 33.5 grams 50mm x 24mm x 9mm $42.00
e) 81.3 grams 55mm x 25mm x 18mm $100.00
f) 166.8 grams 80mm x 40mm x 18mm $200.00 - not in group photo.
g) 502.3 grams 100mm x 60mm x 30mm sold
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VILLANUEVA, New Mexico, USA: Ordinary chondrite (H6). Found 1974. Tkw = 2278 grams. Here is a meteorite a friend told me about as he had seen it on display in a mineral shop in Albuquerque. I stopped in on my way home from the New Mexico Mineral symposium in November of 2012. Looking it (well the two pieces that fit together to form one larger stone anyway) I knew right away that this was NOT a mislabeled NWA (it would take way to much space to explain how I can tell this here now). I managed to negotiate to buy the smaller piece of the two with the promise that I would get the research work done. Well, THAT proved to be problematic. This thing was found in 1974 about a mile south/ southeast of where the current Villanueva State Park (southeast of Santa Fe) is now located. The person that found it had long since passed away. Because of this, one research group simply dropped work on this stone (they required a signed affidavit from the finder – which, obviously would be impossible to acquire, to finish the reporting work). Several years later, I found other folks (Tony Irving and Paul Sipiera of Planetary Studies Foundation) that were willing to put in the extra effort to get this new New Mexico meteorite finally reported. To be honest, this isn’t a real impressive meteorite to look at. It is extensively recrystallized and shows only the occasional remnant chondrule, lots of extremely tiny fresh and weathered metal grains in a fine-grained medium gray and brown mottled matrix. As it was quite fractured, I ended up with smaller slices than I would have liked but more end pieces/ cut fragments to make up for it.
1. Slices:
a) 4.7 grams 30mm x 22mm x 3mm $17.00
b) 9.2 grams 40mm x 20mm x 3mm $33.00
c) 18.1 grams 46mm x 27mm x 4mm $65.00
d) 28.6 grams 54mm x 37mm x 4mm $100.00
2. End pieces/ cut fragments:
a) 17.1 grams 37mm x 20mm x 17mm $50.00
b) 27.7 grams 34mm x 30mm x 15mm $80.00 – only one.
c) 52.9 grams 50mm x 40mm x 11mm $150.00 – only one.
d) 84.3 grams 82mm x 50mm x 11mm $225.00 – only one
FULGURITES: Lightning fused sand. Pantano Wash, Tucson, Arizona.
Not sure what the connection is, other than that they are a pretty cool (and not too common) item, but I get people asking for these at every show. I stumbled upon these out in the hanger while digging around for something else (I got these some years ago). The note that came with them says “observed lightening strike” and the location, but not the time, unfortunately. Regardless, these are pretty cool and have the classic tubular shape with all kinds of sand and rocks fused to the exterior.
Fragments/ tubes as found:
a. Sample around 20 to 30mm long (generally smaller diameter tubes) - $10.00 each
b. Sample around 40 to 50mm long, larger diameter tubes - $20.00 each.
c. Sample around 70mm long - $40.00 each.
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I’ve had pieces of Canyon Diablo pretty much my entire business history (a bit over 34 years now). However, it has been a rare, rare day that I have had natural as found specimens to offer. Even more important is that these are, for the most part, these are all nice sculpted rim specimens (the smaller ones are particularly nice). What I mean by that is that these retained a nice thumb-printed kind of shapes and sculpting. These type specimens, from what I was told many, many years ago by Glenn Huss, are found near the rim of the crater. It seems that these pieces, being close to the 10 megaton or so blast that formed the crater, got heat treated to some degree and this made them more resistant to weathering. This also made these pieces loose much if not all of their etch structure (so these are NOT ones to cut). These pieces listed here are all as found. They even retain a light coating of the local soil in many cases (this clearly shows that these are indeed Canyon Diablos to those in the know).
Natural individuals as found:
a) 4.0 grams 30mm x 11mm x 5mm $6.00
b) 8.1 grams 35mm x 16mm x 7mm $12.00
c) 17.3 grams 27mm x 22mm x 9mm $24.00
d) 33.5 grams 50mm x 24mm x 9mm $42.00
e) 81.3 grams 55mm x 25mm x 18mm $100.00
f) 166.8 grams 80mm x 40mm x 18mm $200.00 - not in group photo.
g) 502.3 grams 100mm x 60mm x 30mm sold
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1. Slices:
a) 4.7 grams 30mm x 22mm x 3mm $17.00
b) 9.2 grams 40mm x 20mm x 3mm $33.00
c) 18.1 grams 46mm x 27mm x 4mm $65.00
d) 28.6 grams 54mm x 37mm x 4mm $100.00
2. End pieces/ cut fragments:
a) 17.1 grams 37mm x 20mm x 17mm $50.00
b) 27.7 grams 34mm x 30mm x 15mm $80.00 – only one.
c) 52.9 grams 50mm x 40mm x 11mm $150.00 – only one.
d) 84.3 grams 82mm x 50mm x 11mm $225.00 – only one
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Shipping: For small US orders $5 is needed now. Rates have gone up yet more this year and now the cheapest I can send anything is right at $4. Add $ for the padded envelope or box, jewelry boxes, etc and, in most cases, I am still loosing a little even at $5. Larger orders are now $8 to $15 (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 $15 (Canada seems to be right around $11). I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders (both local and overseas). Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $16.
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.
Overseas prices have gone up A LOT the past couple years. Now small overseas orders are around $15 (Canada seems to be right around $11). I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders (both local and overseas). Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $16.
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.
