[meteorite-list] AD - Black Beauty

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:58:34 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kY0vmSS=_sDzH2goyLh=tV-1kv8KOFCVZSOHeK_0SwD1g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Mike...that's what I'm hoping for....let me know when it happens ;-)

Graham

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Get the popcorn, the "Black Beauty" wars have begun. It would make a great reality show.
> Wait till the flood from Morocco comes.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 12, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Matt Morgan <mail at mhmeteorites.com> wrote:
>
>> Carl
>> Thanks for clarifying the point on the cutting. All additional pieces of authentic Black Beauty that are publicly available through my site were cut in distilled water by Kerf Industries.
>>
>> Matt Morgan
>> Mile High Meteorites
>> Http://www.mhmeteorites.com
>>
>> Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> I looked at your link. I think you need to revise it since it contains
>>> false information about the cutting of Black Beauty (NWA 7034) -- at
>>> least if you are referring to the 320 g main mass that is at the IOM?
>>> The cutting was done with distilled water -- NOT ethylene glycol
>>> (antifreeze). Also, stating in your link that our samples were "messed
>>> with" seems to be a rather unusual way to describe cutting with a fine
>>> diamond wire.
>>>
>>> If you want to know anything specific about Black Beauty, I would be
>>> happy to talk to you about it and how to identify it in hand sample
>>> and nature of the reduced carbon -- my team has been studying this
>>> meteorite with numerous lab techniques since August 2011.
>>>
>>> PS: the Science Article print version will be on newsstands Feb. 15.
>>>
>>> Carl Agee
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>>> MSC03 2050
>>> University of New Mexico
>>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>>
>>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:24 AM, jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> I just finished the page for some fragments of the unique water and
>>>> soil-bearing Martian regolith breccia paired with NWA 7034 and a few
>>>> other stones.
>>>> Please see our website for available specimens.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.fallsandfinds.com/page88.php
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> IMCA 7630
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