[meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite

From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:47:27 +0100
Message-ID: <trinity-9699d520-a1e3-4799-9775-8e48e4d7d8ae-1448135246771_at_msvc-mesg-gmxus003>

I've always found it funny that some sellers describe specimens of an older meteorite as "fresh".

For example: I recently saw a seller describe his Campo del Cielo specimens on ebay as "fresh". I wondered, just how fresh would you consider food you found in the jungles of Argentina that has been sitting around since atleast the the later part of the 16th century? ;-)

John


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On 11/21/15 at 2:35 PM, Graham Ensor wrote:

> I shouldn't worry Anne...there's no such thing as a new meteorite...I think
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> they are all quite a few million years old ;-)
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> Graham
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> On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Matt Morgan via Meteorite-list <
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> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> > I still have a 900g chunk (if anyone is interested)
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> > Matt
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> > On November 21, 2015 10:42:44 AM MST, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <
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> > meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> > >A few, and I really mean a very few, pieces were offered by Matt Morgan
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> > >several years ago, and Zelimir that is where yours came from. But after
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> > >that Gary always resisted my suggestion of getting any more slices cut.
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> > >Sorry, but I had totally forgotten those pieces. And I don't believe
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> > >they were publicized at all.
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> > >Does that help?
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> > >
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> > >Anne M. Black
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> > >www.IMPACTIKA.com
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> > >IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >-----Original Message-----
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> > >From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com>
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> > >To: 'Anne Black' <impactika at aol.com>; Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list
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> > ><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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> > >Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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> > >Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2015 6:19 am
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> > >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite
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> > >
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> > >Now I'm jealous, Peter. I love meteorites like this with interesting
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> > >stories behind them.
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> > >
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> > >I'm sad that I, a loyal lay-away customer, wasn't offered it earlier.
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> > >;-) Joke...
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> > >
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> > >Anne seemed to imply that the owner was hiding it away from us, and
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> > >that there simply weren't many slices cut prior to this, so perhaps
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> > >there simply wasn't enough to offer up to the collecting community at
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> > >that time.
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> > >
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> > >Congrats on having a lovely piece though. :-)
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> > >
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> > >John
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> > >
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> > >Sent using the mail.com mail app
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> > >On 11/21/15 at 7:03 AM, Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list wrote:
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> > >> Hi,
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> > >>
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> > >> I purchased my sample in 2003.
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> > >>
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> > >> Thanks,
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> > >>
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> > >> Peter
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> > >>
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> > >> -----Original Message-----
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> > >> From: Meteorite-list
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> > >[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
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> > >Zelimir Gabelica via Meteorite-list
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> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 4:52 AM
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> > >> To: Anne Black
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> > >> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
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> > >COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com
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> > >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite
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> > >>
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> > >> Hi Anne,
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> > >>
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> > >> Is Clifford really new ?
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> > >>
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> > >> I purchased from you (yes, from you) a superb 27 g slice in...2009,
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> > >thus 6.5 years ago.
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> > >>
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> > >> Here is a copy of my collection write-up:
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> > >>
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> > >> CLIFFORD (Colorado, L6)(S3W2), found 1962; tkw: 1 at 11.36 kg;
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> > >collection code: AB 09/314
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> > >>
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> > >> History and scientific significance:
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> > >> Clifford was found in 1962 in an uncultivated rangeland by a local
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> > >arrowhead hunter near Clifford, Lincoln County, Colorado. The finder
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> > >didn't think it was anything important, so he put it in his rock
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> > >garden. Then 35 years later, Gary Curtiss, a meteorite hunter, realized
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> > >what it was and got it classified in 1997.
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> > >>
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> > >> Sample description.
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> > >> 42x39x5 mm 27.06 g part slice, 2 edges cut, 2 crusted, dominant
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> > >black, some brown spots and metallic patches. M. Morgan coll. (label
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> > >lost).
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> > >>
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> > >> Was I a priviledged customer to whom you had offered this slice in
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> > >premium ?
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> > >>
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> > >> Anyhow, many thanks, I appreciate the piece and its history
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> > >>
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> > >> Regards to all,
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> > >>
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> > >> Zelimir
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> > >>
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> > >>
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> > >> ----- Mail original -----
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> > >> De: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list"
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> > ><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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> > >> ?: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com,
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> > >COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com
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> > >> Envoy?: Samedi 21 Novembre 2015 04:14:59
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> > >> Objet: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite
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> > >>
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> > >> My turn to announce a new meteorite!
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> > >>
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> > >> Not a new fall, but a new meteorite (and all meteorites are really
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> > >falls, how else would they get here????)
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> > >>
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> > >> CLIFFORD, from Colorado.
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> > >>
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> > >> A single stone, weighing some 11.36kg, was found sometimes in the
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> > >early 1960s in rangeland in central Colorado while looking for
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> > >arrowheads. He brought it home but thinking that it was just an odd
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> > >looking rock he added it to his wife's rock garden. And it stayed there
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> > >until 1997 when Gary Curtiss, a Colorado geologist and meteorite
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> > >collector happened to go by and spotted it. He immediately recognized
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> > >it for what it was, bought it and had it classified by Alan Rubin at
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> > >UCLA. But then he kept most of it for himself!
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> > >> Until very recently, when I finally convinced him to get a few slices
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> > >cut and made available ot collectors.
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> > >> Clifford is an ordinary chondrite, type L6, Shock S3, Weathering W2,
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> > >with some large chondrules, metal blebs, and odd tiny vugs.
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> > >>
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> > >> I have now 11 slices at very reasonable, collector-friendly,
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> > >non-gouging prices!
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> > >> Listed right here: http://www.impactika.com/clifford.html
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> > >>
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> > >> Any questions, just ask!
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> > >>
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> > >> Anne M. Black
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> > >> www.IMPACTIKA.com
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> > >> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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> > >> --
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