[meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons

From: Bill <glixard_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:19:07 -0800
Message-ID: <6DAE56C03B8.00000A33glixard_at_inbox.com>

Didn't those heroes charge a pretty steep shipping charge for even the smallest particle? I suppose the "smart" buyer bought according to the combined offer but what about the hundreds maybe thousands of uninitiated buyers that paid the charge for a few grams. I'll pass on the medal ceremony.

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: altmann at meteorite-martin.de
> Sent: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:01:24 +0100
> To: h3chondrite at cox.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons
>
> Hi John,
>
> no, I'd doubt that. At those prices having paid during the last 5 years,
> any
> additional work on the smaller Sikhote-Alins had to be avoided, else it
> would be economically nonsensical.
> I think to hunt them, to carry them down from the mountains, to derust
> them,
> to transport them to Western-Europe and USA, but then getting out not
> more
> than 150$/kg even for the nicest individuals on ebay, (additional
> paypal-fees, ebay provision, currency exchange losses) as it was the case
> until 1 year ago, simply wouldn't justfy to burn each piece blue or to
> use
> expensive gun oils.
> And if I look back - most Russian suppliers always sold extremely cleaned
> Sikhotes, brushed, tmbled, etched and grinded down until the iron was a
> shiny silver. I never liked that style, but I observed, as Sikhote-Alin
> was
> always the first choice of non-meteoriticistical buyers, that they got
> higher prices than nicer, not so radically cleaned Sikhotes, because the
> laymen thought, that it would be a spot of bother, if there would be dark
> spots or even spots of rust left.
> I remember, that I had always to place an extra order, to get some not so
> down-cleaned, where beside some rust, here and there some blue, or some
> remainders of crust could be found, simply because most suppliers had
> only
> silverware.
>
> Now, where Sikhote stongly is raising again in price, it might be a
> temptation to refurbish some of them, but unfortunately the strewnfield
> is
> exhausted and almost only shrapnels are still found.
>
> Thus a toast from the collectors for our Russian heroes,
> who supplied and are supplying the market with the nicest and most
> interesting meteorites, always bringing the price down to a small
> fraction
> of that, what it cost before - which never should be a cause for a
> collector, to disesteem those locales!
> The older will remember, when Sikhote cost 5$-9$/g, a Kainsaz 50$ and how
> many of us would be horny for Brahin, never complaining about its
> stability,
> if it would be so difficult available as 10, 15 years ago, when it cost
> as
> much as an Imilac, a Fukang, and sometimes even as Finmarken.
>
> Buckleboo!
> Martin
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
> JKGwilliam
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Dezember 2006 05:19
> An: Mike Bandli; gary at webbers.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons
>
> Does anyone besides me believe that many of the Sikhote-Alin irons have
> been "doctored" to look better than they really are? Over the past
> several
> years I've heard several stories (rumors) that a lot of creative work has
> been used to make some of the SAs look as good as they do. One of the
> stories actually involved the application of liquid gun blueing. I've
> seen
> pictures of some of these beautiful specimens right out of the ground and
> they are pretty rusty.
>
> Best,
> John
>
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