Hello Mike, Frank and All, I doubt our pieces of Bogou share a room at the Hotel Cureton. My piece came from a university collection that likely acquired the specimen in the early 1970s. I suspect it originally came from either the Smithsonian or directly from a museum in Africa. I think the Smithsonian is most likely since that is where a majority of the mass is housed, as well as the fact that many other small iron samples in the university collection came with Smithsonian documentation.
I don't know if you have it, but here is the link to Met Bull 25 that contains the Bogou entry. A wonderful little story. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/docs/mb25.pdf Best, Martin On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Mike Bandli<fuzzf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > That piece is beautiful and the re-heated rim is incredible. I believe Jay > Piatek is the current and proud owner. I'm afraid to refinish or etch mine, > as it would risk losing what little of the frail fusion crust remains. > > Cheers, > > Mike Bandli > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Cressy [mailto:fcre...@prodigy.net] > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:17 PM > To: Mike Bandli; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bogou Meteorite in the Accretion Desk > > > Hi Martin, Mike, and all, > > I've always liked Bogou too, probably because of the photo below from Al > Lang's site. Unfortunately I don't have a specimen :-( > > http://www.nyrockman.com/museum/bogou-8.htm > > Al's etched part slice has a very cool heat-affected rim on it. Of course > the question concernimg your specimens is: Do they also have a heat-affected > rim? and > do you a). refinish and etch it to see, or b). leave as is. > > (Just thought I'd add another variable to the equation) > > Cheers, > > Frank > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mike Bandli <fuzzf...@comcast.net> > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 4:46:34 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Bogou Meteorite in the Accretion Desk > > Hello Martin and All, > > http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/august/Accretion_Desk.htm > > It’s nice to see a witnessed iron on the Accretion Desk this month. It is > quite easy to forget that witnessed iron falls are incredibly rare. In fact, > according to the MetBull database, witnessed HED’s are more abundant than > irons at ~69 witnessed HED achondrites to ~49 witnessed irons. Even at that > number, iron falls are so highly prized by museums and institutions, that you > are lucky to find anything outside of Sikote-Alin, Udei Station, or the > occasional Boguslavka or Braunau. > > I was surprised to see that Martin’s piece has a ‘hack-saw’ cut job – > something I thought was unique to my piece of Bogou: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-3.jpg > > I purchased my Bogou several years ago (ex. Cureton Collection) sight-unseen > and re-etching and cutting off the hack-saw marks and 'hanging chads' has > always been on my to-do list until I read Martin’s article. It is easy to > forget that those blemishes can actually help tell the story and human > interaction involved with particular specimens. In fact, I think a hacked-up > Bogou looks just fine now ☺ > > > Martin also reminds us of how delicate and rare -real- fusion crust on an > iron is. On Bogou, it is like the thin crust of a croissant and can easily > flake off if not handled properly: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-2.jpg > > > Finally, the ‘good’ side, showing the curvature of the specimen. One can only > imagine how impressive a full slice would be: > > http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Bogou-1.jpg > > > Martin, I wonder if our specimens shared a jar with the Cureton Collection? > > > 6 Irons Old, > > Mike Bandli > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
