[meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

From: dean bessey <deanbessey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 15:26:10 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <322743.88910.qm_at_web56114.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

I have done OK with unclassified NWAs. In the catagory
of the worst, most weathered ugly stuff that you ever
see in morocco I once had a 400 gram meteorite on ebay
for $77. Was a likely H chondrite as it had the
magnetic qualities of an H. After not selling it I
figured that it was so ugly that nobody would ever buy
it at any price so I decided to chop it up. A saw
blade gets about a quarter inch into and is totally
worn away. I figure that the blade is old and replace
it - getting another quarter inch before the new blade
is shot. So now I figure something is strange here.
After banging the half inch or so off with an hammer I
see an obvious ureilite and I get over $5000 for
something I would have been happy getting $77 for a
few hours earlier.
I also found the worlds only EL3 outside antarctica (I
think another has been found since) and a CO3 cutting
what I thought would be an LL.
There are others but these stand out in my memory this
morning. I think I found a new EH5 or 6 a couple
weeks ago randomly cutting what I thought would be an
H but I dont know for sure yet.
Cheers
DEAN
http://www.meteoriteshop.com









--- Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Indeed, while going through 250 kilos of NWA 869's
> last week, a friend of mine picked out an
> achondrite,
> we thought was Lunar, but after a day of
> microprobing
> has proven it to be something else, very rare but
> not
> planetary.
> It almost went to China to be turned into beads!
> It pays to painstakingly peruse your junk boxes for
> hidden goodies.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
>
> --- STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 5/18/2007 6:25:33 P.M.
> Mountain
> > Daylight Time,
> > mmurray at montrose.net writes:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm not looking for details such as location,
> type,
> > or any of that
> > but, I need a meteorite hunting success story
> fix.
> > Anyone have a
> > recent one they would at least acknowledge on
> list?
> >
> > Coming up empty-handed so far this year...
> Michael
> > Murray
> >
> > Hi Mike and list, I have been getting my fix with
> > all these Moroccan
> > meteorites hitting the market. I could be wrong
> > but it seems as if the meteorite
> > supply chain is temporarily over whelmed and real
> > good stuff is ending up in
> > unsorted batches. I have had good luck and am
> > wondering if others have noticed
> > the same thing?
> >
> > Perhaps some of the big players could confirm
> this
> > or set me straight.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
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