Spring Cleaning Part 2 - Meteorite Garage Sale. I bought too much stuff recently and the wife is starting to look at me crossways.
So I am cleaning out the nooks and crannies of my specimen cabinet to free up some cash. All prices are approximate, I am open to reasonable offers. Take the entire lot, everything in this ad, for $110 shipped via Priority Flat Rate Box. Each micromount specimen comes with a 1.25" gemjar with a label in the bottom identifying the name, type, country of origin and date of the fall or find. Shipping is only $2 to anywhere in the CONUS - if you buy one or ten, it's only $2. Buyers outside the CONUS, including Canada and Overseas pay actual shipping costs - contact me for an estimate. PayPal preferred. I will accept a USPS Postal Money Order from CONUS buyers only. Canadian and Overseas buyers must use PayPal. I have a few larger specimens and themed Riker displays also. Refer to the photos in the links below. If you want to see a close-up photo of a particular micromount, feel free to ask and I will provide one. Some of the micromounts which consist of many tiny fragments are inside little glass vials with plastic stoppers. The vial is then placed in a labelled gemjar. All micromounts were weighed on a milligram scale. THE SALE PIECES : 1) UNWA endcut - unclassified, but I am almost certain it is Al-Haggounia. This is half of the meteorite that I posted to this list about a few times over the last couple of months. I had it sent off for cutting, and after consulting with several experienced list members, I am confident it is a weathered piece of Al-Hagg. But I am selling it as UNWA because it is not been officially classified or paired. It's a nice chunky end piece with a clean cut with lots of mineralized veins, faint chondrules, and high metal content. Nice wind polished, uncut backside. This endcut weighs 75 grams. Asking $30 or best offer. 2) Al-Haggounia 001 endcut. This is a bonafide Al-Hagg piece that I acquired from Arizona Johnny. It's a classic slice of this meteorite, showing the characteristic tan, sandstone-like matrix with dark veins. This piece is less weathered than the larger UNWA endcut above, but the natural side lacks wind polish, which the other piece has. This endcut weighs 17 grams. Asking $10. 3) NWA 869 slice in a 6x8" Riker box with label. This is a large slice of NWA 869 that weighs 21 grams. It has 2 cut faces that show lots of chondrules and metal flecks. It also has dark crust around the edge of the slice. It comes with a label as shown in the photo. Asking $20 or best offer. 4) Meteorwrongs display in a 6x8" Riker box with label. After sorting through a few dozen mixed kilos of UNWA material, I ran across some oddball specimens that are not meteorites, but are interesting nevertheless. One of them is dead ringer for a meteorite, but shows no magnetic attraction. I filed a window into the backside of it, and I am confident it is not a meteorite. I don't know what it is, but it's some kind of Earth rock imposter. It even has a faux remnant fusion crust in places. There is also some silicated rocks with desert varnish that look like small meteorites. Lastly, there are some magnetite specimens and something that might be hematite - these all stick to a magnet, but are not meteorites. This would be a good outreach prop for identifying meteorites/wrongs. Asking $25 5) Micromounts. Each comes with a labelled gemjar and/or glass vial. To see photos of specific pieces, email me. Refer to the close-up photo linked below to get a good idea of what the micros look like. Asking $5 each, unless otherwise marked. Take them all for $55 shipped. Pallasovka - 11 grams of weathered fragments and olivine pieces. Asking $10. Tulia(a) - 200mg - 3 fragments Carancas - 90mg of tiny fragments and dust. Forestburg(a) - 159mg of fragments and dust NWA 4439 (Carbonaceous CO3.3) - 141mg of small fragments. Holbrook - 274mg of tiny fragments and dust. NWA 2634 (Ureilite) - 32mg of small fragments. Brenham - 281mg of weathered fragments and olivine pieces. Travis County(b) - 331mg of small fragments. Dawn(a) - 578mg - small endcut. Cape York - 127mg of oxidized shale fragments. Tulia(b) - 138mg of tiny fragments and dust. Murchison (Carbonaceous CM2) - 25mg of small fragments. Asking $7 Thanks for looking and clear skies! :) MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list