Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 160 - yet more small rarities
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST 160
September 23, 2014
Dear collectors,
Here is yet another selection of small, hard to get witnessed falls from an old research collection. I got these right before leaving for the Denver show and did not have time to process them until I got back. I have also added a few tiny little scraps I got at the show.
ATARRA, India: (L4), black. Fell December 23, 1920. Tkw = 1.28 kilograms.
I think I had a few much smaller crumbs of this some months ago (they would have been from the same source). This is a small part slice that has black crust along one edge. The interior is fresh and and shows metal and chondrules quite clearly.
.48 gram part slice – 7mm x 5mm x 5mm - $100 -SOLD
BILANGA, Burkina Faso: (Diogenite). Fell October 27, 1999. Tkw = 25+ kilograms.
This is some fragments (about 3mm x 3mm x 2mm) in a capsule in a small labeled plastic box.
Crumbs in a capsule - $10
HOLBROOK, Arizona: (L/LL6): Fell July 19, 1912.
This is a somewhat weathered fragment from a research collection. It appears that a substantial portion of the piece was used up in what ever work was being done on it as the label indicates that it originally weighed around 9.8 grams. The label also indicates that this piece was found November 8th, 1968. Nothing special, but interesting in its history.
2.6 gram fragment – 14mm x 11mm x 10mm - $40
MERUA, India: (H5). Fell February 2, 1945. Tkw = 71.4 kilograms.
This is a bottle that contains three fragments (two around 4mm x 3mm and one closer to 7mm x 4mm) and some dust. I recall, from an earlier offering of a few pieces of this meteorite, that all but a tiny hand full of this meteorite is tied up in museum collections.
1.2 grams fragments and dust in bottle - $100
NEWPORT, Arkansas: (Pallasite). Found 1923. Tkw = 5.6 kilograms.
This is a small cut fragment that is mostly metal but shows some bits of olivine (this was an old research collection piece and I suspect the “work” was done on the olivine from this piece). Regardless, this is a very difficult to find meteorite. I suspect that many (most?) pallasite collectors have not gotten a piece of this name yet.
.36 gram cut fragment – 10mm x 5mm x 4mm - $100 -SOLD
OURIQUE, Portugal: (H4). Fell December 28, 1998. Tkw = 20+ kilograms.
I don’t think I ever have had any of this. I know the few pieces that made into collector’s hands were quite high priced. Unfortunately, this is just a few small fragments (probably equivalent to around 3mm x 3mm x1mm or so) in a capsule. Nothing special, but a cheap way to add a “new” fall to a collection.
Small fragments in capsule - $10
PEACE RIVER, Canada: (L6). Fell March 31, 1963. Tkw = 45.76 kilograms.
These are all fragments with out crust, unfortunately. BUT then these are the only pieces I have had of this
meteorite in any form for many years. I think the piece that was in the “micro” collection I out together years ago was also a no crust fragment like these. Crust or not, this is hard material to come by.
1.0 gram fragment – 10mm x 9mm x 7mm - $30 -SOLD
1.4 gram fragment – 12mm x 11mm x 6mm - $42 -SOLD
4.8 gram fragment – 16mm x 16mm x 8mm - $140 -SOLD
ST. MICHEL, Finland: (L6). Fell July 12, 1910. Tkw = 16.452 kilograms.
This is a wedge part slice that I received just before going to Denver for the show. This has one natural edge (no crust, unfortunately). The interior though shows a really nice breccia texture with lighter mottled
tan and gray clasts in a dark gray matrix. Looks nice fo an old chopped up research specimen.
13.5 gram part slice – 40mm x 20mm x 5mm - $270 -SOLD
SHALKA, India: (Diogenite). Fell November 30, 1850.
Here is a small crumb (around 2mm x 1mm x 1mm) in a capsule in a box with a M Blood Meteorites label.
Crumb in capsule - $10
VACA MUERTA, Chile: (mesosiderite). Found 1861.
This is a small part slice that had a label (that says Vaca Muerta, 9.5 grams, Me1300) taped to it (well, now with it as the tape has torn free). The natural edge of the piece has all kinds of numbers marked/ painted on it. I can make out 255, 215. And Me 1300. I have no clue, unfortunately, what these numbers are or what old collections they might represent.
9.6 gram part slice with old numbers – 20mmx 15mm x 11mm - $50-SOLD
VIGARANO, Italy: Carbonaceous (CV3.3). Fell June 22, 1910.
Here is a sample of the meteorites that give the CVs the V in their type name. This is bottle (with an old label) that contains one large fragment a couple smaller and a bit of dust.
.36 grams of fragments and dust in bottle - $50 -SOLD
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Monday 1 September 2014
Blaine Reed Meteorites - Denver show and new meteorite announcement
Blaine Reed Meteorites - Denver show and new meteorite announcement
Dear Collectors,
Happy Labor Day to those of us that get a holiday to celebrate working by taking the day to goof off!
This is not an offering (too little time before I leave town) but a couple announcements.
DENVER SHOW: September 7th-14th. Ramada Plaza (4849 Bannock St.), room 224.
I'll be out of town September 5th through the 16th. I will try to check e-mail from time to time, but don't expect much action (it is rare that I have a good enough connection and rarer still when I have the time). You can try calling the hotel phone number (303) 292-9500, room 224 during the show days, which might be best if possible for you.
Thanks to the “Colleseum” show opening ever earlier, our show has now been extended to several days earlier as well. It had been optional to show up “early” (the official opening day had been Wednesday which would have been the 10th this year) but it was not required. It now seems that we are required to be open sometime on Sunday the 7th. Not pleasant for me. More days and likely no more sales to make up for it (Denver is big but not a REALLY BIG show and it does bring people, but not LOTS of people from all over the world like Tucson does). I did show up “early” last year (I think I actually did opened on Sunday afternoon) and overall sales certainly did not cover the higher motel expenses for the extra days (well, there was lots of flooding that didn’t help matters any). Anyway, I plan to be open on Sunday the 7th but it will likely be mid-day (noon or so) before I can kick the door open. It seems that the rooms have been completely re-modeled. This has always been a fear of mine as I open the door for the first time each year. I have learned over the past 25 plus years how to set up around and use the furniture that has been in this room all these years. Now they have removed some things I used (“desk” table and chairs) and have added a HUGE (9 feet long, several hundred pound) TV stand and “desk” unit. I heard several people broke this monstrosity in attempting to move it (and incurred high “damage” charges because of it) during the April spring show. So, my usual, know how to work with the furniture set-up was usually 9 or 10 hours. Now that I have to re-learn how to jig-saw into the room (I am having to bring and borrow many different tables of different sizes as I am not sure what will end up fitting any more) it will likely take MUCH longer this year. However, once I am set up, I do plan my usual schedule: open at 10AM and open until around 10pm. The 10PM closing my end up being earlier some nights if there is very little foot traffic (no people visiting, other rooms near by all closed) as there are some extra (and odd) potential security issues/ threats I need to be concerned about these days. If that is the case some night you show up late (but before 10 – I do need to get some sleep), just knock and we’ll let you in/ open the door. The only night I know I will be closing “early” is Friday the 12th for the COMETS party and auction. I’ll be open until 6pm that night (or a bit longer if I still have customers) – which I think is the usual scheduled show closing time.
NEW METEORITE:
At the show I will have on display Colorado’s newest (and possible the US’s newest) recognized meteorite! And even better yet, it is NOT a desert or dry lake bed find. AND it is NOT a cracked old weathered chondrite. It turns out that a REAL meteorite has indeed been found in the Montrose area (well, relatively close anyway). And it turns out that the thing is a Ureilite (this has not been probed yet, but the texture, XRF chemistry and the presence of amazing bright metallic blue gray graphite grains in the thing shows that it can’t be anything but a Ureilite). It was found by a guy rock-hounding on a friends property about 11 miles south of the city of Gunnison (the naming of this is going to be tricky. Gunnison and Blue Mesa, the names I would have liked to use are in Gunnison County but this was found a couple miles into Saguache County in a remote area with only a few creek names showing on the maps). He was looking for potential fossils in an out-cropping of shale. He noticed this black rock (yep, it is fresh enough to still show pretty much complete black crust) sitting on top of some rocks of this outcrop and took it home (this was 8 years ago). He ended up dropping it off at Mr. Detector in Montrose (the same store that Mr. Curry dropped off some of his “meteorites” with for my inspection 4 or 5 years ago). I looked at it about a month ago and had to bring it home to run on the XRF (it sure looked like a meteorite but then there are plenty of terrestrial rocks that can look like these things). After determining that I was around 95% certain it was a meteorite, I made an offer to buy it and asked that the owner bring in the end they had managed to cut off of it if they could still find it. That piece was unpolished and really showed the graphite that made it 100% clear that this was a meteorite. No word until a week ago. I assumed they were going to simply toss it in a bank safe-deposit box and make it a “family heirloom” once they found it was indeed likely a meteorite. Thankfully, the finder was really pleased and willing to sell his find (it was a substantial amount but NOT the millions of dollars the other supposed finder of “meteorites” in the area would think its worth). This, unfortunately, is not real big. It is only 216 grams. However, it is oriented. I’ll have this on display for those that want to see the US’s 4th Urelite and Colorado’s first. I am not really trying to sell any of it until it gets through full research and reporting, but I am certainly willing to make note of people who think they may want a piece once that is done. I am also thinking about taking this thing after the show to the folks at the Montrose Daily Press – the paper that did all the huge stories (and they were, unfortunately, just stories) about Curry and his “meteorites”. I am pretty certain they won’t publish anything about this (probably to embarrassing to have a news report on a REAL local meteorite after spending years reporting multiple times on ones that weren’t). But it would be nice to show them, personally, that the Curry accusations of conspiracy to lie about, hide new meteorites and keep them from the market was (and is) indeed complete BS.
Blaine
Dear Collectors,
Happy Labor Day to those of us that get a holiday to celebrate working by taking the day to goof off!
This is not an offering (too little time before I leave town) but a couple announcements.
DENVER SHOW: September 7th-14th. Ramada Plaza (4849 Bannock St.), room 224.
I'll be out of town September 5th through the 16th. I will try to check e-mail from time to time, but don't expect much action (it is rare that I have a good enough connection and rarer still when I have the time). You can try calling the hotel phone number (303) 292-9500, room 224 during the show days, which might be best if possible for you.
Thanks to the “Colleseum” show opening ever earlier, our show has now been extended to several days earlier as well. It had been optional to show up “early” (the official opening day had been Wednesday which would have been the 10th this year) but it was not required. It now seems that we are required to be open sometime on Sunday the 7th. Not pleasant for me. More days and likely no more sales to make up for it (Denver is big but not a REALLY BIG show and it does bring people, but not LOTS of people from all over the world like Tucson does). I did show up “early” last year (I think I actually did opened on Sunday afternoon) and overall sales certainly did not cover the higher motel expenses for the extra days (well, there was lots of flooding that didn’t help matters any). Anyway, I plan to be open on Sunday the 7th but it will likely be mid-day (noon or so) before I can kick the door open. It seems that the rooms have been completely re-modeled. This has always been a fear of mine as I open the door for the first time each year. I have learned over the past 25 plus years how to set up around and use the furniture that has been in this room all these years. Now they have removed some things I used (“desk” table and chairs) and have added a HUGE (9 feet long, several hundred pound) TV stand and “desk” unit. I heard several people broke this monstrosity in attempting to move it (and incurred high “damage” charges because of it) during the April spring show. So, my usual, know how to work with the furniture set-up was usually 9 or 10 hours. Now that I have to re-learn how to jig-saw into the room (I am having to bring and borrow many different tables of different sizes as I am not sure what will end up fitting any more) it will likely take MUCH longer this year. However, once I am set up, I do plan my usual schedule: open at 10AM and open until around 10pm. The 10PM closing my end up being earlier some nights if there is very little foot traffic (no people visiting, other rooms near by all closed) as there are some extra (and odd) potential security issues/ threats I need to be concerned about these days. If that is the case some night you show up late (but before 10 – I do need to get some sleep), just knock and we’ll let you in/ open the door. The only night I know I will be closing “early” is Friday the 12th for the COMETS party and auction. I’ll be open until 6pm that night (or a bit longer if I still have customers) – which I think is the usual scheduled show closing time.
NEW METEORITE:
At the show I will have on display Colorado’s newest (and possible the US’s newest) recognized meteorite! And even better yet, it is NOT a desert or dry lake bed find. AND it is NOT a cracked old weathered chondrite. It turns out that a REAL meteorite has indeed been found in the Montrose area (well, relatively close anyway). And it turns out that the thing is a Ureilite (this has not been probed yet, but the texture, XRF chemistry and the presence of amazing bright metallic blue gray graphite grains in the thing shows that it can’t be anything but a Ureilite). It was found by a guy rock-hounding on a friends property about 11 miles south of the city of Gunnison (the naming of this is going to be tricky. Gunnison and Blue Mesa, the names I would have liked to use are in Gunnison County but this was found a couple miles into Saguache County in a remote area with only a few creek names showing on the maps). He was looking for potential fossils in an out-cropping of shale. He noticed this black rock (yep, it is fresh enough to still show pretty much complete black crust) sitting on top of some rocks of this outcrop and took it home (this was 8 years ago). He ended up dropping it off at Mr. Detector in Montrose (the same store that Mr. Curry dropped off some of his “meteorites” with for my inspection 4 or 5 years ago). I looked at it about a month ago and had to bring it home to run on the XRF (it sure looked like a meteorite but then there are plenty of terrestrial rocks that can look like these things). After determining that I was around 95% certain it was a meteorite, I made an offer to buy it and asked that the owner bring in the end they had managed to cut off of it if they could still find it. That piece was unpolished and really showed the graphite that made it 100% clear that this was a meteorite. No word until a week ago. I assumed they were going to simply toss it in a bank safe-deposit box and make it a “family heirloom” once they found it was indeed likely a meteorite. Thankfully, the finder was really pleased and willing to sell his find (it was a substantial amount but NOT the millions of dollars the other supposed finder of “meteorites” in the area would think its worth). This, unfortunately, is not real big. It is only 216 grams. However, it is oriented. I’ll have this on display for those that want to see the US’s 4th Urelite and Colorado’s first. I am not really trying to sell any of it until it gets through full research and reporting, but I am certainly willing to make note of people who think they may want a piece once that is done. I am also thinking about taking this thing after the show to the folks at the Montrose Daily Press – the paper that did all the huge stories (and they were, unfortunately, just stories) about Curry and his “meteorites”. I am pretty certain they won’t publish anything about this (probably to embarrassing to have a news report on a REAL local meteorite after spending years reporting multiple times on ones that weren’t). But it would be nice to show them, personally, that the Curry accusations of conspiracy to lie about, hide new meteorites and keep them from the market was (and is) indeed complete BS.
Blaine
Tuesday 19 August 2014
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 159
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 159
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST
159
August 19, 2014
Dear collectors,
Here is the second batch of pieces that came in with the
“old collection”. I also got a few more of the rare witnessed fall fragments/
crumbs in as well and have listed them here to have a more typical 7 or 8 piece
offering.
ARCHIE,
Missouri: (H6). Fell August 10, 1932. Tkw = 5.1 kilograms.
This is yet another of my small scraps that seems that very
little is “out”. In the Catalog of Meteorites, it seems that a little over 4860
grams of this is listed as being tied up in museum collections.
.038 gram fragment in capsule –
4mm x 2mm x 2mm - $20
.13
gram fragment – 8mm x 5mm x 2mm - $50
CANAKKALE,
Turkey: (L6). Fell July 1964. Tkw = 4+ kilograms.
This is listed as “several pieces found, the largest
weighing 4kg”, implying that a fair amount of this might be out there. However,
the collections lists in the Catalog of Meteorites shows that only about 600 grams
is preserved in museum collections. I don’t recall ever seeing this name
before, so I don’t think that much of the “missing material” has made it into
collector’s hands.
Small
fragment in capsule – about 2.5mm x 2mm x 1.5mm - $20
.058
gram fragment – 5mm x 3mm x 2mm - $40
GLORITTA MOUNTAIN,
New Mexico: (Pallasite). Found 1884.
Here is a nice complete individual as found. It has some
nice pitting but I cannot distinctly make out any olivine so I’d be hesitant to
call this anything more than an iron individual. Regardless, this does have
some nice areas of still fresh and flow-lined fusion crust. I remember before
Sikhote-Alin came out, this meteorite was the ONLY way a collector could have
honest real iron fusion crust for their collections. The previous owner got
this piece from Bethany Sciences in January of 1994. This particular specimen
is actually the piece Ron used as the picture piece in his catalog at the time.
I have a copy of this catalog that will go with this specimen. This also comes
with the original Bethany Sciences “Certificate of Authenticity”, though this
has been (long ago) hand corrected from a weight of 54.6 grams to 45.6 grams
which still seems to be a bit wrong as I keep coming up with 45.1 grams for
this specimen.
45.1
gram complete individual – 45mm x 18mm x 16mm - $650
HENBURY,
Australia: Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
Here is a somewhat larger than I typically get specimen. It
is nothing special, unfortunately, being mostly a roughly flattened oval shape
with only soft thumb-prints. It still has its “as found” appearance - a nice
orange brown color. Not a bad piece, just not a sculpture, and priced
accordingly.
71.5
gram natural individual – 45mm x 30mm x 12mm - $110
MOUNT VERNON,
Kentucky: (Pallasite). Found 1868, Tkw = 159 kilograms.
The Murchison on my last offering was my big plus surprise
in the collection, this one was my big minus surprise unfortunately. I was told
it was 13.5 grams and measured 43mm x 36mm x 2mm and was “fresh”. Well, I got
6.4 grams measuring roughly 30mm x 20mm x 2mm that is quite rusty. I think that
this would be repairable BUT it came to me in 4 pieces that don’t seem to fit
back together completely (and I am usually pretty good at puzzles). This does
still have some large crystals that pass light nicely (one looks like it might
produce a couple nice but small faceted gems if one were so inclined). I’m
selling this one at a loss but someone out there will be able to add a new
tough name to their pallasite collection for fairly cheap. The previous owner
purchased this specimen from Robert Haag in January of 1994.
6.4
gram broken, oxidized slice - $100-SOLD
ST. MICHEL,
Finland: (L6). Ell July 12, 1910. Tkw = 17 kilograms.
After the last piece I had sold in seconds and many people
wanted it (guess I priced it too cheap), I asked the source of that if they had
any more. This is what I got. Not a “large” slice like the last one, more like
the fragments of other rare falls I have been getting. Anyway, this is a lot of
fragments from small crumbs up to around 9mm x 4mm x 2mm. Most of the bigger
pieces show nice shock veining as well.
.42
grams of fragments and crumbs - $15 -SOLD
SIKHOTE-ALIN,
Russia: Coarsest octahedrite (IIB). Fell February 12, 1947.
This is a complete fusion crusted individual that also
happens to be oriented. It is not the perfect dome type of oriented but well
oriented none the less. This has a general conical shape (obviously pointed
front, generally flat back) that shoes a few elongated (some call “flower
petal”) thumbprints on the front and a distinct sharp roll-over rim running
completely around the back.
30.3
gram oriented individual – 30mm x 22mm x 12mm - $75
TISSINT,,
Morocco: Martian (Shergottite). Olivine-phyric. Fell July 18, 2011. Tkw = over
7 kilograms.
Here is an amazing piece I got from Matt for a potential
customer a month or so ago (that person decided to take a sliced Martian
instead of this fragment). It was the Viking lander’s readings of the Martian
atmosphere back in the 1970’s that gave us the biggest clue that these
meteorites (the SNCs) were from Mars. Those readings showed that gasses trapped
inside melt pockets in shock veins of these stones isotopically matched the
Martian atmosphere. This particular specimen is incredible for showing these
melt pockets. Probably better than 30% of this piece is melt vein material.
Even better still, this melt veining is full of gas pockets. Many of these can
be easily seen with your eye as the interiors of these pockets is super shiny,
compared to the duller black of the general melt material. I am quite certain
that this specimen has many more unbroken melt pockets (that likely still
contain Martian atmosphere inside them) are yet hiding in the interior of this
piece.
1.6
gram fragment with heavy shock melt veins – 13mm x 11mm x 7mm - $1200
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Blane Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 158 - some old collection rarities
Blane Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 158 - some old collection rarities
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST 158
August 5, 2014
Dear collectors,
Well here it is right after the Creede show (I haven’t even finished unpacking yet) and here I am sending out a list after I said I wasn’t going to have one. Well, a few days after I posted that statement, a collection of mostly older (purchase time not necessarily fall date) rarities fell into my lap. So, now I do have some new material to offer. This collection was from an old time collector that has decided to thin the herd and raise a little cash. This material will be spread out over two lists, as there is more cataloging, etc. work that needs to be done (alone with unpacking, catching up from being gone or 5 days). Anyway, here is the first offering.
BRENHAM, Kansas: (Pallasite). Found 1882.
Here is a natural individual that does indeed look just as it was likely found. Regardless, this one will be sold at a loss, unfortunately. The previous owner was apparently led to believe that this piece was personally found by Nininger and paid over $300 for the thing many years ago. I suppose it is possible that it may have indeed been found by Nininger but I have no way to support/ prove this. It does not show any hints of ever having a Nininger number on it anywhere that I can see (as I was led to believe it might have). Regardless, it comes with a Bethany Sciences “Certificate of Authenticity” (that also does not mention anything about this being a personal Niniger recovery either, unfortunately). Not a bad little specimen actually, just not worth anything near as much as it would be if it were Niniger numbered.
28.3 gram natural individual – 30mm x 25mm x 20mm - $110
GEORGIAITE: Tektite form Georgia.
I can’t recall if or when was the last time I had one of these to sell. The previous owner got this from Bethany Sciences in 1995 (and this comes with the original Bethany Sciences certificate of authenticity that came with it). This piece is ½ of a thin oval/ disk (the straight break on one edge is ancient). This piece does not have much or surface features, only some fine, shallow pitting. However, its thinness gives you a BIG surface area for the weight and shows the light olive green color fantastically.
5.5 gram individual as found – 35mm x 20mm x 5mm - $500-SOLD
HUGOTON, Kansas: (H5). Ound 1927. Tkw = 355.6 kilograms.
This is one of Nininger’s biggest individual rock recoveries (I know, Bondoc was bigger). Interestingly, I don’t recall having a piece of this quite famous meteorite before (at least not anytime remotely recently). From The Catalog of Meteorites collections data, it does seem that most of this (over 325kg anyway) is tied up in museum collections, many of which list surprisingly small pieces of this for their collections for such a big find. This piece is Nininger numbered and comes with a couple old labels; one a simple typed label and the other from Excalibur Mineral Company.
9.27 gram Nininger numbered fragment – 30mm x 20mm x 10mm - $250 --SOLD
IRGHIZITE: Zamanshin crater, Russia.
This is a larger than usual bent quasi tear drop shaped piece. It is also smoother than most but still shows a good number of the micro-tektites (.5mm to 1mm beads) stuck to its surface. The previous owner paid $100 for the thing from Bethany Sciences back in 1997. This comes with the “Certificate of Authenticity” that originally came with it.
2.0 gram individual – 22mm x 20mm x 4mm - $30--SOLD
MURCHISON, Australia: Cabonaceous (CM2). Fell September 28, 1969.
This piece is nice enough that I am tempted to keep it. It was the best surprise in the collection for me (nice after the several “let downs”). It was sold to me as a “fragment with some crust” Boy does it have crust, something over 60% of its surface would be my guess/ estimate. In fact, this would be better described as ½ of an individual. This thing is also very fresh. It certainly did not sit out long after the fall. This piece was long ago purchased from Robert Haag and still has Roberts info card (all though folded) with it.
7.73 gram ½ individual – 20mm x 20mm x 15mm - $1100--SOLD
PLAINVIEW (1917), Texas: (H5), brecciated. Found 1917.
This is a nice part slice (one cut edge) that was purchased from Robert Haag in March of 1986. It has lots of fresh metal and troilite in a mottled tan and brown brecciated matrix. There is nice black fusion crust along about 2/3 of the uncut edge.
48.8 gram part slice – 65mm x 30mm x 6mm - $200
WELLS, Texas: (LL3.3). Found 1985, recognized 1996. Tkw = 4135 grams.
This wedged part slice was purchased from Alan Lang in August of 1998. It comes with two labels. One is hand written by the previous owner and the other looks to be computer generated that looks like it could be an old Lang’s label (that had the name cut off maybe). Anyway, thanks to the many equally or more primitive LL chondrites coming out of NWA, the price on this piece is less than what it sold for back in 1998 (which was $150, according to the previous owner).
6.4 gram part slice – 30mm x 14mm x 5mm - $100--SOLD
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST 158
August 5, 2014
Dear collectors,
Well here it is right after the Creede show (I haven’t even finished unpacking yet) and here I am sending out a list after I said I wasn’t going to have one. Well, a few days after I posted that statement, a collection of mostly older (purchase time not necessarily fall date) rarities fell into my lap. So, now I do have some new material to offer. This collection was from an old time collector that has decided to thin the herd and raise a little cash. This material will be spread out over two lists, as there is more cataloging, etc. work that needs to be done (alone with unpacking, catching up from being gone or 5 days). Anyway, here is the first offering.
BRENHAM, Kansas: (Pallasite). Found 1882.
Here is a natural individual that does indeed look just as it was likely found. Regardless, this one will be sold at a loss, unfortunately. The previous owner was apparently led to believe that this piece was personally found by Nininger and paid over $300 for the thing many years ago. I suppose it is possible that it may have indeed been found by Nininger but I have no way to support/ prove this. It does not show any hints of ever having a Nininger number on it anywhere that I can see (as I was led to believe it might have). Regardless, it comes with a Bethany Sciences “Certificate of Authenticity” (that also does not mention anything about this being a personal Niniger recovery either, unfortunately). Not a bad little specimen actually, just not worth anything near as much as it would be if it were Niniger numbered.
28.3 gram natural individual – 30mm x 25mm x 20mm - $110
GEORGIAITE: Tektite form Georgia.
I can’t recall if or when was the last time I had one of these to sell. The previous owner got this from Bethany Sciences in 1995 (and this comes with the original Bethany Sciences certificate of authenticity that came with it). This piece is ½ of a thin oval/ disk (the straight break on one edge is ancient). This piece does not have much or surface features, only some fine, shallow pitting. However, its thinness gives you a BIG surface area for the weight and shows the light olive green color fantastically.
5.5 gram individual as found – 35mm x 20mm x 5mm - $500-SOLD
HUGOTON, Kansas: (H5). Ound 1927. Tkw = 355.6 kilograms.
This is one of Nininger’s biggest individual rock recoveries (I know, Bondoc was bigger). Interestingly, I don’t recall having a piece of this quite famous meteorite before (at least not anytime remotely recently). From The Catalog of Meteorites collections data, it does seem that most of this (over 325kg anyway) is tied up in museum collections, many of which list surprisingly small pieces of this for their collections for such a big find. This piece is Nininger numbered and comes with a couple old labels; one a simple typed label and the other from Excalibur Mineral Company.
9.27 gram Nininger numbered fragment – 30mm x 20mm x 10mm - $250 --SOLD
IRGHIZITE: Zamanshin crater, Russia.
This is a larger than usual bent quasi tear drop shaped piece. It is also smoother than most but still shows a good number of the micro-tektites (.5mm to 1mm beads) stuck to its surface. The previous owner paid $100 for the thing from Bethany Sciences back in 1997. This comes with the “Certificate of Authenticity” that originally came with it.
2.0 gram individual – 22mm x 20mm x 4mm - $30--SOLD
MURCHISON, Australia: Cabonaceous (CM2). Fell September 28, 1969.
This piece is nice enough that I am tempted to keep it. It was the best surprise in the collection for me (nice after the several “let downs”). It was sold to me as a “fragment with some crust” Boy does it have crust, something over 60% of its surface would be my guess/ estimate. In fact, this would be better described as ½ of an individual. This thing is also very fresh. It certainly did not sit out long after the fall. This piece was long ago purchased from Robert Haag and still has Roberts info card (all though folded) with it.
7.73 gram ½ individual – 20mm x 20mm x 15mm - $1100--SOLD
PLAINVIEW (1917), Texas: (H5), brecciated. Found 1917.
This is a nice part slice (one cut edge) that was purchased from Robert Haag in March of 1986. It has lots of fresh metal and troilite in a mottled tan and brown brecciated matrix. There is nice black fusion crust along about 2/3 of the uncut edge.
48.8 gram part slice – 65mm x 30mm x 6mm - $200
WELLS, Texas: (LL3.3). Found 1985, recognized 1996. Tkw = 4135 grams.
This wedged part slice was purchased from Alan Lang in August of 1998. It comes with two labels. One is hand written by the previous owner and the other looks to be computer generated that looks like it could be an old Lang’s label (that had the name cut off maybe). Anyway, thanks to the many equally or more primitive LL chondrites coming out of NWA, the price on this piece is less than what it sold for back in 1998 (which was $150, according to the previous owner).
6.4 gram part slice – 30mm x 14mm x 5mm - $100--SOLD
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 157 - More Small Rarities
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 157 - More Small Meteorite Rarities
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST 157
July 22, 2014
Dear collectors,
Here is yet another offering of generally small but often quite rare items. This will probably be my last list until late August as I am out of “new” material for the moment and I will be traveling a bit in early August.
Part of that travel will be the Creede Show August 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This is quite a nice small show (actually, it is getting fairly large) and has a great selection of all kinds of things including fossils, minerals, rocks, lapidary supplies, and of coarse meteorites. This is certainly not a show that is all jewelry as most public “retail” shows have devolved to these days. I know a few collectors have threatened to visit this year (it’s a great place to escape the heat). If others of you think you might come, let me know what things you’d like me to bring.
ALLENDE, Mexico: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3.2). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is a bag containing several small cut fragments. Nothing special but certainly good for micros or resale. These range in size from about 5mm x 5mm to around 5mm x 12mm.
5 fragments totaling 1.8+ grams - $12
FORKSVILLE, Virginia: (L6). Fell July 16, 1924. Tkw = 6067 grams.
It was reported that 4 stones from this fall were recovered. According to the Catalog of Meteorites, pretty much all of this one is in museum collections (though it is certainly possible that some has been traded out since the Catalog’s publication in 2000. All 3 pieces here are fragments.
a) .015 gram fragment – 3mm x 2mm x 2mm - $15 -- SOLD
b) .025 gram fragment – 3mm x 2.5mm x 2mm - $25 -- SOLD
c) .137 gram fragment – 7mm x 3mm x 3mm - $60 -- SOLD
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: (L6). Fell November 1959. Tkw = around 236 grams.
There is no fall info for this one, just a report of its olivine mineralogy. Regardless, this is probably the rarest (from a total known weight) fall I have had in recent history. As there was no report about this fall, I can only go by the pieces listed in museum collections in the Catalog of Maeteroties. That list shows only 4 museums with pieces totaling 236.2 grams! These pieces are fragments in a capsule.
a) .020 gram fragment – 2mm x 1.5mm x 1mm - $25
b) .146 gram fragment – 7mm x 5mm x 2mm - $100
MERUA, India: (H5). Fell August 30, 1920. Tkw = 71.4 kg.
It is reported that 6 stones fell, with the largest being 56.7kg. I thought that this might be well distributed, given the large total weight listed. However, it seems that right around 71kg is listed as being in museum collections so very little had gotten out at the time the Catalog o Meteorites was published.
a) fragment (around 3mm x 2mm x 2mm) in capsule - $10
b) .245 gram fragment – 6mm x 6mm x 4mm - $50 -- SOLD
MIGHEI, Ukraine: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell June 18, 1889. Tkw = 8+ kg.
This is the meteorite that gives the CM’s the M after carbonaceous. I have had super fine powder of this fall in the past but I can’t recall having actual (all though small) fragments (at least at no time recently). I tried to do some research on the value of this stuff but came up with nothing. Sooo, I am just going to guess (but high maybe?) on this one. The largest piece comes in a small research vial that is then inside a bottle labeled “Mighei Meteorite ~ .45g USSR”.
a) .013 grams – 10 small fragments in a capsule - $20
b) .026 grams – 2 fragments in a capsule - $40
c) .043 gram cut fragment – 4mm x 3mm x 3mm - $75
d) .08 gram cut fragment – 5mm x 4mm x 4mm - $140
e) .117 gram fragment – 6mm x 5mm x 4mm - $175 -- SOLD
OCHANSK, Russia: (H4), brecciated. Fell August 30, 1887. Tkw = 500+kg.
This is a lot of fragments in a capsule. The largest piece is around 5mm x 5mm x 4mm in size. Total weight is around .2g or so.
.20g fragments in a capsule - $15
RANGALA, India: (L6), veined. Fell December 29, 1937. Tkw = 3224.5 grams.
22 fragments are reported to have fallen. This is yet another item that, not only was very little recovered, but pretty close to all that was seems to be listed in museum collections. All I have is a few small fragments, so my offering won’t be changing much other than giving a few collectors the chance to add this “new” name to their collection.
a) small fragment (around 2mm x 1.5mm x 1.5mm) in a capsule - $10
b) larger fragment (around 3mm x 2mm x 1.5mm) in a capsule - $15 -- SOLD
c) .155 grams of fragments and crumbs in a capsule - $50 -- SOLD
SHALKA, India: Achondrite (Diogenite). Fell November 30, 1850. Tkw = 3.6+ kg.
This fall is interesting in that, supposedly, an immense stone (around 3 feet across) fell but only around 8 pounds was preserved. I had a couple pieces of this in Tucson (can’t remember what I priced them at) but they, not surprisingly, sold before I could offer them on a list. I have around 5 pieces total (all fragments) this time and I think these will be the last I will see (at least from this source). The largest piece is in a small round, labeled “box” that all these pieces came to me in.
a) .15 grams – 5mm x 5mm x 4mm - $15 -- SOLD
b) .29 grams – 7mm x 6mm x 5mm - $30 -- SOLD
c) .53 grams – 9mm x 7mm x 5mm - $50 -- SOLD
d) .65 grams – 10mm x 7mm x 6mm - $75 -- SOLD
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST 157
July 22, 2014
Dear collectors,
Here is yet another offering of generally small but often quite rare items. This will probably be my last list until late August as I am out of “new” material for the moment and I will be traveling a bit in early August.
Part of that travel will be the Creede Show August 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This is quite a nice small show (actually, it is getting fairly large) and has a great selection of all kinds of things including fossils, minerals, rocks, lapidary supplies, and of coarse meteorites. This is certainly not a show that is all jewelry as most public “retail” shows have devolved to these days. I know a few collectors have threatened to visit this year (it’s a great place to escape the heat). If others of you think you might come, let me know what things you’d like me to bring.
ALLENDE, Mexico: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3.2). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is a bag containing several small cut fragments. Nothing special but certainly good for micros or resale. These range in size from about 5mm x 5mm to around 5mm x 12mm.
5 fragments totaling 1.8+ grams - $12
FORKSVILLE, Virginia: (L6). Fell July 16, 1924. Tkw = 6067 grams.
It was reported that 4 stones from this fall were recovered. According to the Catalog of Meteorites, pretty much all of this one is in museum collections (though it is certainly possible that some has been traded out since the Catalog’s publication in 2000. All 3 pieces here are fragments.
a) .015 gram fragment – 3mm x 2mm x 2mm - $15 -- SOLD
b) .025 gram fragment – 3mm x 2.5mm x 2mm - $25 -- SOLD
c) .137 gram fragment – 7mm x 3mm x 3mm - $60 -- SOLD
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: (L6). Fell November 1959. Tkw = around 236 grams.
There is no fall info for this one, just a report of its olivine mineralogy. Regardless, this is probably the rarest (from a total known weight) fall I have had in recent history. As there was no report about this fall, I can only go by the pieces listed in museum collections in the Catalog of Maeteroties. That list shows only 4 museums with pieces totaling 236.2 grams! These pieces are fragments in a capsule.
a) .020 gram fragment – 2mm x 1.5mm x 1mm - $25
b) .146 gram fragment – 7mm x 5mm x 2mm - $100
MERUA, India: (H5). Fell August 30, 1920. Tkw = 71.4 kg.
It is reported that 6 stones fell, with the largest being 56.7kg. I thought that this might be well distributed, given the large total weight listed. However, it seems that right around 71kg is listed as being in museum collections so very little had gotten out at the time the Catalog o Meteorites was published.
a) fragment (around 3mm x 2mm x 2mm) in capsule - $10
b) .245 gram fragment – 6mm x 6mm x 4mm - $50 -- SOLD
MIGHEI, Ukraine: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell June 18, 1889. Tkw = 8+ kg.
This is the meteorite that gives the CM’s the M after carbonaceous. I have had super fine powder of this fall in the past but I can’t recall having actual (all though small) fragments (at least at no time recently). I tried to do some research on the value of this stuff but came up with nothing. Sooo, I am just going to guess (but high maybe?) on this one. The largest piece comes in a small research vial that is then inside a bottle labeled “Mighei Meteorite ~ .45g USSR”.
a) .013 grams – 10 small fragments in a capsule - $20
b) .026 grams – 2 fragments in a capsule - $40
c) .043 gram cut fragment – 4mm x 3mm x 3mm - $75
d) .08 gram cut fragment – 5mm x 4mm x 4mm - $140
e) .117 gram fragment – 6mm x 5mm x 4mm - $175 -- SOLD
OCHANSK, Russia: (H4), brecciated. Fell August 30, 1887. Tkw = 500+kg.
This is a lot of fragments in a capsule. The largest piece is around 5mm x 5mm x 4mm in size. Total weight is around .2g or so.
.20g fragments in a capsule - $15
RANGALA, India: (L6), veined. Fell December 29, 1937. Tkw = 3224.5 grams.
22 fragments are reported to have fallen. This is yet another item that, not only was very little recovered, but pretty close to all that was seems to be listed in museum collections. All I have is a few small fragments, so my offering won’t be changing much other than giving a few collectors the chance to add this “new” name to their collection.
a) small fragment (around 2mm x 1.5mm x 1.5mm) in a capsule - $10
b) larger fragment (around 3mm x 2mm x 1.5mm) in a capsule - $15 -- SOLD
c) .155 grams of fragments and crumbs in a capsule - $50 -- SOLD
SHALKA, India: Achondrite (Diogenite). Fell November 30, 1850. Tkw = 3.6+ kg.
This fall is interesting in that, supposedly, an immense stone (around 3 feet across) fell but only around 8 pounds was preserved. I had a couple pieces of this in Tucson (can’t remember what I priced them at) but they, not surprisingly, sold before I could offer them on a list. I have around 5 pieces total (all fragments) this time and I think these will be the last I will see (at least from this source). The largest piece is in a small round, labeled “box” that all these pieces came to me in.
a) .15 grams – 5mm x 5mm x 4mm - $15 -- SOLD
b) .29 grams – 7mm x 6mm x 5mm - $30 -- SOLD
c) .53 grams – 9mm x 7mm x 5mm - $50 -- SOLD
d) .65 grams – 10mm x 7mm x 6mm - $75 -- SOLD
Tuesday 8 July 2014
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 156
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
Brmeteorites@yahoo.com
…………………………………………………LIST
156
Dear collectors,
Here are a few more interesting items (many names I have
never seen before). From the lot I received a day or so before my last offering
in June. Most of these are certainly NOT cheap on a price per gram level. These
were basically priced as a specimen, add a difficult (or nearly impossible) to
obtain new name to your collection way. It was hard to guess a “fair” price on
most o this material. I am certain that I have gotten some of these wrong on
both sides (some too expensive and some, like the St. Michel from the last list
(which sold in seconds and had more than 12 people desperately wanting the
piece) probably too cheap. Anyway, I hope there is something here for everyone.
This is one I had to look up. I don’t recall ever seeing a
piece of this one. Only one stone fell and it seems that the material has found
deep hiding places since. Both of the pieces I have here look like they have at
least some crust. Under magnification, this is quite interesting. It looks to
be a loose conglomeration of lots of tiny chindrules. Wish I had a bigger piece
to look at this way.
a) .027
gram fragment – 3mm x 3mm x 2mm - $20-SOLD
b) .265
gram cut fragment – 7mm x 5mm x 4mm - $100-SOLD
GERGENTI, Italy :
(L6), veined. Fell February 10, 1853 .
Tkw = 16.7+kg.
Here is one that looks well distributed, amongst the museums
anyway. However, I don’t think much of this one has gotten into collector’s
hands. I don’t recall ever seeing a piece. The museum collection lists in the
Catalog of Meteorites looks to add up quite close to the reported total known.
Anyway, yet another “may never see it again” thing. The piece I have here are
all just small fragments.
a) small
fragment (around .01g or so) – 2mm x 2mm x 2mm - $10-SOLD
b) .042
gram fragment – 5mm x 3mm x 2mm - $20-SOLD
c) .065
gram fragment – 4mm x 3mm x 3mm - $30-SOLD
There once was an man from Cass, who’s ….. Never mind. That
one would get me in to trouble with someone out there (not “family” material. I
can’t help but think of such things when I see this meteorite’s name. I don’t
think that has been all that often over the years however. Anyway, this is one
of the older falls I have had and probably in fairly high demand as such. These
are all small fragments in a capsule. As you will see, I finally gave up
weighing all the tiny fragments that came in as part of this collection. The
torsion balance I use to weight these things is slow and cumbersome (but very
accurate usually) and, for most of these things, the weight does not really
matter as they are being sold as specimens and not by weight.
a) Small
fragment (around 2mm x 1.5mm x 1mm) in capsule - $10-SOLD
b) Medium
fragment (around 3.5mm x 2mm x 1mm) in capsule - $15-SOLD
c) Large
fragment (around 4mm x 3mm x 2mm) in capsule - $25-SOLD
I think I had a small fragment or two of this some months
ago. I can’t recall if I put it on a list of if it sold immediately to
collectors back east. Anyway, here are a few small fragments and crumbs.
a) small
fragment (around 2mm x 2mm x 1mm) in capsule - $10-SOLD
b) .03
grams of crumbs in a capsule - $20-SOLD
c) .275
gram cut fragment – 8mm x 4mm x 4mm - $80-SOLD
Years ago (20 or so perhaps), I had more of and easier
access to this meteorite than Murchison. I really have had very few pieces
since. Here I have only one substantial fragment and then a capsule of small
fragments (around 1mm to around 4mm in size).
a) .15
grams of small fragments in a capsule - $30-SOLD
b) 1.39
gram fragment – 17mm x 9mm x 8mm - $280-SOLD
SENA, Spain :
(H4), brecciated. Fell November 17,
1773 . Tkw = around 4kg.
This is one of the oldest falls I have had in a long time.
In fact, looking over the falls by date in listed in Meteorites A to Z, about
the only fall I see listed from earlier that I know I have had a piece of is
Ensisheim! So, this fall is the second oldest I have ever had. To add even more
to the excitement, this is quite rare in museum collections. There are a number
of museums that have substantial pieces of this but a few have less (sometimes
far less) than a gram! In fact, the largest piece I have here is over 3 times
the size listed in the Monig Collection and around 1.4 times the size of piece
the British Museum (The Natural History Museum, London more technically) has
listed in their collection! These specimens are all fragments.
a) small
fragment (around 1.5mm x 1mm x 1mm) in capsule - $15
b) larger
fragment (around 2.5mm x 2mm x 1.5mm) in capsule - $25
c) .097
gram fragment – 5mm x 5mm x 2mm - $100
d) .347
gram fragment – 8mm x 6mm x 4mm - $340
SHELBURNE,
Canada : (H5),
veined, brecciated. Fell August 13,
1904 . Tkw = 18.6kg.
It has been awhile since I have had a Canadian meteorite and
I am sure like those in the past, these will probably end up going back to
Canada (or there possibly will be some upset Canadian collectors who missed out
by being just a little too slow to respond). Anyway, as with most of what I
have offered recently, these are small fragments.
a) .025
gram fragments (3 pieces) in capsule – $10-SOLD
b) .13
gram fragment – 5mm x 4mm x 3mm - $30-SOLD
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 155
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………………LIST
155
Dear collectors,
Here is a small offering of some interesting items I got a
few days ago. I know, this list should have gone out last week but I did not
have this new material (or much of anything new for that matter). I will also
likely be missing the next scheduled offering time (July 1st) as I
will be leaving town a day or two later. I’ll be gone for the long holiday
weekend and should be back home around July 8th.
ABEE, Canada :
Enstatite chondrite (EH4), imb. Fell June
9, 1952 . Tkw = 107kg.
Here are a few small slices (actually, the smaller pieces
are more like little bars with polished edges) or those of you that want a
piece of this rare and important meteorite in your collection with out spending
a fortune. These piece are all very fresh and show lots of metal and
brecciation (even on the small ones). The “big” one is very nice (such that I
was tempted to hang on to it for my micro collection).
a) .22
gram slice – 8mm x 3mm x 2mm - $15
b) .56
gram slice – 12mm x 4mm x 3mm - $30
c) 1.44
gram slice – 13mm x 11mm x 3mm - $75
ALLENDE, Mexico :
(CV3). Fell February 8, 1969 .
Here is a super fresh broken fragment that has some patches
of crust (around 30mm x 10mm and another around 12mm x 10mm). Not much to look
at honestly, but it might be a good piece to make some nice small slices (or
thin-sections) from. The rumor I got with this piece is that the researcher
that it had it years ago got it from Dr. King. Now way to prove that at this
point, but this piece is fresh enough to make that story more than believable.
30.9
gram fragment with some crust – 30mm x 28mm x 20mm - $250
I got excited over seeing this one in the “collection” as I
have never had a piece of Klamath Falls
before. It seems I still haven’t. There were two small cut fragments (and some
powder) in a small bottle that is labeled “Klamath
Co. Museum Klamath
Falls ”. However, close inspection revealed that this
had a some what grainy texture to it (Not something you want to see in an iron
meteorite). I checked it with a magnet and, sure enough, it did not stick, My
XRF says that this is mostly copper (around 60%) with arsenic (17%) and lead
(11%) and a bunch of other stuff. So, not a meteorite but the bottle is cool.
This was from an old research collection and I suppose it is possible that the
person who had this years ago was working on something from the area (that the Klamath
Falls Museum
“Klamath
Falls ” museum labeled bottle containing two mineral
fragments - $20
MBALE, Uganda :
Ordinary chondrite (L5/6). Fell August
14, 1992 . Tkw = 108+ kg.
This was readily available years ago but I rarely see it
these days. None the less, it is still among the cheapest of witnessed falls.
This is just a nice fragment with a polished face (curved though. I think
someone simply polished out a naturally broken edge as opposed to cutting
first). This has some crust – an area around 12mm x 11mm. This is not one of
the earliest recoveries as it shows some minor rust spotting but is still very
fresh so it is not a late recovery either. This comes with a nice specimen card
that is generic (no collection name) except a note that says something like
“from Pieter Heydelaar” I believe. This makes sense as I know Pieter (a famous
gold dealer that dabbles in meteorites a bit) had quite a bit of Mbale years
ago.
3.3 gram
fragment with polished face – 20mm x 10mm x 11mm - $15
Here is a really nice aesthetic little “micro” slice. It has
one crusted edge (one of the shorter edges, unfortunately) with lots of metal
and some shock veins in a nice mottled light brown matrix.
2.1
gram slice – 20mm x 10mm x 3mm - $15
I probably priced this on wrong. I know I have heard of it
and had pieces of it in the past but I, unfortunately, don’t have any idea what
this stuff is “going for” out there so I guessed (more than something like
Mbale but less than L’Aigle). So, either someone out there is going to get a
great deal or I’ll have this one in Denver .
This a thick part slice that is all cut sides except one broken edge (no crust,
unfortunately).
4.3
gram slice – 22mm x 10mm x 10mm - $80 -SOLD
SULTANPUR,
India : Ordinary
chondrite (L6), black. Fell July 10,
1916 . Tkw = 1711 grams.
Now this one I priced high as there seems to be very little
of it known and very little of it distributed. I think I have had crumbs of
this in the past but this is a much larger “crumb”. This is a small cut
fragment that likely broke off o a larger slice sometime in the past.
.26
gram cut fragment – 8mm x 5mm x 3mm - $100
TENNASILM,
Estonia :
Ordinary chondrite (L4), veined. Fell June
28, 1872 . Tkw = 28.5 kg.
This is a small fresh flake/ fragment. Thankfully, its
thinness actually gives it a pretty good surface area.
.30
gram fragment – 10mm x 6mm x 2mm - $25
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