Hi Don..Mike...will definitely be interesting to see what happens....I will be forever grateful to the very generous and well respected collector who let me have my 23g sample collected within 3 days of the fall.
Quick somebody buy Mirkos big 90ish g piece at $30/g. They sell often for over $60/g at the moment on ebay...so you could sell off half of it and wind up with 40g left at no cost....now that would be the real deal....and it's fresh....wish I could do it at the moment....perhaps gone buy now though. I'm really on the lookout for a range of smaller pieces that show different aspects of the fall and the makeup of the meteorite . It was great following your adventure out there Mike. Graham On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > Don, for once I sort of agree with Steve. > I just returned from Russia, so I know all about the details on the ground. > This is the most important meteorite fall in modern history, type is of no > concern really. > While prices on eBay are premium, the pieces for sale are all superb, > collected in -30 -20f weather, still in deep freeze, pristine. I have seen > pieces already oxidized that were thawed improperly, still covered in ice or > snow, and thus beginning to rust. > All the material found after 3-6 ft of snow melts will be heavily damaged. > Furthermore, driving down the strewn-field, it is mostly heavy birch and pine > forests, and 3 foot high grasslands, not farmland! So when that snow is gone, > and that grass stands up, forget it. You cant swing a detector in that > terrain. It is an LL chondrite, low metal anyway, detectors don't work well > on this meteorite unless almost touching the stone. > While plenty more will be found, it may not be nearly as much as what we > thought (I admit I was wrong:). When the snow melts, we will see what > happens, but Russian government and scientists all working on it (I was in > the laboratory a week ago). > If you want flawless clean unweathered material, now is the time. > After the melt, it will look like a different meteorite. > > > Michael Farmer > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:34 AM, "Don Merchant" <dmerc...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > >> Hi Arnold. Why do you say you do not see the prices coming down anytime >> soon? There overpriced right now and there is plenty and plenty more that >> will be found. Its an ordinary chondrite no less! Those that can't wait a >> bit, of course its going cost you an arm and a leg to be the first on the >> block to have one. Curious to know what you paid for your piece! All I can >> say is, and no offence to anyone out there, is please do not sell your piece >> of Chelyabinsk. Keep it locked away in your collection as I do not want it >> in mine. Again I will wait until the craze calms down and or another Fall >> happens so as to take away the price and attention of this Chelyabinsk fall. >> I will wait when I truly know the Dealer and above all else PROOF that what >> I bought is the real deal. Call me cautious, call me carefull, call me an >> idiot, but I will play it safe on this one. >> Sincerely >> Don Merchant >> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders >> www.ctreasurescwonders.com >> IMCA #0960 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve arnold" >> <chicagosteve1...@gmail.com> >> To: "meteorite-list" <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 9:10 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] (AD) METEORITES FOR SALE >> >> >>> Hello again list. I hope you are all well. I finally got my 7 gram >>> Chelyabinsk stone. I have never seen a more beautiful and black fusion >>> crust. This is a fall where I do not see the prices going down anytime >>> soon. This a real historic fall sen by the whole world. Well anyway I >>> have a few interesting meteorites for sale, so here we go with out >>> further ado. >>> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >>> 1. 104 gram TAZA bullett w/super flow lines at the bullett head. >>> Asolutley fantastic! $475 OR BEST REASONABLE OFFER. >>> 2.87 GRAM unclassified oroeinted stone chondrite the best one I have $300 >>> 3.7 gram oriented TAZA w/super flow lines one of the best I have seen >>> with this size.$50 >>> 4.H, H NININGER 19 gram slice of canyon diablo he cut while looking >>> for diamonds $100 >>> 5. 65 gram orented stone absolutley complete $250 >>> 6. 77 gram TAZA with rollover lips on both sides with some light cleaning >>> $300 >>> 7. 81 gram oriented stone unclassified piece. >>> $200 >>> 8. 57 gram oriented stone w/crater in the top of it. >>> $100 >>> 9. 43 gram oriented stone unclassed piece >>> $75 >>> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >>> Well thats it. All with free shipping and pictures upon request. >>> Please no trade unless you have chelyabinsk pieces. Thanks for your >>> time and have a great day. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve R. 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