Hello Bernd, list
Regarding Tishomingo, here is the copy of a post I sent earlier today to Marcin Cimala about Tishomingo. As there is still more interest in that wonderful meteorite, I decided to send this but without insisting on its sale (see below) as the piece is not mine. I believe the value as offered in Ensisheim ($ 9,000) well falls within the reasonable side of the price ranges, owing the quality of the piece.
If someone is really interested, let me know off list and I can make contacts (and send pictures).
Cheers,
Zelimir
---------- Hello Marcin,
We had indeed a nice complete slice of Tishomingo in the consignment room offered for sale during "Ensisheim 2003". This piece did not sell (very few people had 9,000 euro cash...see below) and is presently with the owner whom I know well and, as far as I am informed, who is still willing to sell that slice.
In case, here is its description as posted on the consignment label (and I can send you a picture, if interested):
TISHOMINGO (Ni rich ataxite, anomalous, Oklahoma)
Extraordinary full slice, 1734 g (!), crust all around, 37x18x5.5 mm, truly a unique meteorite composed of a pure Fe-Ni alloy containing 32.5 % Ni. The etch is dark as shown on the picture of an article about this meteorite recently published in "Meteorite"! vol. 6, 2000, (page 37 for picture). Stems from near the center the main mass of the largest stone found and has the same outline as the one pictured. About 260x175x6 mm (tortuous "base" of the rough "triangle"). Cut and prepared at TCU, where is the main mass (see article). The etch shows this strange pattern of martensite and taenite unknown in other ataxites.
This slice was offered for sale to me (for a friend) by David New through his friend Art Ehlmann at TCU. They had the main mass and this mass is actually pictured on the first page of a 2000 issue of "Meteorite". They apparently had cut this piece and the above described slice comes from the heart of this big mass.
The purchase price, as negotiated in 2000, was of $ 6/gram (first tag price was $ 8/g), thus $ 10,400 at a time when the dollar was high versus euro.
At Ensisheim 2003, the price proposed was euro 9,000 (with then euro quasi equal to dollar).
So far I am not sending this post to the List. Actually, for you, this is more as information as I do not want to push any sale of a piece before the formal agreement of the owner. And I also understood that you do not want to buy such a slice so far...
I also believe that you did see this slice in Ensisheim 2003, when you arrived for the first time...
Best wishes,
Zelimir
A 16:17 20/09/04 +0000, vous avez écrit :
> .........TISHOMINGO ???????????? > Someone remember this meteorite ?
> Blaine reed has a big slice in Denver
.. and Eric Twelker has so many that he even has to sell them ;-)
Here is the link:
http://www.meteoritemarket.com/TSH.htm
Best regards,
Bernd
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