[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

From: David Weir <dgweir_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:37:35 -0500
Message-ID: <45F8954F.8010907_at_earthlink.net>

There is an interesting abstract about these reduced metal-rich and
metal-poor chondrites in the latest LPSC abstracts, this one by D.
Rumble, III, A. Irving, M. Kuehner, and T. Bunch. Also, I have been
compiling related information on these anomalous chondrites on my
Moorabie webpage at meteoritestudies.com. Here is the link to the Rumble
et al. paper:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2230.pdf

David


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> Hi everyone,
> I know I haven't been active in the meteorite community lately due to work
> and family obligations but I'm here today to raise a bit of money by selling
> one of the crown jewels of my collection; a 4.1g slice of Burnwell.
> For those of you unfamiliar with Burnwell, depending on where you read about
> it, it is classified as either an anomalous H4 or HH4. Yes, HH4. There is
> a total of one of these in the world and it hit a house in Burnwell, KY USA
> on September 4, 1990 and a total of around 3kg TKW. Almost all of this
> meteorite is in the Smithsonian. I say almost all of it because in 2001 I was
> lucky enough to be the only person to receive part of it (a little over 12g). I
> had it cut up and sold or traded most of it away to other collectors while
> keeping the largest portion of it for myself. This piece has beautiful dark
> crust on one edge as well as a Smithsonian number painted on it. There is NO
> weathering on it at all and it looks like a stone that fell yesterday. The
> many visible chondrules (some armored) are easy to spot and truth be told, I'm
> kind of surprised that this was classified as a HH4 and not an HH3. Other
> than cutting it has been treated by expert Jim Hartman to prevent any aging and
> has been in a membrane case for the past 5 years. I will also include the
> shipping papers from the Smithsonian so you can track the ownership from space
> to your door. To read more about how the Smithsonian obtained this
> meteorite read here http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/dec99/feature.html For those of
> you wary of purchasing a meteorite from someone you may not know, check out
> the IMCA's site at http://imca.cc/insights/2006/IMCA-Insights01.htm to read
> about how I helped form the association.
> Put simply, this is the largest privately owned piece of an entire class of
> meteorite that has hit a house in America, has excellent pedigree, and is
> simply beautiful. How often does a chance like this come up? Asking price is
> $8,000. I'll pay for first class insured shipping to your door.
> If interested please feel free to call me at 812-484-8369 at any time or
> write back to me. This offer stands until noon March 15, 2007, Eastern Standard
> Time.
> Thank you for your time,
> Rhett Bourland
Received on Wed 14 Mar 2007 08:37:35 PM PDT