[meteorite-list] AD: Big NWA, oriented NWA, a hammer stone, historic falls, rare classifications and good prices!

From: M Smith <smithmp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:59:04 +0100
Message-ID: <CAF7kZOy1APqDvru_diq4R=jX5MEz3TJJ5FUnnuNJavu-UGckGw_at_mail.gmail.com>

The following meteorites are now listed on ebay, in many cases with
starting prices around half of my original asking price:


- Worden (L5) 0.5g of cutting dust, a 1997 "Hammer" stone slices of
which can be seen on the net for $1000/g (Matt Morgan >> Juris P.
Breikss)

- NWA 3151 (Brachinite) 56mg, ~6x7mm thin slice, very good surface
area for the mass, excellent preparation (Hupe, with original card)

- NWA 3133 (Primitive Achondrite) 0.586g polished part-slice (Hupe)

- NWA 4590 "Tamassint" (Angrite) 52mg fragment (Hupe with original card)

- Murchison (CM2) ~0.10g in small fragments (Dave Harris), Allende
(CV3) ~0.07g in 2 fragments, (Dave Harris).

- NWA ORIENTED Unclassified - 7.1g completely oriented individual
(Hupe, with card), it may be small but it's absolutely perfect! Check
images.

- NWA 2690, Eucrite, paired with Howardite NWA 1929. (Cottingham),
4.9g part-slice.

- NWA 5480 (olivine diogenite, Hupe). 2.5g, end-cut with one polished face.

- NWA 6964, Eucrite described as the "Pearls of vesta" (Chladni's
heirs) 0.599g end-cut/half stone. A must-see, these quickly sold out
at $60/g when they originally came up for sale.

- Tatahouine (Wandering Star), 1.0g in two fragments.

- BIG NWA Unclassified, ~60% crust, very nice - pretty big at ~980g
and a considerable amount of dark thick crust. Looking on ebay it
seems a lot of people are asking $1/g for this type of material now,
so this should be a bargain.

- some VERY rare UK/Irish micros: Mooresfort (H5, 1810, Ireland)
10.8mg (Elliott auction), Aldsworth 9.8mg (Elliott), Hambleton 106.1mg
(Elliott)

The BIG NWA stone can be seen at http://www.ebay.com/itm/271023046073?
 , all other auctions can be viewed at
http://www.ebay.com/sch/urban-007/m.html

Thanks,

Matt.
(IMCA #3142)
Received on Sun 22 Jul 2012 04:59:04 PM PDT