[meteorite-list] Merry Xmas, Cool Yule, and Happy Holidays from Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Seasons greetings to all the meteorite aficionados out there. :) 2020 has been a raging tire-fire of a year. Hopefully 2021 is as good as 2020 was bad. Have a safe and happy holiday, be good to each other, and stay safe! -- --- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Meteorites, Ice Age Fossils, Minerals, and Artifacts --- __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Dec./Jan. Offerings 2020 & 2021
Mitterling Meteorite Offerings December25 to 31st, 2020 & January 1st to 15th 2021 Selling Meteorite Specimens for over 32 Years! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!! Greetings, I take Visa/Mastercard & a few other types of cards. (let me know what you have) Checks, cashier checks and money orders I will consider reasonable offers on any of the specimens, except those marked firm. Sincerely --AL Mitterling - Mitterling Meteorites Photos can be found at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/183781924@N06/albums/72157717523296596 Note: put mouse over specimens to see names on color catalog. Specimens are in the same order of list. For questions or purchase Email me at: mittme...@gmail.com Stony Specimen Zag Southern Morocco Fell early August 1998. Zag has a very nice breccia, interior and classed H3-6 chondrite. This meteorite is very rare in the sense that blue halite salt crystals were found in it. Only two meteorites (Zag and Monahans) are known to have contained these halite (salt) crystals. These crystals contain liquid water making them unique for a fall. Weight: 368 grams Cost: $1200.00 OBRO Oum Dreyga Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara Fell 2003 the 16th October, 02:00 UT Ordinary chondrite (H3-5) On 16 October 2003, Moroccan soldiers stationed in Western Sahara saw a meteorite falling on Gour Lafkah Mountains, south of Zbayra, about 21 km from Oum Dreyga. The meteorite fell near a 670 km long wall built in 1985, protected by anti-personnel mines, and guarded by soldiers. About 17 kg were recovered. Stones fromthis fall were later brought to Moroccan dealers. Most of them have been collected aftera rainfall and are thus slightly oxidized. However, some fragments had been picked upsoon after the fall; these are very fresh. Fragments have been sold under different names. Weight 45.7 gm Price $195.00 Wells, Texas Lynn County, Texas, USA Found ca. 1985, recognized 1996. Ordinary chondrite (LL3.3) A 4.135 kg stone was found by P. M. Sherrill in a grain field. Nice chondrite loaded with chondrules in the matrix of an overall rich brownish color. One of the nicest meteorites to be found in the state of Texas. Weight 8.6 gm $295.00 Allegan, Mi Fell July 10, 1899 8am. 31.75kg Ordinary high-iron (olivine-bronzite) chondrite [H5, S1, W0] After detonations, a single stone fell. Total iron (28.5 wt%) and olivine composition (~Fa18) are consistent with those of ordinary H chondrites. Most of the mass has been held at the U.S. National Museum. Ryker: Weight .67 gram$50.00 Bottle in Ryker: .34 gram$30.00 New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana USA Fell 2003 September 23rd at about 16:05 hrs (CST)Ordinary chondrite (H5) On the afternoon of September 23rd 2003, a meteorite crashed through the two-story home of Ray and Judy Fausset, who were not at home at the time. Neighbors said that they heard a "terrific noise." Two observations of a fireball were recorded. The main mass of the meteorite was found in the crawl space under the house. Powdery meteorite debris and fragments were found along the penetration path throughout the house. A total mass of 19.256 kg was recovered from the Fausset house, the three largest fragments weighing 2966 g, 1292 g and 1001 g. Some additional material (~100 g) was also recovered in the surrounding neighborhood. The meteorite has a light grey matrix with a black fusion crust, and very friable. Abundant metal and troilite are visible on broken surfaces, as well as some thin (mm-thick) impact melt veins. Weight 10.4 gm Price $2,000.00 OBRO Carbonaceous Chondrites Tagish Lake, Canada - Class: CI2 or C2 ung Carbonaceous Chondrite British Columbia , Canada Fell January 18, 2000. A brilliant fireball followed by loud detonations was widely observed over the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia. The fireball was also detected by satellites in Earth orbit. Dust clouds from terminal fragmentation events were widely observed. Jim Brook recovered several dozen meteorites totaling ~ 1 kg on the ice of Taku Arm, Tagish Lake, on January 25 and 26 Between April 20 and May 8, ~ 500 additional specimens were located on the ice of Taku Arm. Weight .1 gram contained in specimen bottle and displaced in small ryker mount with label and information. $375.00 - I have five .1 gram specimens of this. Isheyavo Bashkortostan, Russia Class: carbonaceous, bencubbin- like meteorite. Found 2003 Class: CH/CBb One stone, weighing 16 kg, was found by a farmer driving a tractor in a field during harvest season. Located in the Ishimbai region of Bashkortostan, close to the Isheyevo village. A small piece of the meteorite was issued to the Vernadsky Institute by Kazakov D.A., and Polozkov A.G, September 2004 Weight 2.76 grams $250.00 Iron Specimens Plymouth, Indiana Found 1893 But may have been found in1883, Class: IIIAB Iron, medium octahedrite. A Mass was plowed up by a farmer 5 miles southwest of Ply
[meteorite-list] AD: Christmas SPECIAL sale
Dear List Members, in first I wishing a Merry Christmas to all my friends and customers. Hope you enjoy the time with your family. I start a special Christmas offer on eBay. All my best and very special Thin Sections start up from $1.99 only. - First Thin Section is NWA 11386 with a 12mm Mega-Chondrule. Very big and rare Polysomatic barred orlivine Chondrule !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402221410 - Vaca Muerta - Big sample of the rare Eucrite Inclusion !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402205142 - NWA 12976 - New L3.6 Chondrite with a stunning 9mm Chondrule ! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402209116 - NWA 13149 - Eucrite High Quality Thin Section of this igneous rock with ophitic texture https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831579121 - NWA 13153 - strongly recrystallized LL7 with low TKW of 19g only !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831583429 - Clarendon (c) - stunning Thin Section of the biggest stone meteorite from Texas https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402215722 - NWA 11436 - Rumuruti R3-6 Chondrite with a crazy rare inclusion ! https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831590380 - Dhofar 2101 - Lunar very colorful slice of this rare and low TKW 13g Moon sample https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402218270 - Tisserlitine 001 - the crazy Lunar slice https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831571752 - Erg Chech 002 - nice polished 2.1g Endcut of this ungrouped Achondrite https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402212210 and for all friends of Lunar: Here is the last available Full Slice of the 13g TKW Lunar DHOFAR 2101 https://www.ebay.com/itm/373401049249 Here you can find all my offers: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=373258657394&_ssn=mirko66&_sop=1 Good luck and best regards to all, Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorites Quittenring 4 16321 Bernau GERMANY IMCA #2113 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Christmas SPECIAL sale
Dear List Members, in first I wishing a Merry Christmas to all my friends and customers. Hope you enjoy the time with your family. I start a special Christmas offer on eBay. All my best and very special Thin Sections start up from $1.99 only. - First Thin Section is NWA 11386 with a 12mm Mega-Chondrule. Very big and rare Polysomatic barred orlivine Chondrule !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402221410 - Vaca Muerta - Big sample of the rare Eucrite Inclusion !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402205142 - NWA 12976 - New L3.6 Chondrite with a stunning 9mm Chondrule ! https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402209116 - NWA 13149 - Eucrite High Quality Thin Section of this igneous rock with ophitic texture https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831579121 - NWA 13153 - strongly recrystallized LL7 with low TKW of 19g only !! https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831583429 - Clarendon (c) - stunning Thin Section of the biggest stone meteorite from Texas https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402215722 - NWA 11436 - Rumuruti R3-6 Chondrite with a crazy rare inclusion ! https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831590380 - Dhofar 2101 - Lunar very colorful slice of this rare and low TKW 13g Moon sample https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402218270 - Tisserlitine 001 - the crazy Lunar slice https://www.ebay.com/itm/233831571752 - Erg Chech 002 - nice polished 2.1g Endcut of this ungrouped Achondrite https://www.ebay.com/itm/373402212210 and for all friends of Lunar: Here is the last available Full Slice of the 13g TKW Lunar DHOFAR 2101 https://www.ebay.com/itm/373401049249 Here you can find all my offers: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=373258657394&_ssn=mirko66&_sop=1 Good luck and best regards to all, Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorites Quittenring 4 16321 Bernau GERMANY IMCA #2113 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today''s Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 801 TS Contributed by: Bill Mikuska http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=12/25/2020 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
