Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 241

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

February 17, 2021

LIST 241

Dear Collectors:
This is just a single meteorite (but multiple specimens) offering of Henbury individuals. I got some of these from a collector in California who bought them years ago. He has been trimming his collection a bit in recent years and these were some of the items he trimmed. I got a batch of these back in the later part of last year and had planned on putting them on my early new year mailed/ e-mailed catalog. However, I quickly sold most of the specimens in that batch (particularly the larger pieces) so I was left with far to few pieces to put on a mailed, major offering. I talked with the guy I got those from to see if I could get more. The answer was ‘yes” but it turned out that, as before, I could get far to few pieces to put Henbury on one of my main catalogs. So, I am offering these here. All are superior quality specimens that are not only far larger than the usual Henbury pieces I have had over the years but also far superior in having sculpted shapes. I probably don’t really need to say this, but these are all “one of a kind”, I have no replacement pieces for any size of the listed specimens.

HENBURY, Australia: Medium Octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
Here is a selection of fantastic natural, as found individuals. I got these from a collector that purchased them many years ago. He had quite an eye for quality. These all have fantastic shapes – far better than 95% or more of the Henbury specimens I have seen over the years. These are all “one of a kind” (I know, I am repeating some things that I have said above, but many folks don’t read the “Dear collectors part at all – just jump right to the offering. That is NOT a bad thing though) so I have no replacements for any of these pieces. Once one is sold it is sold, unfortunately. If you have ever wanted a larger really nice Henbury specimen in your collection, don’t hesitate on one of these. In recent years, I have seen very few larger pieces like this and they have been not nearly as nice as these and usually a bit more expensive. As usual, I tried to get a good photo of these (in good daylight/ sunshine – something that has been in short supply around here lately) but we never have much luck getting the fine sculpting features to show (3-D item not translating well to 2-D, partially (mostly?) due to our lack of real photography skills) so I assure you these look better in person that in my photo.

HENBURY, Australia: Medium Octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
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1) Natural sculpted individuals as found:
a) 79.4 grams – 60mm x 20mm x 15mm - $150
b) 145.0 grams – 65mm x 30mm x 20mm - $270
c) 195.5 grams – 85mm x 35mm x 20mm - $355
d) 225.8 grams – 70mm x 45mm x 20mm - $410
e) 258.3 grams – 70mm x 45mm x 40mm - $465

NOTE- Contact for Shipping Quote IF purchasing.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.

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 240

 

Blaine Reed Meteorites

P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487

brmeteorites@yahoo.com  MENTION Seen on Blog; thanks!

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.
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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

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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

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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

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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.

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 239

Blaine Reed

P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
October 2, 2020

LIST 239

Dear Collectors,
Here is the e-mail version of my just mailed “after Denver” list. Yep, we did manage to have a show. It was shorter than normal (by about half) and we had a fairly light amount of foot traffic. None the less, I still managed to sell a lot more than I expected. Assuming no one ends up getting sick from doing the show, it was a solid win in my books. Now I just have to worry about Tucson. This is NOT a small worry. The hotel and show was taken over by a new owner just as we left this year’s show. He was scheduled to do a major re-model (I never like hearing that. I barely fit in the room the way things currently are. ¼” change in the length of the TV/ dresser cabinet means my current tables and layout no longer fit). Given this and the fact that the hotel was likely shut down right after we left, I would not be surprised to find the place closed in bankruptcy upon arrival next year. Also there is the issue of “social distancing”. I was able to do this given the much larger space I have in Denver (and by changing the table layout) but there is no chance of pulling something similar off in a small motel room (so will CDC guidelines prevent us from having the show in the normal fashion anyway). I’ll try to keep folks posted on this as I learn more.

SEYMCHAN, Russia: (Pallasite). Found 1967.
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SEYMCHAN, Russia: (Pallasite). Found 1967.
These are all actually slices of the much more common iron portion of this meteorite. I got these to cut down into smaller squares to satisfy the needs for some educational science kits I needed to pull together for an institute. Thankfully, I got lucky and was able to trade a collector for the smaller etched squares of this meteorite that I needed (this material has gotten quite hard to get and expensive to buy recently. Apparently, no more new pieces are being found). The two smaller pieces here are really, really cool almost complete slices (each has a 50mm cut edge that is not terribly noticeable). These were cut from a piece that had a large elongate natural hole in the center (likely from a Screibersite or Cohenite burning or weathering out). The largest piece is a complete slice. This has the earlier, deeper style etch on it (the etch on the holed pieces is lighter). This piece is somewhat warped (the saw obviously had some trouble getting through this piece) but has been polished and etched properly so this is not really noticeable.
1) Etched slices/ part slices:
a) 134.4 grams - 120mm x 75mm x 3mm - $250 – neat natural hole.
b) 168.1 grams - 130mm x 70mm x 3mm - $310 – neat natural hole.
c) 283.1 grams - 130mm x 80mm x 5mm - $400 – complete slice.

KATOL, India: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell May 22, 2012.
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KATOL, India: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell May 22, 2012. Tkw = around 13kg.
Here is something that I found waaay back in deep storage while doing inventory work that somehow I never got around to offering. This was an interesting and exciting meteorite when it fell. Several pieces hit/ fell through roofs. Many pieces also had a weird achondritic texture to them. I think this meteorite was considered to be an L7 or such for some time and recent papers are suggesting that this has been miss-classified and really is the first known L7 fall. I have very little of this (it was VERY expensive when I was finally able to get some through trades). All of these are fragments and all, but the smallest, are one of a kind (no replacements pieces available, unfortunately). All but the smallest piece have fusion crust. The 3.6g has secondary crust, the next two have large areas of primary crust and the largest piece, though very slightly weathered (the others are pristine fresh) is actually a complete individual with around 70% primary crust with the remainder being a very, very light secondary crust. These are being sold here for less (substantially less) than I paid for them years ago.
1) Fragments:
a) 1.7 grams - 12mm x 8mm x 7mm - $60
b) 2.5 grams - 12mm x 12mm x 5mm - $85 – 10mm x 5mm secondary crust.. NOT in group photo.
c) 10.6 grams - 22mm x 20mm x 7mm - sold
d) 22.9 grams - 32mm x 22mm x 17mm - sold
e) 35.1 grams - 29mm x 25mm x 22mm - $1000 – complete individual.

NWA (13384): Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 2018. 
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NWA (13384): Ordinary chondrite (L5). Found 2018. Tkw = 465.3 grams
Here is a meteorite I accidentally ended up with when I purchased a batch of the NWA (11669) (offered on my last list). It indeed looked very much like the other pieces and liked to break apart (like the NWA 11669) upon cutting and polishing as well. As a result of this second part, I have numerous pieces of only a couple sizes to offer. As I had already cut/ polished this stone before fully realizing it was a different meteorite. The relatively chondrule poor mottled gray, brown, and orange interior should have been obvious had this not been the first piece of the batch I cut. The next piece was the proper chondrule rich texture for an LL3. I decided to keep it (got a bit of a refund on the original cost) and put it through research.
1) Slices:
a) 5.1 grams - 45mm x 15mm x 3mm - $8
b) 10.5 grams - 60mm x 20mm x 3mm - $16
2) End piece:
a) 156.3 grams - 60mm x 45mm x 30mm - sold

NWA (845): Rumurutiite (R4), W1. Found March 5, 2001.
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NWA (845): Rumurutiite (R4), W1. Found March 5, 2001. Tkw = 36g+
I am not certain where/ when I got this. I found a small Riker of slices of this hidden deep in a box of miscellaneous things while digging out stuff for the 2020 Denver show. The Riker had a few basic info cards that gave some detailed info (weathering grade, find coordinates, Faylite/ Ferrosillite numbers) but no name as to who made it up. I think that this is a “dealer lot” that I picked up in a collection somewhere and “set aside for the future”. Well, as the folks (Bunson Honeydew and Beaker) at Muppet Labs (from the old Muppet show in the 1970’s) used to say “the future is now”. These show the typical lack of metal (or magnetic attraction), lots of chondrules in a brown/orange matrix. I have less than 35g of this available.
1) Slices/ part slices:
a) .52 grams - 17mm x 6mm x 2mm - $10
b) .93 grams - 16mm x 9mm x 2mm - $18
c) 2.7 grams - 38mm x 12mm x 2mm - $40 – wedged, NOT in group photo..
d) 3.6 grams - 35mm x 26mm x 1mm - sold
e) 8.1 grams - 38mm x 30mm x 2mm - $150

NWA (8345): Carbonaceous chondrite. (CO3.2).
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NWA (8345): Carbonaceous chondrite. (CO3.2). Found before 2013. Tkw = 986..1 grams.
I got the main mass of this meteorite at the COMETS auction/ dinner event during the 2018 Denver show. I finally (over a year later) got around to cutting it up for sale. This was purchased as three pieces that fit together. The interior has many small chondrules, some small CAI’s in a dark brown matrix that makes up around 30% of this meteorite. Research work showed this to be a sub-type 3.2 stone – one of only 13 known (at the time of typing of this) CO3.2 meteorites world wide. This stone had a couple fractures that made it impossible to get full-sized large slices from it (I probably should have “stabilized” (glued it) before doing the cutting work). However, this did make it such that I ended up with more end pieces, cut fragments than I normally would have (I listed these, for space sake, as only by weight as each is a one of a kind weight).
1) Slices:
a) 1.9 grams - 15mm x 12mm x 3mm - $23
b) 3.9 grams - 21mm x 15mm x 3mm - $46
c) 8.6 grams - 35mm x 25mm x 3mm - $100
d) 16.6 grams - 60mm x 20mm x 3mm - $190
e) 33.3 grams - 70mm x 32mm x 4mm - $365
2) End pieces/ cut fragments: $10/g
Weights available: 5.5g, 12.2g, 20.3g, 52.2g, (73.3g sold)

NWA (13383): Achondrite. (Ureilite).
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NWA (13383): Achondrite. (Ureilite). Found before 2019. Tkw = 866.4 grams..
Here is something I really wanted to offer in smaller pieces. Try as I might, I was barely able to get the required material for research work removed (it took me something like an hour and a half to cut a 1” x 1 ½” surface area). Ureilites are interesting and still not really understood. They seem to be from a large parent body (one paper I saw recently suggests it was somewhere between the size of Mercury and Mars) that got smashed apart and then partially re-consolidated. This mixed things where things that were cooling slowly (deep inside) suddenly cooled quickly and the opposite, things that were solid/ cooled quickly became heated and cooled slowly. This piece I am leaving (for now) as the mostly natural main mass (I may try to get it cut in the future but the resulting slices likely won’t be cheap due to the extensive labor and destroyed saw blades that will result). A really nice solid specimen that is a great desk piece at a price likely lower than it would cost direct from Morocco these days.
820.3 gram fragment/ individual – 75mm x 70mm x 65mm - $3500

AUSTRALITE
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AUSTRALITE: Tektite from Australia.
It has been quite a number of years since I was able to get a handful of these. I just got these from a friend that has recently retired from the mineral business. He had these labeled as being from South Australia (I do have a few (6) more special/ interesting pieces from the Lake Torrens strewnfield, Lyndhurst, SA) but that was all. These are the usual round, egg shaped and button cores (nope, I didn’t get any flanged buttons in this lot). As I got a good deal on these, I am pricing these substantially cheaper than I usually ask for Australites for the time being.
1) Individuals as found:
a) 2.4 grams - 18mm x 13mm x 7mm - $7
b) 5.0 grams - 20mm x 19mm x 10mm - $15
c) 7.1 grams - 24mm x 18mm x 11mm - $21
d) 10.0 grams - 24mm x 22mm x 14mm - $30

Please note:
Shipping: For small US orders $5 is needed now. Rates have gone up yet more this tear and now the very 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.

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 238, some older Texas pieces and Nothing

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

August 18, 2020

LIST 238

I know, it has been months since I sent out any kind of offering. This is mostly because I really have not had a lot of “new” stuff to offer. I still wouldn’t (aside from Nothing) as I have gotten very little new material lately (and have been hesitant to go try and find some until it looks like things might start getting back to normal). Most of this stuff is pieces of Texas meteorites that I offered years ago and then had hidden away. A new potential collector from Texas showed up several months ago, wanting (not surprisingly) Texas meteorites. I sold him a couple easy to access pieces at the start but he wanted more. So, looking over my inventory records I saw that I had some of these older pieces in a box that was inside another box that was buried in the back corner on the bottom shelf in my closet (some digging required). I pulled these out, cataloged them and offered them. I got a few “I’ll be back and pick a few specimens to buy soon” e-mails shortly after. Well, it has been a couple months now and no response. Rather than leave these set out for someone that has seemed to have already drifted on to other interests or put them back in their deep storage spot I decided to offer them here. This offering also allows me to make an announcement concerning the (at this point) still happening Denver Show next month.

NOTES ON DENVER:

Yep, it seems that there will be a show but there are some substantial changes (Crowne Plaza DIA – 15500 E. 40th Ave). The show dates have been trimmed back to September 11th through the 15th. The show times have been extended to (I believe) 8am to 8pm. I certainly don’t mind the 8pm thing but the 8am thing might be a problem some mornings. My room will have a different lay-out as I am required to keep wide isles (I’ll only put tables along the outer walls – no center tables this year). I also will only be able to have a couple chairs in the room. I think I can only have about 5 people in the room at any given time and with Mike and I needing to be there it is unlikely I can have the usual people hanging out (which is an important part of the show for me), unfortunately. Also, we already know that there will be pretty much no buyers from overseas (and many of the overseas sellers won’t be attending either). I suspect that many US buyers that would normally fly won’t show up either. As such, I plan to try and have a fairly good set up but already knowing these things (and having a shortened show) I probably won’t bring nearly as much stuff as I usually do (so contact me if you plan to come and there is anything you want me to bring or there may be a chance it doesn’t get brought). Given the unusual (and potentially dangerous) situations this year I had though of skipping this year’s show (particularly considering that Linda had a medical emergency earlier this summer that has her on immuno-suppressant drugs i.e. she is a very high risk person now) but have decided I just can’t risk it. I do need the sales it may (or may not) generate but more so I can’t risk loosing my current space. We were offered the chance to skip this year and were told by e-mail that we could have our “normal” space in 2021. And this I seriously considered (but Mike is really anxious to do a show). However, I do know that there are a LOT of other dealers that desperately want the space I have. If I skip this year and someone else is given the spot, and (to the management’s eyes) they “fit in the spot better” there might be a pretty high risk of getting scrapped off into the main ball room or a motel room (and given that this spot has completely changed the show for me, that would be economic suicide in the longer term). So, with some degree of financial need, Mike’s strong desire to go I will be there (trying to suck air through a _amned mask all day).

Anyway on to the goodies:

List #238
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DIMMITT, Texas: Ordinary chondrite (H3.7). Found 1942. Tkw = about 200 kilograms.
Here I have a nice complete individual and a complete slice. The slice I had set aside as part of a research set I put aside years ago. You see, there has bee a LOT of confusion concerning the Tulia and Dimmitt stones. I set aside distinct samples of each of these so I could recognize the different meteorites from each other in the future. Well, I have not done any field work in that area now (so no new meteorites coming in from there) for over 25 years now. The stone is a nice complete, interesting shaped Monig specimen that I got from David New very early when TCU first started allowing some of their “excess” materials go (nope, they are no longer doing this so don’t go to them for material). Unfortunately, back then they required that the Monig label (be it an actual Monig one or a late Huss one) be removed (though you can still see some hints of it) from the material in what turned out to be a futile attempt to keep it somewhat secret that they were releasing stuff.
a) 47.4 gram complete slice – 75mm x 40mm x 5mm - $90
b) 515.0 gram complete individual – 115mm x 55mm x 40mm - $650

GOMEZ, Texas: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 1974. Tkw = about 27 kilograms.
I’ve had this on my old original sent out by mail catalog for years.. I don’t send out more than a few a year these days. I haven’t offered any of the tiny amount I have remaining to more recent collectors in years so I thought I’d do it here. This stone was found in a roadside ditch near the town of Gomez. It is likely that it was put there by a farmer that had just bunged up his plow hitting it and wanted the damaging rock out of his field (this actually happens fairly often and is why I am often paying too much attention to the road-side ditches than I should when driving through farming areas). To me (as I have handled both stones) this looks like it is likely related to the earlier reported Seagraves C stone that was found on the porch of an abandoned house.
a) 7.8 gram part slice – 25mm x 15mm x 6mm - $20
b) 13.5 gram part slice – 27mm x 22mm x 6mm - $35
c) 19.3 gram part slice – 32mm x 25mm x 6mm - $53
d) 41.6 gram part slice – 55mm x 33mm x 6mm - $110

PLAINVIEW (a), Texas: Ordinary chondrite (H5), brecciated. Found 1917. Tkw = about 700kilograms.
Plainview is an interesting meteorite all around. First, it is likely that this should be classified as a witnessed fall. I large piece was found in nearby Cotton Center that had smashed a fence of a horse corral right after a large fireball was seen in 1903. The rest of the strewn field was discovered in 1917 around 10 miles away (and yes, the stones do match type and texture). Also, this meteorite is a regolith breccia from the surface of the H parent body. As such, fragments of many different kinds of meteorites (things that smashed into the H parent) have been found in it over the years. These two part slices are actually pieces left over from some research work long ago. They are basically the same size surface area wise but the heavier could certainly be easily split into thinner slices if someone wanted to.
1) Part slices:
a) 15.9 grams – 55mm x 23mm x 3mm - $50
b) 35.0 grams – 55mm x 25mm x 7mm - $90

TULIA (a), Texas: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Found 1917. Tkw = 78+ kilograms.
I know, I know, the official bulletin report has this meteorite listed as an H3-4 (which is how Dimmitt was listed until more research work on it showed it to be an H3.7). What happened those many years ago when this was studied is that all the meteorites that were found in the general area were mixed together. Yep, Dimmitt (and the associated real Dimmitt meteorite strewn field) are NOT very far away from where the Tulia pieces are found. So, when work was done on this meteorite the work was actually done on a mislabeled Dimmitt and not a Tulia stone. Tulia is not a type 3, it is a type 5. It is also generally fresher than Dimmitt (but not always – it really depends where the particular stone sat in the ground moisture environment).. Dimmitt very, very rarely shows any remaining fresh metal blebs. Many Tulia pieces do show substantial metal remaining (and the smaller pieces listed here do. The largest specimen is a bit sparse in this department but it certainly has the texture of an H5). I know these things because Glenn Huss informed me of this and I worked the area for years (and have actually found my own 8kg Tulia (a) piece) The two largest pieces both have the old Monig white letters/ numbers on black label and the largest specimen (which was once a complete piece that I cut in half many years ago) also has a white painted Huss label (M12.26) that he put there when he sorted and labeled much of the Monig collection years ago.
a) 14.4 gram end piece/ cut fragment – 45mm x 20mm x 7mm - $30
b) 22.6 gram end piece/ cut fragment – 43mm x 20mm x 10mm - $45
c) 78.0 gram part slice – 65mm x 65mm x 5mm - $150 – has 6mm x 3mm carbon looking inclusion.
d) 254.1 gram end piece – 70mm x 43mm x 40mm - $440 – 12AI Monig label.
e) 702.4 gram individual cut in half – 95mm x 70mm x 45mm - $1100 – 12JZ Monig label M12.26 Huss.

TULIA (b), Texas: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 1917, recognized much later. Tkw = 4.4kg+.
To even confuse things more than just the Dimmitt Tulia problem mentioned above, there was yet another overlapping strewn field – an L chondrite this time. A couple specimens (one in the Chicago Field Museum and another in the British Museum) were noticeably fresher than the typical Tulia/ Dimmitt stones. Cutting and research work revealed that these stones were L6 chondrites and were thus a new previously unrecognized meteorite. It turned out that TCU had one as well. I got some of this and sold all I wanted to sell quite rapidly years ago (there really is not a lot of this available).. I kept these pieces as part of my “Tulia research/ sorting things out set” for many, many years. The largest piece (a really nice full slice) had broken along a natural fracture. I put it back together to retain the nice complete slice form (it shows some nice fusion crust an sculpted shape along the edges). The others were from a smaller already broken specimen so I broke it down a bit more to be able to offer more and smaller pieces here.
a) 11.7 gram part slice – 35mm x 17mm x 7mm - $40
b) 24.7 gram part slice – 37mm x 30mm x 7mm - $80
c) 66.2 gram part slice – 60mm x 55mm x 7mm - $200
d) 204.1 gram complete slice – 100mmk x 90mm x 6mm - $560

Last, but not least, I bring you absolutely:

NOTHING, Arizona: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IID). Found 2010. Tkw = 3.7 kilograms.
I really knew nothing about this meteorite when it was first mentioned to me. It was sent to me along with a couple other specimens that I had actually purchased as the owner is hoping I’d put it out in Denver. I am certainly happy to do that but figured why not offer it here first? This wasn’t a real big recovery – only around 8 pounds total. It was found by a gold prospector using a metal detector. It was found buried a couple feet down about 4.5km north of the (now ghost town I believe) of Nothing.
199.8 gram etched end piece – 85mm x 27mm x 26mm - $1700

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale - List 237

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

May 18, 2020

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CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).

Not sure why I called this a “list” as it is a single item offering – a roughly 12kg (11990grams actually) nice-shaped Canyon Diablo individual. We are all having a difficult time right now (hopefully for all of you out there it is mostly boredom from being stuck at home so long and nothing more serious) but some folks are having a more difficult time of it than many. It is this that has allowed me to offer up this fantastic natural Canyon Diablo specimen. It belongs to a collector/ mineral dealer (he deals in cabechons, rough slabs for such, mineral specimens, jewelry and more but only occasionally has a meteorite for sale) but he has had a couple things turn up lately. First, he (as many of us “dealers” have) has had pretty much all of his summer shows cancelled, so no income from those events this year. Next he had the bad luck of having his car’s engine go out (completely – as in total replacement time) on him a couple weeks ago (I am currently gathering the parts together so I can do the timing belt, water pump and oil pump on the old Subaru so something similar does not end up happening to me this summer). That looks like it may cost him around $3000 plus to get fixed (or probably a similar amount to buy a good conditioned “new” used car). So, he has made the decision to offer this wonderful prized specimen. I know that this will sell at the Denver fall show but that is assuming that this virus disaster is still not with us enough to have that shut down (or so restricted that the results would be pretty much the same). Thankfully, the owner has another vehicle (an old truck) to drive so the situation is not desperate. Right now, gas is so cheap (we have regular at around $1.45/ gallon locally) that driving this old thing is not too much of a financial problem at the moment. Anyway, as you can see by the attached photos, this is a really nice natural individual. It was a little bit more natural when I got it but I spent a little time knocking off the loose dirt and minor caliche (mostly using the baking-soda air-abrasion tool). I sold my really nice 15kg piece (at a much higher price per gram) a few years ago to pay some bills and would love to keep this piece as a replacement but I just don’t really have the $ right now to do that (particularly seeing as how the various shows have been cancelled the next few months). So, I am offering it here. I have this priced at a level that it would realistically bring at one of the major shows.


11,990 gram complete natural individual – 180mm x 180mm x 100mm - $7800

One other note:
I have been having a LOT of problems with mail going out of the country lately (not too surprising, most of the overseas mail flies in the baggage area of common passenger jets and with few of those operating these days, the mail is getting backed up considerably). As such I am sorry to have to say that I really, really do NOT want to attempt to ship this overseas right now.

I hope everyone out there stays safe and healthy. And I certainly hope to see some of you at the next major show we’re allowed to have.

Take care!

Blaine

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 236

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 236

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

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TRAVEL(s) INFO:
Boy oh boy has this part gotten screwed up a bunch recently. First off – I had the dates for the Denver Spring show wrong on the mailed catalogs I sent out (close to 300 of them). I had put down April 17th through the 19th . This show, to not interfere with other important shows used to be the weekend closest to “420”. They had to change it (and lost numerous dealers do to the other show conflicts) to a different weekend as the hotel that hosted the show was already fully booked the 420 time frame for pot shows at the nearby Merchandise Mart. I thought the show went back to its original scheduling when they moved out the Crowne Plaza a few years ago. Nope, I got a postcard telling me that the show was actually April 10th – 12th. Oops! I was about to consider re-doing the list (and tearing open hundreds of envelopes) when I got the notice that the show dates have been moved! The new dates (hopefully just for this year) are May 15th – 17th . So, no reason to worry (too much) about have the wrong weekend as neither weekend I would have put on the list was correct now. However, I had a trip through Wyoming planned with friends (yes, I do actually have some) for May 12th – 18th. So, now I would be missing the show because of that. Well, now it seems that I can go to the show as my (expensive) pre-paid reservations in Yellowstone for the actual days of the show (we’d be in devil’s tower, Buffalo and other places other days) have now been canceled! Yellowstone park will be completely shut down at least until the end of May (and the room rates are drastically higher at that point). So, now I do plan to attend the Spring show assuming it does not get changed yet again. So, if you are going to the show and want to meet, let me know ahead of time (if possible) and if there is anything in particular you want me to bring (otherwise I mostly bring things for sales to the various dealers that want stuff from me each year).
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GIBEON, Namibia: Iron. Fine-octahedrite (IVA). Found 1836.
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GIBEON, Namibia: Iron. Fine-octahedrite (IVA). Found 1836.
Boy oh boy has Gibeon gotten hard to come by recently. Not much is turning up and what little is (mostly from old collections) is usually rapidly snapped up by the Chinese. Well, I managed to pick up a handful of small pieces (from a couple different sources, surprisingly) in Tucson this year. Had the Chinese been at the show this year, I am certain that these would NOT have made it home with me (at these prices anyway). Most of these are completely natural, only the 113g (highly brushed) and the 693g (very lightly cleaned) have had any work done on them. All of these have nice sculpted shapes.. Pieces like these were actually fairly rare even when Gibeon was commonly available.
1) Complete individuals (mostly natural) as found:
a) 33.4 grams - 30mm x 25mm x 20mm - $62 – NOT the piece in the group photo.
b) 63.2 grams - 50mm x 18mm x 11mm - sold
c) 94.8 grams - 60mm x 30mm x 16mm - $160 – NOT the specimen in the group photo.
d) 113.6 grams - 65mm x 25mm x 12mm - $190 – wire brushed.
e) 693.1 grams - 105mm x 40mm x 35mm - $1050 – very lightly brushed..
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GHADAMIS, Libya: Ordinary chondrite (L6)
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GHADAMIS, Libya: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell August 26, 2018. Tkw = about 100kg.
The above is more of the Berber spelling of the town name, others have it as “Ghadames”. Regardless, this is a super nice new fall that turned up in Tucson this year (and got the biggest amount of $ out of my pocket for any one item this year). This still has not turned up in the official listings for some reason. However, there is no doubt that this is a) a fall and b) an L chondrite (by magnetic susceptibility readings) and c) by internal texture an L6. I had a couple other large super fresh individuals but have already sold those (I cut this one because it had an easy to work with shape and a tiny amount of rust spotting). Every piece listed below has at least some fresh fusion crust along an edge (the larger pieces are 50% to 100% edge crusted). A beautiful new fall at a (surprisingly) not scary price.
1) Slices, part slices:
a) 2.7 grams - 20mm x 13mm x 4mm - $16
b) 5.4 grams - 24mm x 20mm x 3mm - $32
c) 10.2 grams - 34mm x 25mm x 4mm - $60
d) 20.0 grams - 55mm x 45mm x 3mm - $115 – complete slice.
e) 40.9 grams - 62mm x 46mm x 5mm - $225 – complete slice.
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NWA (7675): Ordinary chondrite. (L5)
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NWA (7675): Ordinary chondrite. (L5), S2, W2. Found 2012. Tkw = 663 grams..
Now this is a meteorite that, to be honest, I question the weathering grade and not for the better, unfortunately. I do see some fine metal grains in some of the slices I got from cutting this, but not a lot. Frankly, this does not show much of anything (how’s that for marketing?). This does have some minor thin shock or hematite veins and some slight hints of chondrule outlines in a medium to dark brown matrix. I suspect that this got put to research as the original buyer hoped (given its lack of obvious chondrite textures) this might be a primitive achondrite of some sort. Not particularly pretty, but an affordable “new” meteorite.
1) Slices:
a) 7.0 grams - 35mm x 18mm x 4mm - $9
b) 13.0 grams - 55mm x 17mm x 4mm - $16
c) 25.9 grams - 50mm x 45mm x 4mm - $31
2) End pieces:
a) 34.9 grams - 47mm x 22mm x 17mm - $40
b) 187.8 grams - 58mm x 30mm x 55mm - $190 – Main mass.
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NWA (11669): Ordinary chondrite. (LL3)
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NWA (11669): Ordinary chondrite. (LL3), S2, W2. Found 2013. Tkw = 23 kilograms.
I kind of wish I picked up a little more of this (and in more solid pieces – I had problems keeping larger slices together when cutting and polishing this stuff). This, to some degree, reminds a little of Ragland, NM or Wells, TX LL3 specimens I had in the (distant) past. Like those, this shows pretty much no metal at all but makes up for it by having lots of chondrules (of various shades of gray, brown, orange and more, just not quite as bright as Wells). Unfortunately, like most type 3’s these days, this did not get sub-typed as that now requires hundreds of probe data points costing LOTS of money (due to rule changes within the Nomenclature Committee) so that only gets done on truly fantastic looking, obviously low sub-type specimens now. All but the very smallest specimens in the list of slices below are “one of a kind”. This is among the very most “affordable” LL3’s I’ve ever offered. I also have bags of cheap small “E-Bay” type pieces available, so just ask if you are interested (I’ll put together a custom bag of total weight and, when possible, sized desired pieces for you).
1) End pieces:
a) 23.8 grams - 30mm x 20mm x 15mm - sold
b) 44.3 grams - 40mm x 35mm x 15mm - sold
c) 102.2 grams - 70mm x 65mm x 12mm - $190 – NOT the specimen in the group photo.
d) 124.5 grams - 80mm x 60mm x 15mm - $225
e) 310.9 grams - 85mm x 70mm x 25mm - $500 – has carbonaceous clast
2) Slices: $3.00/ gram. Sizes available:
2.4g, 5.2g, 9.6g, 16.6g, 25.8g
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NWA (12269): Achondrite. Martian (Shergottite).
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NWA (12269): Achondrite. Martian (Shergottite). Found before July 2018. Tkw = over 2kg.
Here are slices (and a couple end pieces) of this interesting (and quite solid) shergottite pairing to NWA (12269) I picked up in Denver last September. This meteorite is different from other shergottites in that it does not contain olivine, just clinopyroxene and maskelynite (plagioclase turned to glass by shock). This tells us that, unlike Earth, Mars did not produce a homogeneous liquid mantle during accretion. This shows that Mars had only a semi-liquid mantle with zones of differing mineral compositions. These pieces will be out in either a small plastic display box or a small Riker (depending upon size of the specimen). This part got left out of the mailed copy, unfortunately (I had a computer crash that wiped out much of my typing the first go-around and I forgot this little detail the second time).
1) Slices:
a) .15 grams - 7mm x 6mm x 1.5mm - $30
b) .25 grams - 10mm x 6mm x 1.5mm - $50
c) .51 grams - 12mm x 11mm x 1.5mm - $100
d) .97 grams - 18mm x 11mm x 2mm - $175
e) 1.9 grams - 25mm x 18mm x 2mm - $310 – complete slice.
f) 4.5 grams - 45mm x 28mm x 2mm - $675 – complete slice.
2) end pieces: I have only these two:
a) 5.1 grams - 25mm x `17mm x 8mm - $670
b) 61.9 grams - 40mm x 29mm x 26mm - $5500 – a real museum piece. In fact, I bought this one to be my “pass around” Mars rock to replace my softer NWA (7397) similar sized end piece that I believed was already sold (to a museum).
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ANCIENT METEORITE COINS (Obverse)
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ANCIENT METEORITE COINS (Reverse)
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ANCIENT METEORITE COINS: Large silver Tetradrachm. Around 17g and 30mm diameter.
I have offered the small bronze coins and a few of the much smaller silver coins of this design on past lists (and sold out). I finally was able to get an assortment of these wonderful large (the largest, highest denomination I believe) silver coins of the same design and time period to offer. As with the other smaller pieces, these are mostly Anitochos I, Soter (280-261BC) pieces (I do have one Antiochos II piece though). I have 3 of the cheapest ones (I’ll line them up next to each other in the group photo) and a few nicer (more expensive) pieces. As with the other coins, these ARE NOT MADE OUT OF A METEORITE. These have the head of the ruler facing right on the obverse and the reverse has Apollo seated on a conical rock (the omphalus) that was believed to be a meteorite. So, these coins are a very early (if not THE earliest) coins to have a meteorite represented on them.
a) Nice but circulated example - $375
b) A bit nicer but Antiochos II - $400
c) Better still - $675
d) The best - $950

Please note:
Shipping: For small US orders $4 is OK for now. 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.. How ever, for overseas orders, it probably is best to go ahead and use my brmeteorites@yahoo.com e-mail when possible.

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 235

Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale- List 235

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
LIST 235

March 3, 2020

Dear collectors,

I am (finally) back from Tucson and (more or less) caught up on things. Some adventures this year but NOTHING like last year. The only thing that died on me this year was my hover-board (well, my uncle did pass away but that was in July of last year. None the less, that did change a few things logistically this year). I only get to use the hover board during the shows (my driveways are gravel and the runway is fairly soft dirt, when it isn’t wet – sticky deep adobe mud when it is). It seems that the battery on my toy now only wants to run for around half an hour or so (it used to last well over an hour). Welll, I was riding it pretty heavy one evening (including a couple complete trips around the hotel as they re-surfaced the parking lot recently). I thought it is getting a bit mushy/ sluggish in its response but it had only been running for 20 minutes or so. A quick glance at the battery light showed it was still green. However, as I was standing on it, moving around (and listening to music at a volume that was a tad high) and I failed to notice that it was flashing a steady “low battery” warning. Well, I leaned into it (got going pretty fast) and then tried to do a sharp turn. Nope, didn’t work out so well. When the engine on my airplane quits (which it seems to enjoy doing from time to time) most people think the thing falls out of the sky like a sack full of wet bricks. Nope, the wing works fine and, as long as I have left myself something to land on within gliding distance, it is no big deal to land and effect repairs (and fly back out when done if I really picked the landing spot well). Not so with a hover-board. When it quits (and it can indeed do it quite suddenly if you are not paying attention) it does indeed drop you to the ground like a bag of bricks. Yep, this is indeed what I did. I watched the machine roll away with a flashing red light (dead battery) signal and that is what dumped me. I managed to pull a bunch of muscles in my left leg and bung up my left hand a bit. Nothing broken (but my pride) but I did end up taking an extra day to pack down the room and load the car (I was moving quite slowly). We also had another “vanenture” on the trip home. The fan belt kept coming off of its pulleys as we were heading to Flagstaff. This happened a half dozen times (about every 8 miles – we got good at putting it back on) on the way into town. We made into town, thankfully. Blake tightened up the clamp on the upper hose on the radiator as that is where it looked the fluid leak was coming from. I wish it ended up being that easy. We ran the car for 20 minutes in the parking lot of the hotel we decided to spend the night at. No leak! So, off we went to Auto Zone to get a new tensioner pulley (it seemed to be making a bit of noise, was old and may have gotten damaged in the shock(s) of the belt coming off). Well, while there, after turning the engine off (this is when a car gets the hottest and builds up the most pressure) the radiator blew a ¼” or so hole (near the hose clamp – so we weren’t to far wrong in the spot of the leak, just what it was exactly). So, time for a radiator replacement right there in the parking lot. Unfortunately, they did not have the right one (and did not have the spare man-power to help me go pick one up). So, a 1.5mile walk (well, more of a shuffle like a post apocalyptic zombie as I had all of those torn leg muscles to deal with) to O’Reily auto parts (who DID have the right radiator but also not enough man-power in house to bring it to us – I got a Lyft back to Auto zone though). It all went together just fine but did take us until a bit after 9pm to get the job done. The next morning, starting the car brought out all kinds of bad metal on metal screeching noises. Hmmm, maybe something else (like the alternator or, my guess, the power steering pump – two items that really can’t be replaced by a couple of shmucks with limited tools in a parking lot). We ran the car for close to half an hour. The noises didn’t go away but they did lessen. My thought was “bad belt” (despite the distinctly metal on metal sounds) as if it were another mechanical failure the noises should be getting worse, not better. A quick experiment showed I was right. So, a new belt (which we now knew how to install in under two minutes) and we were on our way without further trouble (other than the 4” nail that flattened one of the new tires on the car right in the driveway in front of my house. No clue where the nail came from, just happy the thing went flat here and not while on the road. The way we were loaded it would have taken considerable effort, and lots of unloading, to get to what we needed to change a tire on a roadside somewhere). So, adventures, a couple days delay but nothing as serious or difficult as last year.

The things listed below are things that were either left with me (consignments) or I purchased at the show. The show was a bit slower this year (largely due to none of the Chinese buyers and less than half of the Japanese buyers showing up this year, thanks to the Corona virus scare) but not terrible. However, this meant that I, as I did not sell as much, I did not buy as much either. At this point, it looks like this might be my only “after Tucson” e-mail offering (unless I start turning up more smaller things I forgot I bought as I do the finishing touches on putting away all that I brought home). I suspect that my next post/ offering will be my mailed catalog which I plan to try and get out a little earlier than normal as I (supposedly) will be going to Yellowstone with some friends in the earlier part of May this year.

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CAMPO DEL CIELO, Agentina: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
These are both complete slices just drastically different in sizes. The smaller piece is prepared and etched on both sides. However, this piece is small enough that you don’t get a real good idea of the etch texture of this meteorite. The large slice is really thin and, as such, is only polished and etched on one side (it would be a really, really hard job to polish out and etch this backside on a slice this thin). However, the prepared side shows a nice classic Campo etch structure.
a) 70.5 gram complete slice etched both sides – 80mm x 55mm x 3mm - $90
b) 459.4 gram complete slice etched one side – 300mm x 130mm x 2mm - $500

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1891.
This is a part slice (1/4 of a complete slice – two cut edges and one long natural edge) I picked up in Tucson this year. I had offered pieces like this on my April 2019 list and rapidly sold out. When I got the chance to pick up some pieces to satisfy people that have been on a waiting list for a specimen from that offering I bought all I could. It turned out that only this piece was “left over” (I wasn’t able to get many specimens, unfortunately). This piece shows a nice vibrant etch and is etched on both sides.
47.0 gram etched part slice – 42mm x 38mm x 3mm - $94

GEBEL KAMIL, Egypt: Iron. Ni-rich ataxite, ungrouped. Found 2008.
This is a relatively large piece of the material that was found surrounding a crater in Southern Egypt that was found by way of Google Earth satellite photographs. This is a fairly young fall event, estimated to have happened around 5000 years ago. This was also very likely a witnessed event to some degree. Debris from the impact partly covered up what was an active trade route road near the crater. I personally wonder if this event isn’t part of the reason that many of the words for iron in ancient languages relate to the sky and stars (it sure would have been a wake-up call as to where some iron came from). This piece is a classic shrapnel piece as most meteorite specimens found around the crater were (I think a fairly large fusion crusted piece was found in the crater). This has the nice dark chocolate brown wind-polished surface texture over most (around ¾) of its surface. The bottom (part that was in the sand all of these years) is a bit more rusty orange in color and looks to have a couple areas of thin glass (from melting of the sand it landed in) still adhering to it. This stuff has gotten quite hard to come by lately as the folks that took the effort to pick this up some years ago have pretty much sold out (and new material is not being recovered).
2538g complete natural shrapnel fragment as found – 170mm x 80mm x 40mm - $2100

MOUNT DOOLING, Australia: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IC). Found 1909.
Here are two great complete slices that clearly show the recrystallized etch structure pieces of this unusual meteorite shows. It was this etch structure (along with its anomalous chemistry) that showed that a “new” iron meteorite found some 400km away near Perth in 1960 was actually a transported piece of Mt. Dooling. This meteorite is a member of the fairly rare IC group of iron meteorites. Both of these pieces are etched on both sides. I have these priced quite a bit below what I priced (generally smaller) pieces of this meteorite at on a mailed list (and sold out) a couple years or so ago.
a) 106.9 gram etched complete slice – 150mm x 55mm x 2mm - $320
b) 115.9 gram etched complete slice – 155mm x 60mm x 2mm - $348

NWA (6963): Martian (Shegottite). Found 2011. Tkw = about 8 kilograms.
Originally, only about an 80g fusion crusted piece of this was recovered. Once it was found that this was a Mars rock, intensive recovery efforts lead to many more pieces (totaling somewhere around 8kg) being found. This is a wonderful super thing slice that is in a membrane style display holder (though NOT one of the “Membrane Boxes” some of us remember from some years ago). This has a small round base that allows this to be stood up on one corner for a nice shelf display (I’ll put the piece that allows this below the holder in the group photo). This slice has a nice shock vein near one side that was/ is large enough to have some gas bubbling.. These bubbles likely contained little bits of the Martian atmosphere at one time (and, if any are still intact inside this vein those likely would still contain some traces of Martian atmosphere). I have priced this quite a bit below what most people offering pieces of this material seem to be asking at this point.
5.20 gram slice – 70mm x 33mm x 1mm - $1300

NWA (8402): Stony-iron (Mesosiderite). Found 2014. Tkw = 23.85kg.
Here is a nice complete slice of this really classic looking mesosiderite. This has a wonderful mix of metal (making up around 40% of the cut surface area – often as cm sized rounded nodules) and silicates (of which around 75% is pyroxene and 25% is plagioclase). This particular meteorite was also found to have a fairly high amount of silica. This, along with the high content of plagioclase, some equilibrated silicates and lack of brecciation show this to be member of the rare A-3 type mesosiderite group. This is only the 4th meteorite known of this type. The other three are all named recoveries that are pretty much impossible for a collector to obtain: Emery, SD, Lowicz, Poland and Morristown, TN.
148.8 gram complete slice – 140mm x 75mm x 4mm - $1000

NWA (12630): Lunar, anorthositic breccia: Purchased February 2019. Tkw = 233g in two piece.
I suspect that this another piece of the stuff that came out in a big way a bit over a year ago and has lots of different NWA numbers assigned to various pieces of it (the stuff I’ve had is NWA (11273). However, this does have a distinctly different appearance to it. This is clearly an anorthositic breccia but the clasts are not nearly as clear as other specimens. I suspect that this particular part of the meteorite has suffered higher impact melting effects (or this might be a different meteorite recovery completely that got mixed in). Regardless, this is a nice complete slice in a 75mm x 60mm glass fronted display box.
1.82 gram complete slice – 30mm x 27mm x 1mm - $200

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Shipping: For small US orders $4 is OK for now. Larger orders are now $14 (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 (I’ll have to custom quote any larger items/ orders). Registration (recommended on more valuable overseas orders) is $16.

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