Hi MIchael,
I got my first Mayo Belwa from Bob Haag at the Denver show 1994. It
was a 1.47 g fragment with a polished window and about 30% crust.
I sold it in 2005 when I acquired, as upgrade, a superb 3.91 g full
slice, 40x27x1.5 mm (but no apparent crust around) from Sergey
Vasiliev (I believe in Ensisheim).
The 40x27 mm surface is even more spectacular in color & clast
contrast than Cumberland Falls.
Short description from my collection catalog:
"dominant gray with lots of white clasts, some cracks/holes"...
Unfortunately no pic on hand.
Regards,
Zelimir
Dark Matter <[email protected]> a écrit :
Hello Michael,
I have a 6g+ fragment of Mayo Belwa.
Here's a pic.
http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/mayobelwa.jpg
best,
Martin
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael Blood<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks to Mike G. for the following:
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" Mayo is a witnessed fall aubrite and the majority of it sits in the
Nigerian Geological Survey Office. Relatively little is in
collections. US Nat His in Washington has less than 200 grams and
American Nat His in New York has about 600. The Chicago Field Museum
only has 15 grams...... it's one of those obscure falls of a single
stone and the main mass is locked up. You can probably count the
private dealers in the entire world with this fall on one hand."
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While the bulk of this post is, to the best of my knowledge,
Accurate, there is only one other dealer has ANY and she got it from me!
(.6g) AND THAT IS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE EVER SEEN (got it in a
trade over a decade ago from a fellow with excellent reputation who dealt
with the few "honest" dealers out there (there were only about 6 in
Those days). Several have contacted me to inform me she had this .6g piece,
But I already knew that. All of this happened so very long ago, I had no
Idea the value of the piece I had.
However, I now have a 2 gram specimen that came from the Oscar
Monnig Collection at TCU and INCLUDES THE CARD that came with it.
If anyone has any interest or any idea what it is worth or would like to see
The photo, please contact me off list.
Best wishes, Michael
From: Michael Blood <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:12:18 -0700
To: Meteorite List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mayo Belwa Q
Re: Mayo Belwa
Please contact me off list if you have any for sale or know
Anyone who does.....
Do you know why it is so very scarce and why it costs
So much?
RSVP
Thanks, Michael
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