Blaine Reed Meteorites -LIST 260 21MAR2023

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

LIST 260 - March 21, 2023


Dear Collectors

Here is yet another “After Tucson” list. I will probably need a couple more of these to clear out the things that came to me in Tucson (or were shipped to me right before).

A note that will not mean a lot to most of you: I have had a fax machine since close to when they first came available. It was really handy for those overseas, don’t speak the language orders (this was well before e-mail). I (and the other folks) found it easier to write things like a letter but have it on the other end as fast as a phone call. Others preferred to send credit card info this way. In fact, I have had this done as recently as my last mailed offering! However, I had someone try to send a fax to me a week or so ago and my fax seems to have completely come apart internally (some important old plastic gear or such obviously broke). I tried to receive the incoming fax but could not. The top of the machine just kept jumping up (trying to open the cover on its own) while making terrible snapping and popping sounds. I looked into it and, nope, this is something I can’t fix. So, at this point I have to let those few of you that liked contacting me this way, I cannot be reached that way right now. I will likely look into seeing if I can find an old thermal paper fax I can use (my tearing into this – a plain paper fax – showed me a HUGE security risk inside that I had not considered before), but that may take time. In the meantime, I will be completely destroying the carbon paper inside of this old one (burning it I suppose) and will NOT be able to receive fax messages until further notice, unfortunately.
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CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite. Found 1891.
I have had a really hard time getting ANY Canyon Diablos lately. My main supplier told me in December of 2021 that he would NOT be selling me anymore of his. And, so far, he has lived up to his words. I have not gotten a single gram from him. This isn’t him trying to be mean or anything, it is just things have changed (for the better) for him. His main business is doing a lot of the small retail weekend shows all over the place. In 2020 and most of 2021 those were not happening. He had no place to sell his stuff (the bulk of which is various raw lapidary rocks/ dino bone, hand- made cabochons and jewelry (quite well done). For a couple years he simply NEEDED someone like me to buy in bulk to survive. Now that his large list of shows are back (I’ll be seeing him in Creede early August) he can sell all the Canyon Diablo he wants/ needs to at full retail now. Anyway, I was offered these end pieces from a “secondary” source. He had just got done cutting and etching what was a pretty ugly (rounded lump) of a Canyon Diablo the he had gotten some years earlier from the guy I used to get mine from. Well, this thing etched up beautifully! It has one of the best etches I have seen from Canyon Diablo (not sure if the photo will really show this though). Oddly, the fact that this was just a rounded, not pretty piece is part of the reason it did etch. You see, the Canyon Diablos that have retained their nice sculpted character (aside from usually being too pretty to cut up) have often gotten “heat treated” during the impact. They were “close to the fire” of the crater forming event. This hardened them so they are far more likely to retain a neat shape but also far, far more likely to NOT show much of an etch pattern, if any (and it was such a piece that I tried to use for a geochemistry glass talk once. After nearly blowing up the geology department’s saw (the guy overseeing its use could not/ would not believe me when I said it absolutely CANNOT be run using the saw’s powered screw feed) the end pieces then embarrassed me in front of the whole class when neither of them would etch (I did not have time to try it before the actual lecture day and would not have had time to try cutting open another piece, IF that would have been allowed, anyway). So, these two separate pieces are actually just halves of the same meteorite that was properly cut and etched. I have also priced these below what I have to ask for Canyon Diablo in general these days. Really nice paperweights!
a) 774.9gram etched end piece – 95mm x 65mm x 30mm - $900
b) 1114.9 gram etched end piece – 100mm x 80mm x 30mm - $1300
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JIKHARRA (001), Libya: HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia). Found 2022. Tkw = 3 tons.
Yep, the total known weight is in the tons. Estimated at about 3 when this was reported but I have heard it might really be closer to 4 or even 5!! THAT is a LOT OF VESTA! However this huge discovery has now made it possible to own an achondrite (plus one that actually has a known body of origin!) for the price of most average common chondrites! I myself picked up a nice bowling ball sized piece of this for my collection. I have these two nice, clearly natural individuals and a couple ugly longish fragment pieces that I plan to run through the saw sometime before too long and offer slices of. Really crappy weather so far this entire year (I put a new solar hot air panel on my house the day before Christmas and we’ve had pretty much an endless string of clouds, wind, rain, snow since). So, no slices for a while, but I can offer these nice individuals (I’ll probably just buy more if these sell. I am a fan of Vesta stuff – particularly at these kinds of prices).
a) 792.3 gram individual – 90mm x 80mm x 50mm - $590
b) 2327.4 gram individual – 130mm x 110mm x 80mm - $1600
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NWA (11615): Ordinary chondrite (LL3). Found 2017. Tkw = 3114 grams.
A single stone was found and purchased in Temara, Morocco by a meteorite dealer in August of 2017. This is a nice meteorite, showing LOTS of closely packed, well-formed chondrules. This is quite fresh. There are very few blebs of fresh metal in this (and most of them are very small. This shows almost no attraction to a magnet. I suspect that someone might have thought that they had found an achondrite (the chondrules don’t really seem to show on the natural edge) when they found this one. Still, an unequlibrated (type 3) stone isn’t bad! Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any info on approximate “subtype” (3.3, 3.6, 3.7….). There was a note of the chrome content of the olivines (apparently, it is possible to get a sub-type from that info) but I have no clue how to interpret that right now, unfortunately.
99.4 gram complete slice – 95mm x 85mm x 4mm - $300

NWA (14016): HED achondrite (Eucrite, melt breccia). Found 2020. Tkw = 29.4kg.
Nope, this IS a eucrite melt breccia like the Jikharra above but it is a completely different animal. I have seen cut pieces of the Jikharra and, to be honest, it is kind of a mushy mess inside (it is almost all melted). This does not have a whole lot of melt in it, just dark veins and zones between the angular still eucritic looking (for the most part) clasts. This has much more the look of a Lunar anorthositic breccia. In fact, some people that saw pieces of this I had in Tucson thought that it was. Nope, just a nice complete slice of a lunar looking eucrite and the second cheapest eucrite that I am aware of (the Jikharra above is number one in that respect).
259.8 gram complete slice – 180mm x 125mm x 5mm - $850
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PHILIPPINITE: Tektite from the Philippines.
This is, at the moment, my largest tektite of any sort (I know, I recently had a customer wanting to know what are the largest tektites I have. My next largest is a somewhat chipped 100g Chinese tektite spherical piece). I got this along with some nice NWA chondrite pieces as part of a “collection”. This is at least 3 times larger than any of my other Philippinites. This also has a lot better grooving to it. This does not have a lot of the classic big deep grooves all over it (those kinds are like $3/g now) but it has some. A nice, natural, unchipped grooved individual.
167.9 gram natural individual – 65mm x 45mm x 30mm - $165

SPRINGWATER, Canada: Stony-iron (Pallasite). Found 1931.
Well, actually this piece was found in the fall of 2008. This is one of the samples that turned up when a group of US meteorite hunters researched the area, put in a little (a lot?) effort and hit pay dirt. I don’t recall how much they ended up finding. It was a substantial amount. However, almost all of it stayed in Canada. You can’t just find a take home a Canadian meteorite. You have to get export papers for it and you can only get that once everyone in Canada (museums, research institutes, etc) has what they want of it first. In this case, there was some left over to be exported, but not a lot. I believe that this is the LAST piece the person I got this from (one of the partners in the re-discovery of the strewn filed has (the last he is willing to sell now anyway). This is a really nice, solid piece (that looks like it might even show some fusion crust remnants).
296.4 gram natural individual – 70mm x 45mm x 40mm - $5500

TIRHERT, Morocco: HED achondrite (Eucrite). Fell July 9, 2014. Tkw = about 8kg.
This isn’t cheap but it sure has the “Wow!” factor. This is clearly an early after the fall recovery piece. It has the best, shiny fusion crust I have seen on a eucrite in many, many years. I think the Early Camel Dongas might have given this a run for its money but those started looking pretty ratty in a matter of months after the strewn field was discovered (Camel Donga is not recorded as a fall but it must have fallen VERY soon before it was discovered as the pieces did weather quite quickly). This does have a number of small corner and edge chips, but, in a way, those make this more interesting as they show a wonderfully contrasting almost white unbrecciated eucrite interior.
121.9 gram beautifully crusted individual – 50mm x 35mm x 35mm - $9800

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Shipping: Shipping rates, right now, have gone up yet again. They seem to have added a "holiday time surcharge". Now it seems that the cheapest I can send a small padded envelope order for is close to $6 at the moment. Regardless, I'll keep the shipping on these (they are small and light weight) at a simple $5 for now for US shipping.

Small overseas orders are around $16 (Canada seems to be right around $15).

Blaine Reed Meteorites -LIST 259 07MAR2023

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

LIST 259 - March 7, 2023

Dear Collectors:
  Here is another “after Tucson” offering. Once again, this is a list of some of the things that came home with me from the show. Some (most) of these are consignments (many brought to me during the show) and some are things I had picked up earlier.


AGOUDAL, Morocco: Iron meteorite, Coarsest octahedrite (IIAB). Found 2000.
I remember when pieces of this stuff first started coming out. They were only quite small ones (a few grams up to, maybe, a few tens of grams). The stuff was being offered as a “new Hexahedrite” (and, yes, if you only have a small piece, you are basically looking at a single Kamacite crystal, which is basically what a Hexahedrite is) for around $5 to $6/g I think. I recognized right away that the things looked like they were from a crater type impact/ fall. Yep, that is indeed what things turned out to be. LOTS of these little pieces started pouring out. Prices got quite affordable on this material (I think, for some time, I was selling it at $.50 to $.60/g). Well, like everything else in our lives these days, prices are going up (part of this is, like other meteorite localities, the find area of this material has been pretty much complexly worked over) and my cost now starts at $1/g for small pieces (in larger volumes – like 5+kg). Of all the quantity of this meteorite that was found, VERY few were of larger size (like over a kilo or so) and only a couple were “really big” (in this case, really big means around soccer ball sized or so). I know of one of these larger pieces that was cut into slices. I had heard that some of these slices were going to be available in Tucson one year. I went to the person that had them but, as they were still unpacking for the show, they could not locate them at that moment. By the time I got word that they had been found and could make it over to buy some, they were already all gone. Here, I believe, are two slices from that batch that someone faster than me was able to acquire. These are nice complete slices. Though the price is somewhat higher than they would have been back then, it is NOT by much. So, if you want a nice complete slice of this meteorite that now has a known crater associated with it (that is of yet to be determined diameter but it looks to be around 105 thousand years old), act fast, these are all I (and my source) has of these.
a) 294.0 gram complete slice – 130mm x 80mm x 4mm - $600
b) 928.4 gram complete slice – 180mm x 130mm x 5mm - $1900



AUSTRALITES: Tektites from Australia.
These nice pieces are from a small jewelry box of cores, flanges and partial buttons I picked up at an earlier show. I have had them sitting around here for some time mulling over how I should go about “marketing” them. I decided to take some of the very best pieces (many of what I got will end up in my usual $7/g Australite tray at future shows). Here I have two membrane boxes of specimens. The smaller one has the crème de la crème of the batch in it – an almost 1/2 complete slightly tear-drop button with a really large/ clear flange around ½ of it. With it is a partial core that has a nice (but thinner) flange around part of it. In between these two is a nice core that shows some nice pressure waves on the front and three partial flanges place almost perfectly at the points of a triangle. The other batch hs 10 specimens in it. This has a nice assortment of cores with nice partial flanges in the top row, smaller cores that have partial flanges or really strong pressure waves in the center row (4 pieces) and 3 nice flange fragments (as naturally found) in the bottom row. I can’t even remember how long ago it was when I last had specimens like these. I finally managed to locate the location info I had written down on these. That says these are from Charlotte Waters (I assume that is a locality and not just a person’s name), Northern Territory, Australia.
a) 3 specimens in membrane box including ½ teardrop flanged button - $600
b) 10 specimens (flanges/ cores, flanged cores) in membrane box - $500



CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1891.
This is a neat complete slice that Marlin (of Montana Meteorite Lab, excellent meteorite cutting and prepping fame) did as kind of labor of love test. He decided to see just how high a polish he could get on a piece of this material. I don’t remember just how long he said it took him (something like 20 plus hours of actual direct labor seems familiar), just that this would be “unaffordable” if he tried to get his labor value back out of this piece. As expected, this has a pretty much high mirror look to it. One important note: this has NOT been coated. This allows its natural mirror-like quality to really shine, BUT I’d suggest letting me give it a quick spray if you live in a humid environment. I use Deft, which can easily be removed if you decide you don’t want the coating later. A neat slice, with a neat shape and a really nice troilite inclusion at one end.
360.7g mirror polished compete slice – 1700 x 45mm x 6mm - $650

GHADAMIS, Libya: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell August 26, 2018.
I know, this is NOT an official name. I think this stuff is (officially) being called “HaH 346”. THAT is listed as “Fall? – No but possible”. The fireball was widely seen in the area and people went out to the likely fall area and started finding beautiful fresh stone meteorites right in the expected area. However, because someone wasn’t actually directly IN the fall area (and saw stones hit the ground or have on pass through a roof/ vehicle or such) it must now be reported as a “possible” fall (this is because of some serious “monkey business” of some people in the past using bright fireballs as a way to sell nice fresh pieces of already known meteorites as “completely new” meteorite fall specimens for some seriously exorbitant prices. Some of these folks got caught at the that game, so now it is MUCH harder to get something reported fully as a fall). I can also tell that these are from a witnessed fall as some of the pieces I have seen recently are already showing signs of rusting. The two pieces I have here are ones that were recovered fairly early after the fall. The crust on both is quite fresh but the smaller of the two does have adhering dust/ dirt that makes the crust look a bit lighter colored in places and the larger piece has a couple tiny areas on one end that show some minor (very minor) orange coloration. Regardless, these piece are far nicer/ fresher than some of the pieces of this meteorite I have been offered lately. Also, these are priced at the same price that was being asked (wholesale!) on those weathered pieces.
a) 236.2 gram complete individual – 80mm x 50mm x 40mm - $295
b) 316.0 gram complete individual – 70mm x 55mm x 50mm - $395



MURCHISON, Australia: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell September 28, 1969.
Here is a piece that I could have sold in Tucson if I had it labeled right. This was dropped off with me while I was still moving into/ setting up my room for the show. It came with a “Dave Mouat Collection” card that said it was 11.1 grams “with partial fusion crust”. Yep, this does have a nice long edge of obvious fusion crust (along about 1/3 of its exterior edge). I failed to notice that this card said “fragment”. Well, this IS certainly Murchison but it is a really nice thin slice and, even better, it is actually a COMPLETE slice. The other 2/3 of its edge, on more careful inspection shows are also fusion crusted, all be it with thinner/ secondary crust. The reason I said this would have sold if I had it labeled right at the show is that very few people were looking to spend $7000on a piece of Murchison (which is what this was priced at at the start). However, I had a couple people interested in a piece about one third to one half that size. Well, it was sitting right there, I just didn’t know it until I took the thing out of its holder and decided to actually weigh it. Oh well, now someone out there seeing this list will have a shot at a really nice complete slice of Murchison.
3.86 gram complete slice – 38mm x 30mm x 1mm - $2450.

NWA (6370): Stony-Iron (Mesosiderite). Found 2010. Tkw = 386 grams.
Here are some nice complete slices of a beautiful mesosiderite that I have actually had (but didn’t know it) for quite a long time. These were in a sandwich bag tucked under other things that I did know about and had been offering for quite some time. It was “digging deeper” for more of some of that material that brought these to the surface. Part of the reason that these remained hidden is that I had so little of the material to begin with. But then, how much could I have if the starting mass was under 400 grams (subtract off the research piece(s), a nice piece or two the original owner likely kept, maybe a couple more he may have sold and there is Not much remaining (plus I sold a couple of these in Tucson). Overall, mesosiderites are quite under appreciated. In the collecting world, they are far, far rarer (in number of different and weights available) then the (admittedly) much prettier pallasites. Also, many of the mesosiderites (I am looking at you Vaca) are often quite weathered. These pieces are really nice, fresh, complete slices. They are absolutely loaded with metal and have the occasional large silicate inclusion – classic mesosiderite look to them. About the only “negative (?) on these is that they have not been polished (could do this but fear that may “pluck” out a fair number of the larger silicate inclusions). However, as these were obviously cut with a wire-saw, you have to look really carefully to notice this “problem”.
a) 16.6 gram complete slice – 60mm x 40mm x 2mm - $350
b) 23.1 gram complete slice – 55mm x 46mm x 2mm - $470

NWA (10023). Stony-iron. Pallasite (Main group, anomalous). Found 2014. Tkw 6.95kg.
Apparently, one mass was found near the Moroccan/ Algerian border. Research work on this showed that it seems to be related to the main group pallasites but that the metal in this particular pallasite is unusually high in plessite (this is a fine-grained, high nickel content mix of Kanacite and taenite (the first being the usual low in nickel Fe/Ni alloy – making up hexahedrites in their entirety and Taeninte being the high nickel alloy in iron meteorites – making up the enrirety of nickel-rich ataxites). For those of you that have been collectiong awhile, the most obvious example of an entire meteorite basically being plessite is the famous NWA 859 meteorite – better known as Taza. This is a nice complete slice of this unusual pallasite (obviously cut from near one of the ends – either that or another piece of this was found since the Met Bull publication of it). This does show some transmittance of light through a couple of the crystals, but it is low (and dark) enough that I have not bothered to try to take photos showing this (plus we seem to be stuck under endless gray skies. I installed a new solar hot-air panel on my house the day before Christmass and I swear we have not had more than a few (single digit number while I have been home) since!).
6.86 gram complete slice – 35mm x 25mm x 1mm - $675


Shipping: Shipping rates, right now, have gone up yet again. They seem to have added a "holiday time surcharge". Now it seems that the cheapest I can send a small padded envelope order for is close to $6 at the moment. Regardless, I'll keep the shipping on these (they are small and light weight) at a simple $5 for now for US shipping.

Small overseas orders are around $16 (Canada seems to be right around $15).

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- LIST 258 - February 24, 2023

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

LIST 258 - February 24, 2023

Dear Collectors

Well, I made it back from Tucson a bit over a week ago. If I had delayed my leaving (and I did have some reasons to stay an extra day, despite my show location not being officially open on that last Sunday) I would have likely got stuck somewhere in Arizona or Utah for some days. I got home late Monday night, after a 10 plus hour drive. My attempts to get over the mountains near Telluride did not work out. That morning, the roads were supposedly clear and it was not supposed to start snowing until close to 5pm that day (with Telluride only receiving a couple inches). Well, the roads in Cortez were clearly wet. It obviously had rained/ snowed sometime that morning. At about 1pm I began trying to make my way North. Nope, a few miles out of Delores and the roads rapidly turned dangerously icy (and it looked like Dolores had received around 5 inches or so of fresh snow already that day). Had to turn back south – head over into Utah and take the Moab to I-70 route home. Even that lower route had some issues. Anyway, I eventually made it home (quite late) that night with a big snow storm right on my heels. It started snowing (and blowing) shortly after I got home. It snowed and blowed for several days straight after. I Finally was able to unload the car Thursday afternoon. If I hadn’t been able to get home Monday, it would likely have been Thursday before I could even attempt finishing the drive.

Anyway, I am back home, but a bit delayed in getting unpacked and caught up (just because I am gone doesn’t mean things pile up just as fast and high here at home). In this offering, I am putting out some of the largest, really neat pieces that I had on consignment for the show. I’d rather see if I can find a new home for them with a collector out there somewhere than spend the same $ sending them back to the owner(s) of the things. I do realize that this offering is of pieces at the high end of anything I have to offer but if you don’t try………..

I’ll have more offerings (generally of more affordable sized specimens) that came home with me from the show before too long.

NOTE: This offering is going out several days later than I had intended. I had “car troubles” (the Volt would not charge I found out as soon as the snow in the driveway was melted enough that I could get that car out of here. Nope, not going to shovel. Been there, done that. My driveway is over 450 feet long. About an 8 hour hard labor job to shovel. Around here, waiting a couple days usually gets the sun to do the work for you. Just have to have some patience. Wanted to send this out the next morning but I got a call early that day from the Chevy people in Grand Junction (the local Chevy people will NOT touch a mostly electric car). So, off to Grand Junction that morning. They had the car until 2pm before telling me they wanted another few hours to get the job done (??? – it is just a re-program thing). Turns out, they were wanting to “pad the bill” telling me that I needed new air filters, new battery for starting the small charging engine 9that allows the thing to be driven like a Prius when you run out of the primary electric charge range and more. I (stupidly) said “just get it done and quick – we have a big snow storm moving in with 60mph winds due here by 5pm (and it did blow and snow then). I finally realized that maybe I had better tell them to skip the filters and battery as those were going to add “several hours of labor” expenses. Went to the dealership *at about 3pm) and asked when it would be done if we skipped the “extra”. The thing was done right then and there. So, home I went (after paying $300 for a “program update”. Not sure why I should have to pay for something that they screwed up that caused the problem in the first place. I still have warranty on the “drive and battery systems”. For some reason, the program NOT allowing the thing to charge is NOT considered part of the “drive and battery systems). I guess I shouldn’t complain to much. I have had the car 7 and a half years and, aside from having a “programming issue” 5 or so years ago, the only thing I have had to do for the car is put tires on it (car dealers absolutely HATE these kinds of cars. They don’t make much money selling you a car, they make it on all the maintenance you are going to have to pay for to keep the warranty. Electric cars have pretty much NO maintenance needs.

Wanted to send this out the next morning (and then the one after that) but then found I have NO internet. That was out for the ENTIRE day.

So, very much delayed but, finally, you are getting to see this.

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Canyon Diablo
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Canyon Diablo
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CANYON DIABLO, Arizona. Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
Well, (when I wrote this up originally) I had two pieces to offer here, but I sold one of them before I could get this offering out. I had sent the photos on this offering to a person who wanted me to find them a “really nice larger Campo Del Cielo” while I was in Tucson. I found out that that was NOT going to be possible. It seems that those that have better pieces of Campo now are holding out for $1 to $2/g (!!!!) on their better/ bigger pieces. Nope, was NOT going to bring home a “nice” 2kg or 3kg Campo piece for this person’s “big iron” for their collection. They decided to take the larger piece of Canyon Diablo I had (the complete piece in the photos) instead. Anyway, the piece I have remaining is a really nice book-end. The back side shows beautiful sculpted shape. I would have found it quite hard to cut such a pretty meteorite myself, but the interior had quite a surprise waiting. This has probably the biggest graphite/ troilite nodule/ inclusion I have ever seen in a Canyon Diablo. Best of all, this is priced at or below what Campo is supposedly selling for these days.
4962 gram “bookend” – 140mm x 100mm x 80mm - $4900
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Gebel Kamil
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GEBEL KAMIL Egypt. Iron. Ni-rich ataxite (ungrouped). Found 2008.
It seems that someone has figured out how to get this material once again. For a while (some years ago) it was readily available and affordable. The past few years, not so much. Any piece I got sold rapidly and, generally, for quite a bit more than $1/g. For the time being, this is THE most affordable iron meteorite once again. On my next mailed catalog (and its e-mail version those of you seeing this offering will get) I’ll have small pieces offered once again (but with a special twist). This piece here is the largest (by a loooooong shot) of any I have in my hands right now. It is a great specimen for someone looking for a really neat and special paperweight (it would also, given its shape, work really well as a door stop). This specimen is completely natural. It has been left just as it was found (well, maybe the dust has been blown off of it). This is the cheapest of any iron meteorite of its size (I have been informed that even lowly Campos are (supposedly) brining $1 to $2/g on E-bay if they have even slightly interesting shape/ features).
2293.2 gram natural shrapnel fragment – 180mm x 100mm x 50mm - $1490

,NWA 6963, Martian meteorite, shergottite.
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NWA (6963): Martian meteorite (shergottite). Found 2011. Tkw = about 8kg.
In September of 2011, the first pieces of this meteorite found their way into the collecting market. The find site was kept secret while the original finder(s) worked the area looking for more pieces for another 6 months. Eventually, the find location (near the river Oued Toufit) became known to others. Hundreds of meteorite hunters descended on the area shortly after. Over time, many hundreds of pieces were found, many small but some in the hundreds of grams (one close to 700 grams is known). Most of these pieces were broken and only had partial coverage of thing fusion crust. The piece I have here is “standard” in some respects. It does appear to be just a half stone (the fusion crust coverage on the “crusted” part is quite thick and nice). However, careful inspection shows that the “broken” face is really a late fall brake and has tiny dots of crust just starting to have formed on the highest points. So, this is actually a “complete individual”, even if it does not look it at first glance.
49.8 gram individual as found – 44mm x 38mm x 30mm - $9500
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NWA (13033): Ordinary chondrite (L3).
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NWA (13033): Ordinary chondrite (L3). Found 2019. Tkw = 57kg.
Now THIS is a real museum piece! This is, I believe, the largest stone meteorite slice I have ever had. Even better yet, it is a type 3 showing all kinds of chondrules and clasts! This is a piece I really wish I could keep – it is a real show stopper. This comes in its own special storage box. If I need to ship it though, I’d still want to put it in a well packed larger box. It would be a serious shame to end up breaking such an incredible specimen in poor shipping packing.
2647gram complete slice – 430mm x 370mm x 5mm -$7500
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NWA (14016): HED achondrite (Eucrite melt breccia).
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NWA (14016): HED achondrite (Eucrite melt breccia). Found 2020. Tkw = 29.4kg.
This is an item that I will be offering smaller slices of in the future (maybe even my next mailed list). I saw this in Tucson, liked it and liked the price even more. This isn’t (currently) the cheapest eucrite, but it is a close second. This is, however, the cheapest eucrite that has a really nice look to it (the one cheaper one I know of - Jikharra (001) – has a very mushy interior look to it). This one is composed of angular eucrite clasts in a “sparse” melted matrix. This, very much, has the look of a moon rock, but it isn’t, and, as a consequence, is about a tenth the price. A nice end piece that has a nice somewhat thumb-printed sculpting on the back (natural) side.
1293.7 grams – 200mm x 130mm x 33mm - $3500
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RICHFIELD, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.7)
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RICHFIELD, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.7). Found 1983. Tkw = 41kg.
I once had the whole thing. Now I have only a few small slices. This is a thin slice that was cut from making one of my original large complete slices thinner. I did not know what type of meteorite this was when I sent it off for cutting all those years ago. I assumed it would likely be an L4 or something really common (I had only seen a couple very small pieces polished and they were from the solar wind darkened areas so the chondrules were somewhat hidden) so I had it cut at the standard 5mm thickness. This piece does appear to have been cut from one of the very largest slices we got from the meteorite. This piece shows the classic chondrule-rich light greenish gray areas and darker clasts dispersed throughout (those solar-wind implanted darkened areas). This comes with a M. Farmer label.
517 gram complete slice – 300mm x 210mm x 2mm - $4000
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WINNER, South Dakota: Ordinary chondrite (L3.9)
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WINNER, South Dakota: Ordinary chondrite (L3.9). Found 2004. Tkw 8.5 kilograms.
This was found by a farmer who noticed a rusty looking rock when he got off his tractor to unhook a hay rake in August of 2004. Years later, it was identified as a meteorite and purchased by KD Meteorite (I remember them calling me and sending me photos of the thing for my opinion before they bought it) in 2013. This is a nice complete slice (I have one somewhere around here in a “safe place”. Can’t wait to finally re-locate that safe place – there will be all kinds of neat things waiting for rediscovery there for me). This has its original riker that it was sold in. From that, it looks like the current owner may have payed close (really close) to $4000 for the piece. However, he is willing to let it go a bit cheaper here. A really nice specimen from a place that does not have too many meteorites.
298.2 gram complete slice – 180mm x 105mm x 5mm - $3000

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Shipping: Shipping rates, right now, have gone up yet again. They seem to have added a "holiday time surcharge". Now it seems that the cheapest I can send a small padded envelope order for is close to $6 at the moment. Regardless, I'll keep the shipping on these (they are small and light weight) at a simple $5 for now for US shipping.

Small overseas orders are around $16 (Canada seems to be right around $15).

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 # 257 New Year Sale 7JAN2023

Blaine Reed Meteorites
P.O. Box 1141,
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
brmeteorites@yahoo.com
LIST 257 - January 7 2023

Dear Collectors
  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

TUCSON SHOW INFO: I will be on the road from January 24th until around February 14th. For the show itself, I will be in my usual spot “Days Inn” (665 N. Freeway, Tucson) and I’ll be in my usual room - 134. I should be open by mid to late morning Friday January 27th. I will likely stay through the bitter end (that would be February 11th) but may end up leaving early if sales are really slow or security problems are relatively high (so maybe consider contacting me and letting me know if you are planning on coming late to the show so I can make it a point to stick around and actually be there for you). I open the door most days at 10AM. I will have the door open most evenings until around 9:30pm or so (later if people are visiting/ still wandering about) but there may be a couple nights I will be out for dinner or such for a couple hours but that should be rare.

  Note- concerning the photos in this offering:
I want everyone receiving this post with imbedded group photos of the items on this list that the item pictured MAY NOT be the identical item you receive (except for cases where I have clearly labeled an item as “the only one this size” or similar). I usually have (and sell) multiple pieces of each size of the items listed (sometimes MANY of them – far to many to put all in a photograph for people to pick from). What I normally do is send the first person that asks for a particular item the largest piece available in whatever size range it is that the specimen they are buying belongs to (when I send a piece that is not in the photo, you generally get a very similar but slightly larger piece). This came about as MOST of my sales from these periodic (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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MOUNT DOOLING, Australia: Coarse octahedrite (IC). Found 1909.

MOUNT DOOLING, Australia: Coarse octahedrite (IC). Found 1909.
Well, I thought I had offered some of this material on a fairly recent list. It turns out, that list was 7 years ago now! Those pieces were small squares and rectangles of etched slices. These are all complete individuals. I’d say “natural” as most of these have been left just as found. However, the largest piece (that has a quite interesting shape) was wire-brushed at some point (I finished cleaning it up). So, all but the largest specimen here are natural. I was only able to get a small amount of these so most (the largest pieces) are “one of a kind” – no substitute exists (at least not in my hands). Even in the smaller sizes, I have few (as maybe one or two) “back up pieces” for most. So, if you want a “complete” Mt. Dooling, get a hold of me ASAP.Individuals: shape as found, largest wire-brushed, others natural: a) 4.5 gram - 27mm x 7mm x 4mm - $15
b) 9.4 grams - 27mm x 17mm x 7mm - $30
c) 22.3 grams - 28mm x 22mm x 11mm - $65
d) 38.7 grams - 40mm x 26mm x 8mm - SOLD
e) 81.9 grams - 45mm x 38mm x 16mm - $200 – only one.
f) 312.3 grams - 100mm x 75mm x 15mm - $700 – only one.
g) 700.1 grams - 90mm x 50mm x 40mm - $14000 – only one.
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CERRO MESA, Argentina: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 2006.

CERRO MESA, Argentina: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 2006. Tkw = 12.9 kilograms.
Nope, don’t bother trying to look this one up. I was promised when I bought it (over 13 years ago) that it would be “official soon”. Nope, never got reported. The notes I have with it say that it was found by the same person that found the Gan-Gan iron meteorite in the Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Those notes also say “may have fallen 1993”. Yep, that part I can believe. This is a really nice, really fresh great example of an L chondrite. It has plenty of metal, some light orange spotting in a light tan (nearly white) matrix. The natural edges are mostly nice fresh slate-gray fusion crust. These are both ½ slices – each has one cut edge. I did offer these in an e-mail offering late last year but have decided to offer them here as about 3 times as many people receive my paper catalogs as receive any of my e-mail offerings. Not an official meteorite, unfortunately, but really nice for anyone just wanting a fresh example of an L-chondrite for less $ than s similar NWA (numbered and reported anyway) would cost.½ slices. One cut edge, remainder of edge fusion crust and some natural fracture: a) 219.0 grams - 135mm x 95mm x 5mm - $180
b) 239.5 grams - 130mm x 95mm x 7mm - $200 SOLD
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NWA (14932): Ordinary chondrite. (L4), W0, S3. Found before April 2021. 

NWA (14932): Ordinary chondrite. (L4), W0, S3. Found before April 2021. Tkw = 2902 grams.
I got this stone, like the (L5) melt breccia I offered on an earlier list, from a fossil dealer during the covid delayed April 2021 Tucson show. This was a solid, complete flatish round stone that closely resembled a cow pie or flying saucer. It had an interest possible low type 3 look to it – lots of nice chondrules in a dark matrix. It did show lots of chondrules (and fresh metal) in a nice medium gray matrix upon cutting. Boy oh boy did I have trouble making those first cuts to get samples for the research work (I think this has been shock hardened or such). I sent the rest out to someone who had better equipment to finish the cutting work or I’d probably be still working on it using my equipment. Unfortunately, research work showed this is a type 4. The olivine in the chondrules is equilibrated but the pyroxene is not. Close, but no banana – this is a type 4 stone. None the less, it is a really nice looking one.Slices: a) 5.9 grams - 20mm x 18mm x 4mm - $12
b) 12.0 grams - 30mm x 29mm x 4mm - $24
c) 24.1 grams - 46mm x 45mm x 4mm - $45
d) 51.2 grams - 77mm x 47mm x 4mm - $90
e) 108.5 grams - 145mm x 58mm x 4mm - $170 – Complete slice

2) End pieces:
a) 331. Grams - 120mm x 50mm x 40mm - $450
b) 750.6 grams - 153mm x 44mm x 60mm - $900 – Main mass.
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NWA (5546): Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Found 2008.

NWA (5546): Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Found 2008. Tkw = about 3.8 kg.
I recently bought these from a friend who bought them with M. Cottingham years ago. The research work did get done on this meteorite (by Ray Pickard, Bathurst Observatory Research Facility, Australian National University) but, for some reason, (like the Cerro Mesa above) never got the full official reported status from the Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee. Regardless, this is a nice (though darker than some) obvious CV3 meteorite. It shows lots of tan to brown chondrules in a nice dark gray matrix. This also has CAIs (as a CV should) but they are generally smaller and wider scattered than in some others. I bought all I could get of this meteorite (despite its “unofficial” publication status) as I have had considerable difficulties getting any (remotely affordable) carbonaceous chondrites lately.End Pieces: a) 5.7 grams - 27mm x 15mm x 5mm - $30
b) 9.3 grams - 35mm x 17mm x 5mm - $48
c) 16.6 grams - 35mm x 27mm x 5mm - $83
d) 25.9 grams - 52mm x 27mm x 7mm - $125
e) 52.5 grams - 70mm x 38mm x 8mm - $245 – SOLD

e-SUBSTITUTE 52mm x 28mm x 19mm - $175
f) 89.4 grams - 67mm x 40mm x 12mm - $400 – only one.

2) Complete stones as found (wind-polished exterior): $4.00/ gram
Sizes available: 49.0g, 88.2g, 103.0g
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NWA (15200): Martian meteorite (Nakhlite). Found 2022. 

NWA (15200): Martian meteorite (Nakhlite). Found 2022. Tkw = 196grams.
It has been a looong time since I have had a nakhlite on one of these (mailed) lists. I picked up these pieces in Denver last September. I didn’t get a lot (not a lot was found to begin with) but enough (barely) to put on a catalog. These are all as found fragments and (almost) individuals. Most of these (well, except the little capsule pieces perhaps) have at least some fusion crust. Some of these have quit a bit of crust (the 14g piece is basically a complete individual with around 2/3rds of it with the remainder being secondary crust and late fall chipping). The smallest pieces (.04g and .08g) are single fragments in a capsule and will be mounted in a magnifier box (though the group photo of this meteorite will have an example out of the box). The larger specimens will be put in a 55mm x 35mm plastic display box (but not for the group photo). Many of these (particularly the larger ones) I have only the one sample available. So, act fast if you want one of the larger specimens listed here.Fragments/ individuals as found: a) .04+ grams - 4mm x 2mm x 2mm - $25
b) .08+ grams - 4mm x 3mm x 2mm - $50
c) .31 grams - 9mm x 6mm x 4mm - $175
d) .66 grams - 10mm x 8mm x 5mm - $365 SOLD
e) 1.06 grams - 15mm x 8mm x 4mm - SOLD
f) 1.54 grams - 11mm x 8mm x 8mm - $800 SOLD

Substitute Available-  0.89 11 x 7 x 6mm - $490
g) 14.09 grams - 27mm x 22mm x 15mm - $6500
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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 256 13DEC2022

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

December 13, 2022 LIST 256

Dear Collectors:
  I recently got done with the time consuming and tedious process of “Inventory”.

I have to pull everything out, open every box, weigh and record the items I still have in inventory at that time. I then make adjustments later – removing things that I managed to sell before the end of the year and adding things I end up buying before the end of the year.

Every time (each year) I end up with some items that I have little of (by weight or number of pieces). I like to offer these (generally at prices lower than earlier offerings) this time of year. A big part of this is if I can sell these items now, then I don’t have to have them as a “line item” in my inventory records carried over to next year. As you will see, these are “named” items (and may be more appealing to some of you as such) that I am trying to offer at “wholesale” prices in an effort to simplify my inventory records.

However, I will also say that you may consider contacting me if there was something on an earlier offering that you thought about getting. IF I still have it (and many things I do – or at least suitable replacements) let me know and I’ll see if I can’t give you a really nice Christmas- time price on it.



CALDWELL, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite L-impact melt. Found 1961. Tkw = 12.9 kilograms.
I remember Steve Arnold (Arkansas) and I tried for years to get this, or at least a piece of it. At the time, ANYTHING L-impact melt was quite in demand, rare and expensive (I think this was not far from when the Tucson Cat Mountain L impact melt that was bringing well north of $100/g). Not sure what changed, but, eventually, year after year of “NO!” turned into “YES”. So we (Steve and I – Steve mostly) finally got it. I did sell a fair amount of slices of this over the years (but certainly NOT for anything like Cat Mountain prices). All I have left are two part slices (they each have one straight cut edge). To be honest, this isn’t a really pretty meteorite - mostly mottled green and brown matrix with very little metal or distinct texture(s). The NWA (14930) L-melt I had on my last list is much prettier, but it is NOT a US named meteorite and this is priced very similarly!
1) Part slices:
a) 41.2 gram ½ slice – 80mm x 60mm x 3mm - $125
b) 63.5 gram ½ slice – 100mm x 70mm x 3mm - $190


CERRO MESA, Argentina. Ordinary chondrite (L6). Found 2006. Tkw = 10.5 kilograms.
Nope, don’t bother to try looking this one up. It is (far) more unofficial than “Ghadamis” listed below. I got a stack of ½ slices (they had one cut edge) probably back around 2008 or 2009. I was assured that it would show up as “official” not long after. Well, it has been more than 10 years and it ain’t official. I am done waiting. I have notes that say it is from Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. It was supposedly found by the same person that found the Gan Gan iron meteorite. My note also says “may have fallen in 1993”. I can actually believe that part. The interior is very fresh. Lots of metal, minor amounts of orange spotting in a light gray (nearly white, actually) matrix. The “natural” edge is nice dark fusion crust (there is a chipped spot of around 1cm and a spot of adhearing caliche) I have two pieces of this (a third got sent to a museum for display – yes this is nice enough example of a fresh L chondrite slice) but I am thinking I’ll keep the smaller of the two for possible display purposes myself. Kind of (actually more than that) a shame this never got properly reported. It is nice material.
239.5 gram ½ slice – 130mm x 95mm x 7mm - $200


GHADAMIS, Libya: Ordinary chondrite (L6). Fell August 26, 2018. Tkw = 100+ kilograms.
I know, I know. This is NOT officially called Ghadamis but rather something completely uninspiring like HaH (436) I believe. I also know that this is “officially” only a find. There was a large fireball in the area and a bunch of super, super fresh chondrite individuals (I have one in my collection and another on a museum loan and they are, by far, the freshest chondrite examples I have) were found in the expected fall area soon ater. The Nomenclature Committee has become quite hard-nosed about what they are willing to allow to be reported as a “fall”. With good reasons. In more recent years, there has been some monkey business that has happened with people taking fresh pieces of earlier falls, trying to tie them to a “big fireball event” and pass them off as new (and often very expensive) meteorites. Now, a piece has to practically hit someone (or something) to be officially recorded as a fall (a direct REPUTABLE witness MUST be available). This was not the case here. This material is (to anyone that knows anything about meteorites) a witnessed fall (even if no one was right under the drop zone of any of the stones during the fall). I got a few pieces of this when it first became available (back in Tucson of 2019). I cut one or two of the stones up to be able to offer smaller pieces to collectors that didn’t want (or couldn’t afford) the paperweight model of this material (I sold some of those really quick as well, actually). These 7 small part slices (weighing from 2.3g up to around 6g or so) are all I have left of this meteorite in inventory. Each of these has at least one edge (and often two) of nice, fresh black fusion crust. I am offering these at about ¼ the price I sold them for originally and likely LESS than I have into them (particularly after saw and sanding losses). I just don’t want to “carry over” a mere 31.9g into the new year’s inventory records.
7 slices with some edge crust on each from 2.3g to 6g+. 31.9g total - $45

NORTHBRANCH, Kansas: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Found 1972, Tkw = 76 kilograms.
This was found in 1972 but not officially recognized as a meteorite until 1997, when I bought it. This was among the largest (if not the largest) “out of the field” meteorites I ever got. To be honest, it sure was not a pretty thing but it IS a named, US meteorite. I have sold pieces of it over the years – generally not putting much of a spotlight on it (maybe a 20 or 30g slice in a riker in one of my display cases or a semi large slice on a stand on the back of a table at a show). Now I am down to just 3 “semi-large” pieces and an 84g bag of fragments and slices (mostly slices around an inch or so across in size – probably 4g to around 10g each). When I have had this material out at shows, I have had it priced around $1.50/g for large pieces (like 700 or 800g size) and $1.75 - $2.00/g on smaller stuff. Prices here are much lower.
1) Slices: all have “natural” (not cut) edges:
a) 58.8 grams – 80mm x 55mm x 5mm - $60
b) 146.9 grams - 120mm x 67mm x 6mm - $140
c) 432.9 grams – 180mm x 170mm x 5mm - $390
2) Selection of fragments and slices (great for resale) 84.5 grams - $80


TULIA (a), Texas. Ordinary chondrite (H5). Found 1917. Tkw = 78+ kilograms.
Now THIS is a REAL Tulia. I have mentioned in the past how pieces of Tulia and Dimmitt (both H chondrites) got mixed and scrambled (and, in reality, a piece of Dimmitt went through as Tulia – giving Tulia a H3/4 classification. Nope Tulia is a somewhat fresher H5). This (and the Dimmitt pieces I have had) came from the Monig collection. I did a little research on this recently and found that, apparently, this is a) one of Monigs earlier pieces and b) Glenn Huss recognized it as a Tulia and not a Dimmitt when he and his wife spent months cataloging and labeling pieces in the Monig Collection back in 1981. You see, I have always kind of thought that this was an item labeled as a Dimmitt that happened to be a Tulia. Nope, Glenn recognized it and put a Tulia catalog number (M12.27) on it. I don’t think there were all that many labeled Tulia specimens in the Monig collection and fewer still were ever “released”. I mentioned that this was likely a fairly early recovery specimen for Monig as it also has his (actually done by him) white (well, more yellow these days) “12AI” on a black background cataloging number as well. From the Monig collection catalog, I learned that this is a coded note that could tell him the farmer/ rancher he got the piece from and, hence, roughly its original recovery location. Also, this piece came to me glued (quite sloppy, to be honest). Apparently, Monig did this himself (he would glue pieces together to “complete” the specimen and not loose track of the individual pieces) when broken pieces that fit together were recovered. This piece consists of a larger natural looking chunk (that has the two catalog numbers) and a 87.3g cut fragment that fits onto this. The smaller piece’s rough/ natural side fits to the obvious old natural break on the large piece and has a roughly 55mm x 44mm cut and polished face that CLEARLY shows that this is indeed fully a Tulia (a) specimen (different color, less chondrules, more metal than Dimmitt). As the old glue had kind of given way, I cleaned up a lot of the loose flakes and chips of that (it looked pretty ratty/ shabby otherwise). However, there are still some traces of Monig’s glue job on each of the pieces. Not particularly pretty, but a scarce specimen that has some interesting history attached to it.
563.2g specimen in two pieces – 65mm x 55mm x 50mm - $800.

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 $5. 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 $9 to $16 (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 $16 (Canada seems to be right around $14). 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 255 Meteorite Jewelry 30Nov2022

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

LIST 255 - November 30, 2022

Dear Collectors
Here is a selection of meteorite jewelry. I don’t normally have much in the way of jewelry as I aim primarily for the collector and jewelry is more for a “retail” (basic public) market. I suspect, if I pick back up doing more smaller retail shows, this stuff might actually do pretty well sales-wise. However, I realized that it also just MIGHT be something some of you out there might like for gifts/ Christmas presents for friends and family (these, for the most part, are far nicer than my usual simple “Campo” pendants and similar that I have had as my usual “jewelry” offerings).

I am not sure where these came from exactly, I just know that they are made from either etched pieces of Munuionalusta or Seymchan (that have been coated with Rhodium I was told, but I am not certain of that fact. I just know that they have been plated and, as such, should hold up nicely).

The pieces (in groups) offered below are really kind of a selection of styles and sizes I have of this stuff. Of coarse, being that jewelry is an “eye of the beholder” thing, I WILL try to send anyone asking for a particular size and style below the actual piece(s) in the photograph they ask for. However, just so nobody thinks that they “missed out” for waiting a day (or three, or a week or…..) before responding and asking about a piece, I should have PLENTY of pieces that are VERY similar sized and shaped to any of the things below. 

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GROUP ONE:
These are what I generally call my “basic” pendants (but still a nice step above my usual Campo pieces). These have an etched slice or chunk of iron meteorite that is hung on a basic wire ring or a basic two-piece bail.

Top Row: Munionalusta (most on simple wire ring);
a) 2.0g - $8, b) 3.8g - $15, c) 4.4g - $16, d) 7.9g - $25, e) 8.4g - $27

Bottom Row: Seymchan on two piece bail:
a) 2.7g - $11, b) 4.6 - $18, c) 5.6 - $20, d) 8.9g - $30, e) 13.6g - $50

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GROUP TWO:
These are the ones that I call me “fancier” pieces. These have extra additions to them that make them more than just an etched slice hanging from a ring or such.

Top row: Seymchan “wire wrapped”.
a) 4.8g - $25, b) 6.1g - $30, c) 7.1g - $35, d) 8.6g - $40, e) 12.8g – $60

Middle Row: Munionalusta “fancy edge”. These have a neat hammered braided chain piece welded around the entire edge. These are my personal favorites of this jewelry (wish I got more of these, actually, but they were the most expensive).
a) 5.1g - $30, b) 6.2g - $35, c) 7.5g - $40, d) 6.8g - $40, e) 11.1g - $55

Bottom Row: Munionalusta “Gem-stoned”. The “gem” in these is cubic zirconia (man-made but sure sparkle pretty). The “indentations” are also man-made (NOT natural). These were likely added to add some “character”, more interesting look (kind of resemble a gemstone at first glance) without the expense and trouble of actually adding more gem stones.
a) 5.9g - $25, b) 7.9g - $35, c) 7.9g - $35, d) 9.0g - $40, e) 12.7g - $55

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GROUP THREE: Bracelets and earrings:
Top Row: Bracelets: a) 76.4g - $250, b) 92.2g - $300 c) -SOLD OUT-

Bottom Row: Earrings - $30/ pair. Let me know which letter (a,b,c,…) you want.

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Shipping: Shipping rates, right now, have gone up yet again. They seem to have added a "holiday time surcharge". Now it seems that the cheapest I can send a small padded envelope order for is close to $6 at the moment. Regardless, I'll keep the shipping on these (they are small and light weight) at a simple $5 for now for US shipping.

Small overseas orders are around $16 (Canada seems to be right around $15).

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 254 9NOV2022 Museum Pieces

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

LIST 254 - November 9, 2022

Dear Collectors
Here is a selection of a few very expensive (overall price, not on a per gram level) items. These are things that I had planned on putting in an auction. However, the person I work with on such things completely skipped going to the Denver show this year. I was told that part of it was that he already had waaay more meteorites than he needed to fill the next couple auctions. IF he had come and I had given these pieces to him, it would have been mid to late next year before any of them would have a chance to be offered. I decided to go ahead and offer them now incase anyone out there wants to pick up a really nice pre-Christmas present for themselves (I am sure any collector wouldn’t mind if someone bought them one of these things for them for Christmas either). I really don’t expect to sell much (any) of these as these are some of the very highest priced items (again, in overall price, not per gram level) I have ever offered on any list (e-mail or otherwise). I just thought it would be interesting to see what happens offering these now (at roughly what would have been the auction reserve prices) and not wait 6 months, 9 months (or more??) holding them back only for auction.






AQUILE, Bloivia: Ordinary chondrite (H5). Fell November 20, 2016. Tkw = about 50 kilograms.
This is a nice big individual. Not many big pieces like this got out before the locals changed laws to make having these leave the country illegal. This fall was Bolivia’s second meteorite absolutely known to have come from Bolivia (there are a couple old irons listed as “may be from Bolivia” but their find locations are not known and their chemistry is very similar (to similar) to Campo). I personally found their first (a really, really weathered little H5 fragment called Sevaruyo). I kind of thought about keeping this big stone (and just might yet) but it kind of overpowers the little 1g Sevaruyo piece in my “Bolivia” collection. Right now, I am offering this at waaaay below what most people ask for pieces of this particular meteorite. When I first looked into pricing of this stuff a few months ago, I typically found it offered at well over $10/g (with $15 to $30/g most common). I was offered a smaller piece of this fall (a nice 700g size range fragment) by the original seller of this material in Tucson this year. He wanted around $7/g on the piece. This piece is closer to $4/g. This is a nice 3087g individual as found. It has about 75% or so primary fusion crust coverage. The broken/ chipped areas do show the brecciated interior structure nicely. I real museum piece from a fall that was not widely distributed into the collecting world before the “powers that be” in the fall area changed the rules on meteorite ownership/ exporting.
3087g individual as found – 210mm x 90mm x 70mm - $12,500






GIBEON,Namibia: Iron. Fine octahedrite (IVA). Found before 1836.
Here is a big end piece that a customer/ friend of mine bought many years ago. He heard about how high some Gibeon pieces were going for and decided to offer this piece. This is a nice piece BUT it does have a “problem”. It is one of the pieces that has suffered heating somehow. That was either by people trying to melt it down (though this shows no scorching or signs of that) or (more likely?) by being a piece near the surface of the original body in space when it got a bit to close to the sun at some point. As such, there are signs of the etch structure on the polished face but this piece will not etch nicely (at least on the end that has been cut. IF this is a “an-made” heating effect it is possible the other end of this piece might etch up better if that heating was concentrated on the now cut end of this specimen). I know that many people value Gibeon for the ability to cut it all apart and turn it into small etched jewelry pieces. Nope, this is probably not going to ever happen to this piece (though it would make nice mirror POLISHED jewelry pieces). This is probably best left as the visually nice, grunt to move it, specimen it is. The first dimensions listed below are the width and height of the polished face. The second is the depth of the end piece (IF this had shown a good etch, this thing would have produced plenty of nice slices).
21.66 kilogram end piece – 260mm x 110mm x 170mm - $24,500






ORIENTED NWA (unstudied):
Now this is a stone I A) really thought about keeping (and might still if it does not sell here) or B) putting into auction (which also may yet happen). This is, by far, the largest very clearly oriented meteorite of any type I have ever had. Oriented things like this also (sometimes) sell for incredibly stupid high amounts of money in auctions. This is a 10.3kg individual that, for the most part, managed to escape the wind-polishing that wiped away most NWA stone meteorite crust (this does have a corner on one side of the bottom where you can see this wind-polishing. From this it is easy to tell that this thing hit the ground still oriented with the nose down and buried deep enough to protect most of the fusion crust so it still shows proper fusion crust textures and flow lines. I am going to offer this here quite a bit cheaper than I had planned originally (I have somewhere the $ could benefit me more in the longer run right now) and see what happens. Part of me hopes to sell it but a large part of me also hopes I don’t (I doubt I’d ever come across a big oriented stone like this again. At least not at any price I could consider buying it).
10.305kg complete oriented stone – 230mm x 190mm x 120mm - $15,500

NWA (15200): Martian meteorite (Nakhlite). Found 2022. Tkw = 196 grams.
It was reported that “many” pieces of this were found. I suspect most of them were quite small (and I do have an assortment of smaller pieces, fragments and crumbs I plan to offer on a future mailed catalog once I get around to weighting and cataloging the stuff). This piece is the biggest that was available to me (by far). It is a really nice piece in that it has a lot of nice fresh shiny black fusion crust (covering around 2/3 of it). This does have “broken”, missing crust areas that show the granular interior. Again, this is another “really would like to keep it” (it is the biggest Nakhlite piece of any (but then, this like only the third Nakhlite I have ever had) specimen. I do kind of need/ want to run the XRF on this (I have so few data sets on Nakhlites) but (as are most) this is relatively fragile (friable – can be crumbled into small fragments easily) and I don’t want to risk accidentally breaking such a nice piece.. This is in a membrane box (not in the photos) and will sent to any new owner in this.
14.09g crusted individual – 27mm x 22mm x 15mm - $6500

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 $5. 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 $9 to $16 (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 $16 (Canada seems to be right around $14). 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.