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LIST 245 - July 26, 2021
Dear Collectors
First, an announcement on an upcoming show:
Theoretically, I will be attending the Creede Mineral show early next month (though the highway closure between Montrose and Gunnison is going to make it quite a challenge to get there). The show dates are August 6th, 7th, 8th. The hours are from 10am to 5pm each day. I have checked my hotel reservation and it seems that it is there! It has been two years now, so that was a pleasant surprise (one year recently, they had only the first two nights reserved for me. I came close to having to pack up and head home at the end of the first show day. Luckily, they were able to scrape up a place or me to stay the last two nights (NOT an easy thing to do in this area this time of year).
Here is a single meteorite (multiple specimens) offering. I got this material on consignment just a few days ago. I have had a couple pieces of a CK3 in the past, but they were all quite small and generally sold quite quickly. I know that these are indeed all larger slices BUT I will be allowed to break up a piece (or two) that don’t sell intact after a week or so, so PLEASE let me know if you want a smaller piece and roughly what size piece you would like (the price on those should be in the $30/g range).
NWA (13381): Carbonaceous chondrite, (CK3). Found 2020. Tkw = 1335grams.
As mentioned above, I recently received these slices as a consignment. I was happy to get these as I have very seldom been able to offer a CK3. I know I have had a few pieces in the past, but they were all small (a gram or three) and sold quickly (often to researchers needing some of this type material for research work). These, at this point, are all complete slices of the single 1335 gram stone of this meteorite that was recovered (as mentioned above, I will likely break a piece or two down for folks wanting smaller specimens later). I know, it LOOKS like there will be more than enough of this available for the market but looks are somewhat deceiving in this case. Only 10 slices were cut from this meteorite and only 8 will be released to collectors. The owner of this meteorite is keeping the 840 gram main mass. One slice is going to be donated to the Monig/ TCU collection and the other is being turned into thin-sections. So, overall, this leaves right about 356grams of this rare meteorite for the collecting world (after saw looses, research reserve specimens and such). A fair amount, but not a lot to go around for the many (most?) of us needing a CK3 type in our collection. To be honest, this material looks very, very much like a (CV3) meteorite (and there are some that believe they are indeed related somehow. Frankly, these pieces tend to make me think so. At least, they had very similar formation processes) but the detailed chemistry say this is not. These slices do have CAIs (calcium aluminum inclusions) in them and, in some of these pieces, some of those fluoresce (purple and pink) when using a high-power, filtered LED UV light (my current one is a Torcia 365). All of these come in a Riker box with a label.
1)Complete slices:
a) 20.68 grams – 80mm x 32mm x 3mm - $600
b) 27.06 grams – 85mm x 35mm x 3mm - $750
c) 35.74 grams – 95mm x 55mm x 3mm - $950 – shows fluorescence.
d) 46.27 grams – 103mm x 57mm x 3.5mm - $1100 – shows fluorescence.
e) 52.67 grams – 100mm x 55mm x 4mm - $1300 – shows fluorescence.
f) 66.84 grams – 102mm x 55mm x 5mm - $1400
