Of Space & Time

List 96, more miscellaneous consigned items

2010-12-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487

..................................LIST 96

November 30, 2010

Dear Collectors,

I have been very busy with projects of various sorts and have not had time to put together any kind of list for the past month and a half. These items are actually from a box of consignments that was sent to me shortly after the Denver Show. I do hope to get on the ball and get inventory work started soon. That should bring out some special "only got a tiny bit left" offerings next month. Unfortunately though that on top of all of the other things I have been trying to accomplish I got notice yesterday that I need to prepare the "landing spot" for a trailer that will become my ultra-light's hanger. I have gotten tired of hanging myself trying to carefully get around all of the wires of the hang-glider wing taking up a substantial portion of my garage (I am beginning to think that the reason they call these wings "hang-gliders" is not because you hang underneath them while flying, but because you can't move around one that is completely or partially set up with out hanging yourself on a support wire or two). This was NOT a project I had planned on working on for the near term, but the trailer yard says it must be moved by the end of next week. I will have many hours of dirt moving and such to do now, so future lists (and the inventory work that will generate them) will likely be a bit delayed or oddly timed. I apologize for this.

ALLENDE, Mexico: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3.2). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is a nice complete stone! It has a very high amount of crust coverage (something like 90% - only the usual chipped edges). What is interesting is that all o this crust shows lots of contraction cracks. This may be partly due to the act that I think that this may be a "later" recovery and some light colored dirt has settled into the cracks. However, this is not one of the really later recoveries, it is still very fresh (no rust, no lichen and such as found on some of the most recent recovered specimens). Another interesting feature is a crater where a 3mm chondrule popped out during the fall that is now fully crusted over.
8.8 gram crusted individual – 20mm x 17mm x 16mm - $90

BONITA SPRINGS, Florida: (H5). Found 1938. Tkw = 41.8 kg.
I am quite surprised at how fresh this is. I would think that any iron bearing meteorite found in Florida (or similar environment) would be deeply rust weathered. This is a nice light gray (there are some brown spots) color with lots of fresh metal.
3.0 gram slice – 18mm x 18mm x 3mm - $75

BRAHIN, Belarus: (pallasite). Found 1810. Tkw = 1000+kg.
This slice, of coarse, shows a fair amount of rusting, but it has not completely fallen apart (amazing considering it spent a long time in Florida). This does have some nice gemmy crystals though. One is really clear (only about 4mm x 4mm though) and could possibly be cut into a gem stone
5.7 gram slice – 27mm x 12mm x 5mm - $10

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: rock flour.
This is a small container (approximately 20mm x 20mm x 15mm) that is a bit over half full of white powdered sandstone. This is some of the "rock flour" (highly shocked Coconino Sandstone) that was retrieved from the "mine" shaft in the bottom of the crater.
Approximately 18mm x 18mm x 10mm in box - $20

GHUBARA, Oman: (L5), black, xenolithic. Found 1954. Tkw = 250+kg.
2.5 gram slice – 15mm x 8mm x 6mm - $3

GOLD BASIN, Arizona: (L4). Found 1995.
This is nothing special, just a typical representative cut fragment ( the back side is natural, but I don't see anything I would call crust). It has the usual surprisingly fresh interior with a fair amount o metal in a mixed gray and brown matrix.
5.6 gram end piece –26mm x 13mm x 8mm - $8

HENBURY, Australia; Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
This is just a typical natural individual. I used to have a lot of this stuff (in fact, this probably came from me years ago), but I am now down to only a small hand full (the strength of the Australian dollar combined with the weakness of the US dollar has made the "wholesale" price of this material higher than what I normally sold it for so I have not picked up any new materail in years).
8.6 gram natural individual – 20mm x 15mm x 6mm - $10

HUCKITTA, Australia: (pallasite).
This is an end piece of the usual oxide material.
21.6 gram end piece – 35mm x 13mm x 17mm - $32

IMILAC, Chile: (Pallasite).
This is a particularly nice "shrapnel" fragment. It has a really wild shape with some yellow and almost pinkish olivine in the deepest pockets.
10.0 gram fragment – 20mm x 18mm x 10mm - $60

MONTURAQUI, Chile: Impactite.
This is one of the better cut pieces of this I have seen.
7.7 gram end piece – 33mm x 23mm x 6mm - $15

MUNDRABILLA, Australia: Medium octahedrite, ungrouped.
This is just a basic natural individual metal nugget. Nice, but typical for this meteorite.
20.3 gram individual – 25mm x 17mm x 10mm - $20

NWA (------): unclassified, likely (H5).
This is a nice end piece with a large cut face (about 70mm x 60mm) that has not been polished (I can do this if you like). There is also another "test cut" on the back (about 35mm x 25mm). Overall, this is a nice specimen and would make an ideal "pass around" educational specimen. The interior is quite fresh – showing lots of metal in a light tan matrix (reminds of Gao). The exterior is very smooth (highly wind-polished) and has in interesting pinkish brown color. This looks shockingly similar (internally and externally) to the Sahara (99427) listed below, but then this piece weighs as much as the total reported (according the hand scribbled notes that came with all of this anyway – that Sahara stone has not been officially reported – according to Meteorites A to Z).
351.1 gram end piece – 70mm x 60mm x 40mm - $150

NWA (----), Unclassified.
This is just a typical fragment of chondrite (no real idea what kind as it has no cut or polished suraces).
7.0 gram fragment – 15mm x 15mm x 14mm - $3

NWA (482): Lunar impact melt breccia. Found 2000. Tkw = 1015grams.
This is a small fragment in a capsule in a magnifier box. This is almost completely white (anorthosite) with only a few hints of shock darkening.
.027 gram fragment 2.5mm x 2mm x 2mm - $50

NWA (2932) (Mesosiderite). Found 2005. Tkw = 15+kg.
I really wish I bought more of this when the "big" batch came out (I am out of it myself). This is what a mesosiderite should look like. It has a nice mix of metal (including one 5mm or so nodule) and silicates.
22.5 gram end piece – 40mm x 20mm x 13mm - $135

PUTORANA, Russia: Terrestrial Fe/Ni in basalt.
This is still a mystery to me. This has Fe, Ni ands even troilite. It is a breccia (unlike any other iron in basalt that I am aware of). This is a nice highly polished specimen that has loads of iron. This is a nice as any mesosiderite. This is the only piece of this I have (I am COMPLETELY sold out in my inventory).
7.8 gram slice – 40mm x 6mm x 5mm - $11

SAHARA (99427): Not reported but likely (H5), Tkw = 351.1 grams.
Here is a slice of this, unfortunately, unreported stone. It is quite fresh and shows lots of metal in a tan to brown matrix (reminds me of Gao).
43.2 gram slice – 47mm x 38mm x 8mm - $45

SANTA VITORIA DO PALMAR, Brazil. (L3). Ound 2003/2004. Tkw = 50.36kg.
This is the one, despite its rather dark matrix and lack of metal, that is reproted to have likely fallen June 25, 1997. I quickly sold all I had when I had a good quantity of it a few years ago. This does show lots of chondrules of all sizes, though there are a bit hidden in the dark brown matrix.
17.2 gram slice – 50mm x 25mm x 4mm - $80

SARIR QATTUSAH (001), Libya: (L/LL3). Found 1994. Tkw = 796 grams.
This is actually a nice specimen. It is weathered ( it only shows a few bits of metal) but it has lots of chondrules of different colors. It kind of reminds me of Ragland or Wells.
1.9 gram slice – 14mm x 12mm x 5mm - $30

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #95

2010-10-16T10:15:00.000-07:00

List 95, mailed list posting Saturday, October 16, 2010 4:21 AM
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487

..LIST 95

October 15, 2010

Dear Collectors,

Here is an electronic copy of my just mailed paper list. That should have been in the hands of every body on the mailing list by now, but I have only gotten calls from overseas and Hawaii (I send those out earlier in an attempt to have everyone everywhere get the thing at the same time). Something got goofed up this time. Probably delays and such from the holiday Monday (Columbus Day) that I had completely forgotten about. I decided to go ahead and send this out now (usually I wait until I start getting calls from a wide selection of regions) so that collectors in the main parts of the US will have a shot at some of this (I have already sold my 2 largest Gebel Kamil individuals and the smallest NWA (5782) complete slice). Many of you are on both the paper mailing list and this e-mailing one so I guess there is only a bit of "unfairness" in doing this now.

I finally pulled together this list from stuff I have had and stuff I picked up at the Denver show a couple weeks ago. I have been very busy with many things (some good some bad, unfortunately) so this is going out a bit later than I would have liked. This also means that the typical time frame that I usually see orders come in from one of these mailings will overlap with a couple out of town trips I have to make (leave a message if you do find you want to place an order during these dates, I will set aside samples for you and get back in touch with you when I get home). These are:
Denver: October 21st - 25th.: Not meteorite related, but if any of you in Denver really want me to bring some samples to look over, let me know.
Socorro, New Mexico Mineral Symposium. November 11th - 17th. This "show" I have been attending longer than any other. I think the first time I went was in 1985 (first set up and offered samples in 1986). This year the "informal tail-gating" (specimen sales) will be at the new Comfort Inn at the very North end of town (1259 Frontage Rd NW - West side of the interstate). I am supposed to be in room 119. I should be set up and open by about 5PM on Friday Nov 12th and open again about 6PM Saturday (generally open until 12 each night - this is a drink in hand, wander and look at specimens kind of thing - very relaxed and enjoyable). I will also likely be open much of Sunday as well - not putting things away until around 5PM or so that day.

GEBEL KAMIL, Egypt: Ni-rich ataxite (ungrouped). Found 2008. Tkw = about 1600kg.
A 45meter (148ft) diameter crater was discovered on Google Earth satellite photos in 2008. Field expeditions in February of 2010 confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite impact crater. Many shrapnel type fragments of Ni-rich (close to 20% nickel!) iron meteorites were found surrounding the crater. It is currently estimated that this fall occurred less than 5000 years ago. When I first saw some of this stuff (at the Denver spring show in April) I was quite suspicious. The external texture looked VERY much like how man-made materials weather (but then an iron of fairly uniform composition in a sand-blasting type environment probably should end up looking the same). But, the slices (that are obviously cut from shrapnel type fragments), clearly show schriebersite and other meteoritic minerals (and I now have some scientific reports on the stuff - something I did not have at all then). I have both nice complete shrapnel fragments (the large ones are really neat) and some really nice super thin slices that are etched (some on one side with the other side highly polished and some etched on both sides).

1) Complete shrapnel fragments as found:
a) 52.7 grams - 45mm x 30mm x 10mm - $70
b) 92.4 grams - 55mm x 30mm x 15mm - $115
c) 211.4 grams - 58mm x 40mm x 22mm - $250
d) 339.0 grams - 65mm x 60mm x 23mm - $390
e) 595.8 grams - 105mm x 65mm x 23mm - $640 - yes, this is available. It was a replacement for the 691g piece on the mailed list.
f) 908.1 grams - 120mm x 80mm x 30mm - sold

2) Complete slices, etched:
a) 26.5 grams - 70mm x 40mm x 1.5mm - $80
b) 39.5 grams - 80mm x 60mm x 1mm - $118
c) 57.5 grams - 90mm x 60mm x 1.5mm - $170

BENSOUR, Morocco/ Algeria: (LL6). Fell February 11, 2002. Tkw = 45+kg.
This is one of those "rumor of a fall" while we are at major shows (these are surprisingly common) that later turned out to be true (actual falls during or near Tucson and Denver show dates were the subject of this year's Tucson wine glass I made). I sold the last of this I had (at $7 to $8/g) some time ago and have not seen much of this meteorite since (aside from the bag of really small fragments I had earlier this summer that is). Luckily I picked up a nice bag of fresh material. These are the usual broken fragments that show a light gray, fine textured interior (and the occasional metal or troilite grain) with large patches of fresh black crust (covering roughly 30% or more of most of these pieces). Nice, affordable, pieces of an LL fall!
1) Fragments with crust as found:
a) 1.0 grams - 9mm x 8mm x 7mm - $7
b) 2.1 grams - 12mm x 11mm x 6mm - $14
c) 3.0 grams - 22mm x 8mm x 7mm - $20
d) 5.9 grams - 18mm x 17mm x 11mm - $38
e) 12.8 grams - 25mm x 18mm x 15mm - $80

NWA (5778): (H4). Found before September 2008. Tkw = 1560 grams.
This is yet another "thought it was something better" when I got it stones. The seller thought it was an H3 and, given the large number of chondrules it showed on the cut surface it had, it looked like one to me as well. Alas, it turned out to be an H4 (the science on this one is irrefutable - equilibrated olivine = type 4 or higher). This is quite weathered (no real visible), but yet it still has a pleasing light almost pinkish brown color with lots of chondrules clearly visible (many H's get so dark when oxidized that the chondrules get hidden - Dimmitt, TX is one example).

1) Slices:
a) 11.7 grams - 47mm x 22mm x 2mm - $10
b) 22.1 grams - 60mm x 30mm x 5mm - $18
c) 44.0 grams - 72mm x 45mm x 5mm - $35 - complete slice.
d) 71.1 grams - 103mm x 44mm x 6mm - $55 - complete slice.

2) End piece:
a) 336.9 grams - 100mm x 43mm x 45mm - $235 - Main Mass!

NWA (5779): (LL5), polymict breccia: Found before October 2008. Tkw = 815 grams.
This is a stone I wish I had much more of. I asked the source for more of this but was told "there is none", darn it. This is a fantastic LL breccia that has a light tan/ brown matrix and lots of angular to rounded fragments that are generally different shades of brown and gray to some that are weird swirled mixes of both (those are impact melt clasts, most likely). These fragments are of different compositions than the host rock - making this a "polymict" breccia. This does still show metal grains and troilite in proper amount for the type stone this is, so it is not weathered to any great degree either. A real interesting stone scientifically and great visually.
1) Slices:
a) 6.9 grams - 30mm x 20mm x 5mm - $30
b) 16.0 grams - 45mm x 30mm x 4mm - $68
c) 24.6 grams - 70mm x 50mm x 3mm - $105
d) 56.3 grams - 90mm x 65mm x 4mm - $225 - complete slice.

NWA (5782): Acapulcoite/Lodranite. Found Before September 2008. Tkw = 130 grams.
This was special enough to get special treatment in its reporting. I did not know that this one was "finished" until I saw a picture of it in the most recent Meteoritical Bulletin (a picture Blake took that the bulletin miss-labeled as having an inch scale for size when it was really centimeters). This is a breccia containing fragments of both acapulcoites of various compositions (making up 45% of this stone) and lodranites (also of variuos compositions and making up 25% of this stone) with a matrix composed of fine debris of both types. This is the only such thing known in the world. It has been called the "Rosetta Stone" of the acapulcoite/lodranite parent body. It is too bad that so little was recovered (and even that was by accident in a batch of L6 stones I picked up some time ago). After I got done sending pieces of all sizes all over for research work (that is still continuing on this thing for clues about its parent body) I was left with only about 41 grams to offer to collectors.
1) Slices:
a) .13 grams - 9mm x 5mm x 1mm - $50
b) .26 grams - 12mm x 6mm x 1mm - $100
c) .52 grams - 17mm x 9mm x 1mm - $200
d) .86 grams - 17mm x 15mm x 1mm - $325
e) 1.50 grams - 24mm x 21mm x 1mm - sold.
f) 2.93 grams - 33mm x 26mm x 1mm - $1070 - complete slice.
g) 4.98 grams - 37mm x 31mm x 1mm - $1800 - complete slice.

IRIDIUM: The element
Iridium is a very important to meteorite impact research element. Iridium is one of the very rarest metals in the Earth's crust (making up less than .001 parts per million on average). In meteorites, however, it is "relatively common" - making up around .5 parts per million. Large impacts bring a large dose of this element to the Earth's surface. This is then deposited into accumulating sediments in the area (smaller impacts) to all over the globe (as in the Chicxulub impact). Thus, an increased Iridium content in a rock layer tends to indicate that a large impact may have occurred at that time. These are fine crystals (maybe mm sized) that were vapor deposited during the process of making crystals for high power lasers. I have these in a capsule in a magnifier box in various sized lots (I, as an element collector would prefer a "mole" sized lot - but that is some 192 grams!).
1) Crystals in a capsule in a magnifier box:
a) .10grams - $10
b) .25grams - $15
c) .50 grams - $25
d) 1.0 grams - $40

LIGHTED LOUPE:
This is what most of us know as a hand lens. I bought one of these a year or so ago (for $20) and have used it almost exclusively ever since. These are 20X magnification and have a fairly large lens area (about 19mm diameter) and have a couple really bright L.E.D.s built into them to light what you are looking at - $15 each.

Please include postage: a couple dollars on small U.S. orders and $10 on large items for first class (insurance is extra, if desired). On small overseas orders, $3 to $5 is generally plenty (I'll have to custom figure the rate for large items). Registration is also recommended on more valuable overseas shipments - an extra $12.00.
If you are sending a fax, simply begin transmitting when my line is answered. My fax will turn on automatically to receive (or I will start it if I answer) when you begin transmitting.

Blaine Reed Meteorites- List 94

2010-09-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

List 94, some "after Denver" stuff

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:14 AM

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………………..LIST 94
September 28, 2010
Dear Collectors,
Sorry this is going out so late. I have been very busy today (lots of calls, visitors and such). I have been working on this since 11AM this morning and wanted to be done by 1 or 2PM. Here it is after 5.
Most of these are things that were sent to me for the Denver show or things I picked up while there. I had a couple more boxes of things that were sent, but did not arrive in time to make it to the show with me as well (I still have not opened them). Those should make for the next offering or three. I am also desperately trying to get a mailed offering pulled together before too long (I usually would have the bulk of an after Denver paper listing ready to go and by now, but all of the difficulties health wise this summer left me waaay behind in cutting, polishing and cataloging stuff for such an offering). We have really nice weather now, so I am trying to get that caught up as well (but it will likely be a couple weeks before I have envelopes stuffed and sent).
ODESSA, Texas: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
This is a sample I got in a bucket of mixed irons I picked up this summer from a mineral dealer in California (he got them as part of a large mineral collection he bought). This one looked like it was simply about to rust into two pieces (along an almost perfectly straight and flat surface that I originally assumed was simply along one of the internal etch structure boundaries). I had considered simply cutting the last little bit of this break and polishing and etching the resulting two pieces to make two end pieces. I am glad I didn't. On closer inspection, I realized that this "rusting crack" is really a troilite or Schiebersite inclusion that has mostly broken out of this specimen (some of this is still visible in the narrow end of the split). Very interesting and unusual, but I am pricing this at the same as a more common Odessa specimen of this size.
1270 gram brushed individual - 125mm x 70mm x 30mm - $900
TAZWELL, TN: Finest octahedrite (IIICD). Found 1853. Tkw=27.2kg
Tazwell is the only finest ocathedrite I have ever seen and this is only the second sample I have ever had of it. I had this hiding in a "do something with later" stuff and forgot about it for many years (it came too me from Tom Palmer's collection). Actually, the "do something" was to trim the slightly larger specimen down into two pieces; one for my type set micro collection (I had goofed and accidently left my last specimen in with "extra" specimens from that collection that I was willing to part with and, of coarse, it sold immediately) and this one to sell. It has been decades since I got my first piece (and a good 7 or 8 years since I got this one) and it may be as long before another specimen of this turns up again.
10.8 gram etched part slice (50% crusted edge) - 20mm x 11mm x 6mm - $300
NWA (6135), (LL3.8). Found 2008. Tkw = 3.8kg.
Matt Morgan got this stone a couple years ago and cut a few pieces off of it. I picked up this fantastic slice from him a earlier this summer (I had a customer that wanted LL3 pieces, but it turned out that he wanted larger, preferably complete pieces individuals). This is not an individual, so it didn't meet the needs, but it is a complete slice. It has a great LL3 interior (lots of chondrules) and a few interesting inclusions. One (the one that caught my eye and got me to take this piece) is a 20mm x 25mm obvious LL5 fragment!.
121.5 gram complete slice - 110mm x 65mm x 6mm - $1100
ASH CREEK, (a.k.a. "West") Texas: (L6). Fell February 15, 2009. Tkw = 11.7kg.
I remember that I was still visiting friends in Phoenix after the Tucson show when this fell. I was unloading my car back at home when the first recovered pieces started turning up. I really wanted to go and look for some of this one (it looked like enough pieces were being found that there was a real chance of not getting skunked on a hunt here - not so with the recent Wisconsin fall). Unfortunately, I had a good 3 weeks of work, bills, etc waiting to be immediately dealt with after being gone so long for the show. These are both beautiful complete, black crusted individuals (the smaller has some hint of dark brown coloration that could be very light oxide - it did rain quite a bit the days after this fell). .

a) 17.9 gram complete individual - 27mm x 20mm x 15mm - $985

b) 27.0 gram complete individual - 32mm x 25mm x 21mm - $1485

TUXTUAC, Mexico: (LL5). Fell October 16, 1975. Tkw = 29.25kg.
This is one of the usual crust free pieces. Much of this meteorite was broken apart by the locals that found it as they thought that there must gold or gems hiding inside it as the price offered for it was really high for just an "ugly rock", even if it did fall from space. Robert Haag had the bulk of this stuff years ago, but it is now fairly scarce stuff (and quite under priced for an LL fall in my opinion).
28.7 gram cut fragment - 48mm x 24mm x 20mm - $150
ALLENDE, Mexico: carbonaceous chondrite (CV3.2). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is beautiful super thin slice cut by wire saw. This is a particularly nice piece of Allende it has nice chondrules (not quite as many as the NWA 3118 below, but very nice for Allende) and has a nice 10mm x 1.5mm CAI. I had a bunch of pieces like this at the show and sold all of them rapidly (this one would have sold, but it was mistakenly mixed in with the NWA (3118) pieces that I had extras of so I did not know I had this).
32mm x 23mm thin slice in mylar box - $40
NWA (801), carbonaceous chondrite (CR2)
Here is a really nice LARGE (for this stuff) slice that I wouldn't mind keeping for myself (I am making working on a deal to get one for myself a bit later though). This is a complete slice that was cut with a wire saw, but not polished so it does show some horizontal cut marks. The owner of this did polish down a slice that they kept for their collection and decided that it was best to leave this unpolished (sanding tends to darken the material and you loose a fair amount of the chondrule structure and metal in this material). I did just discover though that he coated the back side with some kind of lacquer, and did a pretty poor job of it unfortunately (though it does really bring out the chondrules really well). This is in a riker mount box so this is the first I have seen the back side of this piece. It is too thin to risk trying to sand and re-coat so I am going to offer it as it is at a price a bit below what I had on it at the show.
35.0 gram complete slice - 135mm x 70mm x 1mm - $875

NWA (3118), carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Found 2003. Tkw = 5895grams.
This, to me, looks the same as NWA (2086), which is on of my favorite meteorites (why oh why didn't I keep more of that 33kg lot I sold off back in 2003 and 2004?). This is loaded with chondrules. Some Allende looks like this stuff, but most is positively uninteresting compared to this material. These are more of the super thin cut wire-sawed samples I got on consignment just before leaving for the show. The small specimens are so thin that I am not going to risk trying to take them out of their mylar boxes to weigh them or try to guestimate their thickness.
a) 16mm x 11mm slice in mylar display box - $15

b) 20mm x 17mm slice in mylar box - $20

c) 28mm x 20mm slice in mylar box - $35

d) 3.0g - 65mm x 58mm slice in riker mount box - $75
LAFAYETTE, Indiana: (Nakhlite) Mars Rock. Found before 1930. Tkw = 800g.
This is the important mars rock that also was about the most perfect oriented meteorite. There is very little of this available (it was cut, but, thankfully, not completely cut up so it is still a pretty impressive display piece for showing classic orientation). This is "just" a small (about 2mm x 1mm) crumb (not many larger pieces of this are available, so most of us have to settle for a crumb if we are going to own any of this one). It comes in a neat Riker display that has a picture of the remaining oriented mass and a picture of Mars.
2mm x 1mm fragment in riker box display - $75

Blaine Reed Meteorites - Denver Show 2010

2010-09-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Denver Show info
Thursday, September 9, 2010 2:44 AM

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-1487

Dear Collectors,

Unfortunately I got to busy and too far behind to pull together an offering (that should have gone out yesterday no less). I did manage to finally pull together all of the paper-work, approvals and everything to get my solar electric system up and running (which is currently producing nearly 3 times my current electric use - at least when the sun is shinning), so I guess that means this is my first "all solar powered" listing. It is nice to have at least one major project completed this challenging summer (several await my attention later, unfortunately. I guess that means I won't be bored this fall).
I am attempting to get prepared for the Denver show now (I leave Saturday afternoon to visit a friend that evening and Sunday). I am probably the most unprepared I have ever been by this short of time before leaving (and I have been doing this show for nearly 25 years now - I don't know for certain if it is this year or next that will be my 25 year anniversary - I'll look it up later). Things may seem a bit less organized in my room for awhile this year, so have a bit of patience if it takes me a little extra time to set up and get my door open (I usually like to open by about 10 or 11AM Tuesday morning, but my need until 12 or 1PM this time, but I will really try to open by 11AM).

Here is the important info:

For those visiting the show:

I will be in my usual location - Room 224 of the Holiday Inn - Denver Central (yep, they changed their name recently). This is at 4849 Bannock St for those of you with address location finding GPS units. It is relatively easy to find for those of you navigating otherwise; it is near the intersection of the two interstate highways that cross Colorado - I-25 and I-70. The easiest method for most would be to take the 58th street exit off of I-25. Go West to 58th's dead end on Bannock. Head South (left turn) and the Holiday Inn will be down a bout a mile on the right (parking close by can be difficult though).

I will be open (as mentioned above) from about 12 noon (hopefully a bit earlier) Tuesday morning (the 14th) through 5pm or so on Sunday (the 19th). I will be open the rest of the show at 10AM and should be open until about 10pm each night (though there is a chance I may take a break and close on Friday at around 7pm to attend the COMETS auction and social gathering - free good micro-brew beer and good fun).

For those of you not coming:

I will be gone from September 11th until the 22nd. We do have a tenuous inter-net connection at the show (funny, I have the same problem in Tucson). So, while it is possible for me to get e-mail (theoretically anyway), the reality is I rarely get to check it (either too busy or connection won't work long enough to complete a response). So, if you are not overseas, the best method to reach me if you really need to during the show is to simply call. The hotel phone number is (303) 292-9500. Ask for room 224 as it seems that the front desk often has no clue of my existence if you simply ask for me by name.

Anybody coming to the show that is looking for specific items, please try and let me know soon so I can be sure to pack such things to bring with me. Same thing goes for those of you that want me to look for items for you while I am at the show.

Hope to see some of you there!

Blaine

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #93 25AUG2010

2010-08-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
………………………………………………….. Meteorite LIST 93

August 25, 2010

Dear Collectors,

I am finally getting a bit better. Not fully recovered (still quite weak, and tire out too easily in my opinion yet) but much better (and well past the contagious stage). I am slowly trying to get caught up and back in the groove. But have patience with me if I end up not being able to jump right on things just yet.

I would have had this offering out yesterday, but I got tied up with a rather difficult (and a but frightening) electrical inspection (I was able to do the very light work of finishing the solar panel wiring while stuck in quarantine here at home). I was warned that the local inspector was a real tough one (he only passes about 10% of the jobs the first visit). I had a few minor things that he wanted changed (and, thankfully, he was willing to let me change them as he watched), BUT he wanted to fail me on the inverter - the really expensive thing that changes the DC from the panels into the AC that the house uses. We live in such an extreme area that the temperatures do occasionally go both above and below the inverter's rated operation range (-25C to 40C). Technically, this is a "fail" for the job. The solution, in his opinion, is to buy a different inverter - a $4000 problem. A bit of discussion and pointing out that it does not reach either extreme all that often (quite a bit more often on the hot end than the cold though) and that the inverter will safely self shut down if either extreme is reached. I got off with a pass but a note that the inverter may eventually have to be replaced if we commonly start hitting those extremes (God, I certainly hope not - it is already plenty hot in the summer and cold in the winter here for me). So, once the electric company changes out the meter, I can start it all up and start operating on my "free" electricity.

These items are a few miscellaneous things and last of an item things I have had sitting around for a good part of the summer now. I hope to have another offering or two before the Denver show (time to try and make up a bit for the 3 shows I lost this summer), but I am not certain that will happen. But, if I do have more things to offer, those lists may (as this one) be a bit skewed from the proper timing (but I will try to stay as close as possible).

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite (IAB)>
This is a really nice complete shale-ball. Usually the shale from this meteorite is seen as isolated flakes and angular fragments. This is a nice flattened egg shape (roughly) intact (aside from a few small edge chips) individual.
138.0 gram complete shale ball - 55mm x 40mm x 27mm - $60

SIKHOTE-ALIN, Russia. Coarsest octahedrite (IIAB). Fell February 12, 1947.
Here are a couple special pieces I have had set aside for awhile. One is a shrapnel fragment that has a very interesting set of holes (more like two holes connected to a fairly large central cavern). The other piece is what some call a "half breed". It is mostly a long, really interesting shaped shrapnel fragment but the fatter end of this has a patch (about 50mm x 25mm) of obvious crust and thumb printing. I have only had a few such pieces over the years (and they all have sold quickly).
a) 94.8 gram shrapnel fragment with holes - 45mm x 30mm x 25mm - $90
b) 429.1 gram crusted/ shrapnel "half breed" - 105mm x 40mm x 25mm - $300

BENSOUR, Morocco: (LL6). Fell February 10, 2002. Tkw = 45+kg.
This is a nice little E-Bay or micro-mount lot. These are a bunch of small (generally 2 to 5mm or so) fragments. They are very fresh and most have a good coverage of black crust (many are actually small half stones). I am willing to "part out" this lot if I do not find a home for it intact, so let me know if you really only need 10 or 20g or such.
75gram lot of small (mostly crusted) fragments - $250

GAO, Burkina-Faso: (H5). Fell March 5, 1960.
This is a small slice that was obviously picked up right after it fell. It is likely from a museum trade (unfortunately, I cannot recall where I picked it up from). Its interior is very fresh. It is mostly very light gray (but shows some faint brown spots) and lots of metal. It also has a couple nice patches of black crust along its edges.
5.3 gram fresh slice - 29mm x 11mm x 6mm - $25

HOLBROOK, Arizona: (L/LL6). Fell July 19, 1912.
This is a nice complete stone. It looks to be a fairly old recovery as it is still black and has only a few tiny hint of rust spotting. This is a complete individual. The tag on its box says "95% fusion crust" but in reality it is more like 99% (it has a couple tiny chips in the crust), as the 5% section the previous owner was looking at as not crust is really a late break and is completely covered in a thin secondary crust. Nice piece and priced well considering the prices I have seen on recently recovered specimens these days ( $30/g for fragments to $50/gram for complete stones is what they were asking for the things in Tucson this year).
6.5 gram complete individual - 22mm x 15mm x 12mm - $130

LEEDEY, Oklahoma: (L6). Fell November 25, 1943.Tkw = 51.5kg.
This is a really nice fresh part slice (one cut edge). It has great crust along more than 50% of its edges that displays really well (one crusted edge is gently sloped so you get a lot of crust display surface along that edge).
14.1 gram crusted part slice - 30mm x 25mm x 6mm - $100

NWA (1930): (LL3). Found 2003. Tkw = 7.5kg.
This is the last piece of this I have. It is a nice end piece that shows lots of chondrules (wonder why this one never got the 3 subtype). This is a bit weathered (only a W2 though and really solid - no cracks) so there is some brown staining that hides the chondrules a bit along part of the outer edge of the polished face.
29.5 gram end piece - 30mm x 25mm x 22mm - $150

NWA (5425): (H4). Found May 2006. Tkw = 995grams.
This is a basic, low shock level (S1) H-chondrite. It still shows a good amount of porosity (this gets crushed out at higher shock levels) and shows plenty of chondrules in a medium gray/brown matrix. My last piece of this!
28.3 gram cut fragment - 32mm x 28mm x 11mm - $20

PONY CREEK, Texas: (H4). Found 1947. Tkw = 4642 grams.
A little bit of this was cut from the main mass and released by TCU awhile ago (and no more will be cut). It is quite nice stuff : lots of metal in a dark gray/green matrix. This is my last piece.
37.6 gram slice - 53mm x 40mm x 6mm - $120

NWA (6136): carbonaceous chondrite (CO3). Found 2008. Tkw = 4670 grams.
Here is a large display worthy end piece (it even sits nice naturally) at a price equal to or less than what a typical raw (unstudied) CO3 specimen would likely cost direct from Morocco. I actually have the other side of this stone (it is my "CO type" display specimen) as well as some slices that need prep work before I make them available later (at a substantially more realistic price - this big chunk is kind of a "summer", or make up for a difficult summer, special for the time being). Its interior is the typical fairly dark mixed brown and gray matrix and shows lots of really small chondrules (I will be trying to get this thin sub-typed to see just what level of 3 it is). There are also a roughly 25mm x 11m m area that looks like it might be an impact melt zone.
535.8 gram end piece - 100mm x 75mm x 40mm - $2100

List 92 - more small to medium sized miscellaneous.

2010-07-28T04:51:00.001-07:00

List 92 - more small to medium sized miscellaneous.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:00 AM
Blaine ReedP.O. Box 1141Delta, CO 81416Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………………
July 27, 2010

Dear Collectors,
I have been so overwhelmed with things around here that I completely forgot that the Creede show dates were changed shortly after I re-signed up for it at the end of last year's show. It is actually August 6-8th, not this weekend (thankfully, I am completely unprepared for a show this weekend. Linda is still not recovered enough from her recent surgery to come along and help if it were this weekend, so I would be on my own - though Mike Martinez, who is visiting right now, was willing to extend his vacation and come along to help if need be). Any way, this offering is probably the simplest I have ever had. I usually like to have some kind of description with each specimen (not really sure if that helps or is just clutter to potential buyers though). Mike typed these in to the computer for me while I worked on other things yesterday and I never got the chance to add any comments since. So - feel free to contact me and ask if you need further details on any specimen you are interested in.

BONDOCK, Philippines: Mesosiderite. Found 195617.6 gram slice - 39mm x 21mm x 6mm - $70 - mostly silicate.

CADDO COUNTY, Oklahoma: Silicated iron. Found 1987. Tkw = 18kg.a) 8.58 gram slice - 32mm x 17mm x 2mm - $130 - mostly iron, nice etch!b) 9.0 gram slice - 40mm x 30mm x 2mm - $200 - super silicate rich.

CLEO SPRINGS, Oklahoma: (H4). Found 1960. Tkw = 24kg.76.7 gram slice - 70mm x 30mm x 13mm - $130

COONANA, S. Australia: (H4). Found 196414.2 gram cut fragment - 35mm x 20mm x 8mm - $55 - this has been "repaired" (a corner glued back on), but it does not show on the polished face at all.

DALGETY DOWNS, Western Australia: (L4). Found 19418.1 gram slice - 21mm x 18mm x 6mm - $15

DHOFAR (007), Oman: (Eucrite). Found 1999. Tkw = 21.2kg..a) .27 gram slice - 10mm x 6mm x 3mm - $5b) 1.8 gram slice - 20mm x 14mm x 3mm - $25

EL HAMMAMI, Africa: (H5). Fell 19976.2 gram slice - 22mm x 15mm x 6mm - $10 - fresh!

ESTACADO, Texas: (H6). Found 18832.5 gram slice - 23mm x 10mm x 2mm - $10

FORESTBURG (b), Texas: (L5). Found 195726.8 gram slice - 40mm x 30mm x 7mm - $45 - nice amount of metal.(this is the better one of the two Forestburg meteorites).

FORREST (002), Western Australia: (L6). Found 198045.7 gram end piece - 50mm x 45mm x 10mm - $80

GAYLORD, Kansas: (H4). Found 198313.8 gram slice - 30mm x 21mm x 6mm - $50

INDOCHINITE: Layered Moung Nong type.56.5 gram complete specimen (no substantial modern breaks) - 55mm x 30mm x 25mm - $20

JILIN, China: (H5). Fell March 8, 19769.2 gram slice - 32mm x 18mm x 5mm - $45 - has a crack (but has not broken - yet) on one side. On the fresher end of what has been available for this meteorite.

LAKE MURRAY, Oklahoma: (IIAB). Found 193320.0 gram oxide Fragment - 30mm x 30mm x 7mm - $20

MARLOW, Oklahoma: (L5). Found February 193620.7 gram slice - 45mm x 26mm x 5mm - $40

McKENZIE DRAW, Texas: (H4). Found 1989. Tkw = 11.8kg.6.4 gram end piece - 32mm x 17mm x 6mm - $20

NWA 869, Africa: (L4). Found 200145.5 gram complete slice - 45mm x 40mm x 9mm - $2512.9 gram slice - 45mm x 18mm x 8mm - $8 - wedged, but has interesting inclusion.

NWA (1068): Martian (Shergottite). Found April 2001. Tkw = 576 grams..150 gram cut fragment - 8mm x 5mm x 3mm - $120

PASAMONTE, New Mexico: (eucrite). Fell March 24, 1933. Tkw = 3.62kg.Approx. .6g of powder in capsule in magnifier box - $40

RENFROW, Oklahoma: (L6). Found 1986. Tkw = 81.6kg.58.0 gram slice - 60mm x 50mm x 6mm - $130

SEIBERT (b), Colorado: (L6). Found 199119.9 gram complete slice - 45mm x 30mm x 6mm - $70 - nice breccia texture.

SLEEPER CAMP (001), Western Australia: (L6). Found 196219.5 gram complete slice - 65mm x 25mm x 5mm - $60

SPRINGER, Oklahoma: (H5). Found 1965. Tkw = 8.3kg.21.8g slice - 44mm x 35mm x 5mm - $75 - lots of metal.

TULIA (a), Texas: (H3/4). Found 19170.7 gram slice - 10mm x 9mm x 4mm - $2

UNKNOWN: NWA specimen.8.3 gram fragment - 20mm x 17mm x 13mm - $4

UNKNOWN: Likely NWA but labeled as SaU (001).36 gram complete individual - 27mm x 27mm x 20mm - $15 - Nice smooth (wind-polished) rounded surfaces.

UVALDE, Texas: (H5). Found 19155.6 gram slice - 23mm x 17mm x 4mm - $30

WAGON MOUND, New Mexico: (L6). Found 193210.7 gram end piece - 42mm x 19mm x 10mm - $ 15

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Blaine Reed Meteorites List 91 - Alan Hills 84001 look-a-like

2010-07-06T23:46:00.000-07:00

List 91 - Alan Hills 84001 look-a-like

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………..LIST 91
July 6, 2010

Dear Collectors,

Here is a single (but special) item offering. I hope to be doing more offerings before long (still waiting on more miscellaneous small things from the Florida collection), but their timing my be a bit off of proper, thanks to my busy schedule this month. I will be gone for a couple days this weekend to visit the Durango mineral show (probably Saturday and Sunday). I will be gone again the following weekend, though that will be a bit longer (probably Friday through Tuesday: 16th through the 20th, I believe). Then I have a show that I actually set up for (Creede) at the end of the month (I will have more details on that in a future posting, but the dates for the show are July 30th through August 1st in case anybody out there wants to start making plans to visit this neat show).

NWA (5484). Achondrite (Diogenite). Found 2008. Tkw = 328 grams.
When Matt sent me pictures of this stone (it was quite richly priced for "just a diogenite" raw out of the field, so he wanted an outside opinion), I almost fell over (and started screaming "buy it, buy it, buy it!). This thing looks just like the super famous Alan Hills 84001 (the one that stirred up the life on Mars excitement - something that seems to be rekindling, according to a short article in a recent Popular Science magazine). I have personally seen and held a couple pieces of that stuff, so my alarms went off the second I saw this thing. The same happened with the researchers that started working on this stone. They really thought that it might be another piece of the super special Martian "Diogenite". This really does a good imitation. It has an identical crystal structure, black spots scattered about (chromite, I believe) and even shows a few thin shock veins. Unfortunately, the oxygen isotopes point to a Vesta origin for this thing (and I would guess that they may have double checked those results a couple times to be sure). Most of this material has already found homes. Matt is keeping a full slice (maybe 12 or 13grams) for himself and the main mass is already in a private collection. I have all that is available to collectors. Unfortunately, this consists of a mere 41.7 grams total (and I only have 2 complete slices, so those of you that specialize in complete slices of odd and rare meteorites, please contact me quickly). I don't believe that any Alan Hills 84001 has ever made it into a private collection, but, though a bit expensive for "just a Diogenite", we can at least own and show off a piece of this fantastic look-a-like.

1) Slices:
a) .63 grams - 10mm x 10mm x 2mm - $50
b) 1.04 grams - 14mm x 13mm x 2mm - $80
c) 1.81 grams - 22mm x 13mm x 2mm - $135
d) 3.07 grams - 22mm x 21mm x 2mm - $225
e) 5.59 grams - 36mm x 25mm x 2mm - $400
f) 9.33 grams - 42mm x 32mm x 2mm - $650 - complete slice
g) 12.32 grams - 50mm x 35mm x 2mm - $850 - complete slice

2) Crumbs/ small slices in capsule:
a) .17 grams mostly crumbs (up to a couple mm in size) - $15
b) .45 grams: 6 pieces around 3mm to 5mm in size) - $35

List 90 - miscellanous small specimens

2010-06-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

List 90 - miscellanous small specimens

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………..LIST 90

June 16, 2010

Dear Collectors,

I know, here is another offering that missed its due date. I was out of town most of the day yesterday (and on my garage roof the rest of the time, working on finally getting that solar equipment I have had for a bit over a year now so I can finally start getting some of that "free" electricity going - as if $19k and counting could be considered free by any stretch of the imagination).

Last weeks list completely sold out in a few days. I hope I have similar success with this stuff (though I won't be holding my breath). These specimens are all from a collection in Florida. The owner of these passed away a year or so ago and I am helping his widow with finding new homes for them. Most of these are just right for the average collector that wants to add a few names to their collection. Nice specimens that are generally not large and expensive that require one to decide which to skip - the house payment, the car payment, or food on the table to afford. I have many of these and will likely need to do several offerings (once I get them cataloged that is) over the summer to get them all out there.

BARILLA, Texas: (H5). Found 1994. Tkw = 11.1kg.
A nice dark brown square (cut on all sides) slice. Not much visible metal, but a nice specimen none the less.
5.6 gram slice - 19mm x 18mm x 4mm - $30

BILLY GOAT DONGA, Australia: (L6). Found 1962. Tkw = over 1kg.
Nice aesthetic complete slice that is quite fresh (very light tan) in the center (with darker tan to brown around the edges) . Probably from David New years ago.
12.1 gram complete slice - 36mm x 28mm x 5mm - $50

BJURBOLE, Finland: (L/LL4). Fell March 12, 1899. Tkw = 330kg.
This is a typical rounded fragment that shows lots of chondrules (that can be easily rubbed off if handled roughly). Once fairly common, but difficult to find lately.
2.2 gram fragment - 16mm x 11mm x 7mm - $30

CLEO SPRINGS, Oklahoma: (H4). Found 1960. Tkw = 24kg.
This one should have been on the last list, but then it was not received with that batch. This is a small rectangular piece. It has a fairly good amount of metal in a brown and greenish mixed matrix.
1.4 gram slice - 13mm x 8mm x 4mm - $5

DAVY (A), Texas: (L4). Found 1940. Tkw = 50.6kg.
This is a little cut fragment that ultimately came from the Monig Collection at TCU (though I am unsure of who sold it to Ray (it could have been me, but I usually make a point of polishing specimens if I receive them raw off of the saw).
4.0gram cut fragment - 19mm x 14mm x 10mm - $5

DIMBOOLA, Australia: (H5). Found 1944. Tkw = 16kg.
I have no idea the origin of this one. It is a nice complete slice of a natural fragment (and does show some pretty nice crust along one edge). Interior is a medium to dark brown mix but still shows a fair amount of metal, so it is not completely weathered. Nice piece and probably really hard to replace these days.
11.1 gram complete slice - 32mm x 20mm x 6mm - $70

DIMMITT, Texas: (H3.7). Found 1942.
This is a really nice little end piece. It shows a lot more chondrules than are usually easily visible in this stuff and the back side has a lot of nice medium chocolate brown crust.
15.0 gram end piece - 39mm x 20mm x 9m - $30

GAO, Burkina Faso: (H5). Fell March 5, 1960.
This is a nice complete little individual. Good crust (mostly dark gray with some brown highlights) that has never been cleaned.
1.5 gram complete individual - 13mm x 10mm x 7mm - $6

HENBURY, Australia: Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
This is a nice little (natural, not cleaned) shrapnel piece. By far more interesting shape than most similar sized Henburys.
4.5 grams - 22mm x 7mm x 6mm - $9

IMILAC, Chile: (Pallasite). Found 1822.
A small individual (impact frament?) that has a wild shape and a bit of pinkish weathered olivine in some of the pockets.
1.79 gram fragment - 15mm x 5mm x 4mm - $15

MT. TAZERZAIT, Niger: (L5). Fell August 21, 1991.
Complete slice of a fragment (no crust). Fresh and shows lots of porosity.
2.4 gram slice - 18mm x 15mm x 3mm - $10

NAKHLA, Egypt. Mars rock (Nakhlite). Fell June 28, 1911. Tkw = 10kg.
I know the history of this one. I had a few gram piece that I got from Robert Haag and someone asked me to take a slice off of it for them (for really good money, or I wouldn't have tried it). I learned a lesson about friable meteorites. A large part of the thing fell apart into piles of tiny crumbs on attempting the cut. For years afterwards, I was selling capsules with some of these crumbs (I sure wasn't going to toss the stuff out). This is one of those capsules in a magnifier box from those many years ago.
Capsule with crumbs in a magnifier box - $50

NWA (869), (L4-6) regolith breccia. Found 2001.
This is a nice slice I sold to him a few years ago. It is complete and shows a good number of fairly large breccia fragments. Definitely better than your typical 869 piece.
52.2 gram complete slice - 80mm x 42mm x 4mm - $40

NWA (2086): Carbonaceous (CV3). Found 2003. Tkw = 33kg.
A nice Axtell - looking complete slice.
9.9 gram complete slice - 32mm x 31mm x 4mm - $60

OZONA, Texas: (H6). Found 1929. Tkw = 127.5kg.
Ozona was the first meteorite I bought a block of (from Robert Haag) to cut up and sell when I got started as a dealer nearly 25 years ago. I have not seen much of it lately. This is a little end piece that may have come from him as well (judging be the saw marks - it was cut on a large saw - something I don't have but Robert does).
3.0 gram end piece - 19mm x 12mm x 7mm - $10

PILLISTFER, Estonia: Enstatite chondrite (E6). Fell August 8, 1868. Tkw = 23.25kg.
A small blocky piece that came from me many years ago. Very fresh, light gray color with lots of metal.
.7 gram slice - 9mm x 6mm x 4mm - $50

VACA MUERTA, Chile: (Mesosiderite). Found 1861.
This is a nice little end piece that shows LOTS of metal (rare for this meteorite) so it actually looks like a mesosiderite!
2.2 gram end piece - 15mm x 8mm x 8mm - $6

brmeteorites_list] List 89 - Oklahoma meteorite rarities

2010-06-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………..LIST 89

June 1, 2010

Dear Collectors,

Here is a list of some really special and rare (2 falls and 3 carbonaceous!) items from Oklahoma. There are things here that I have only ever seen a piece or two of and some that I have never encountered a sample of before. Only a few couple items here are what I would call generally available (Carnegie, Kingfisher perhaps), but even these are not often encountered these days. These are the ONLY pieces of these I have available, so don't wait to contact me if you want to add any of these named rarities to your collection.

CADDO COUNTY, Oklahoma: (IAB) silicated iron. Found 1987. Tkw = 18 kilograms.
This is the only "iron" on this list. Frankly, it looks more like a stony-iron (definitely NOT your typical silicated iron). The silicates in this piece (making up something like 80% of the specimen) are a mix of quasi-gemmy green and brown crystals. I remember when this stuff first came out. There were many (including researchers) that thought that this was going to be the world's second known Lodranite. This all disappeared into collections quite rapidly. I have not had a piece to offer in many years.
58.1 gram end piece - 50mm x 37mm x 15mm - $1000

AMBER, Oklahoma: (L6). Found 1934. Tkw = 4532 grams.
A single stone was recognized in 1955. There is some suspicion that it could be another piece of Cahion or Kingfisher. I am quite certain that it does not match Kingfisher (as I have a piece here to compare it to). This has a mixed green and brown matrix that shows a few black shock lines (where as Kingfisher is nearly black and shows very little structure). This is one that I have never seen a sample of before. It is from the Dupont collection (through a trade).
10.6 gram 1/4 slice - 50mm x 26mm x 3mm - $100

ATOKA, Oklahoma: (L6). Fell September 17, 1945. Tkw = 1384 grams.
A number of fragments of this were recovered. Most of this is tied up in museum collections (I believe this one came from the Monig collection) so very little has been available to collectors (A have only seen/ handled a few grams of this stuff over the years). This is a fresh elongate part slice (2 cut edges) that has fresh crust along one 10mm long edge.
2.07 gram part slice - 22mm x 9mm x 2.5mm - $300

BURNS FLAT, Oklahoma: (L6). Found 1971. Tkw = 1987 grams.
This is a nice 1/2 slice. This is fairly fresh stuff. It has a nice light tan to light brown interior with lots of metal (for an L). Most ( about 2/3) of the edge shows fairly thick black to chocolate brown crust. I sold Jim this specimen, but I don't recall much about the stuff (it was 8 or more years ago), other than that only a few slices were available to collectors.
64.8 gram 1/2 slice - 65mm x 60mm x 6mm - $390

CARNEGIE, Oklahoma: (L6). Found 1963. Tkw = 132.7 kilograms.
A single large stone was found while terracing a field. There was a fair amount of this available years ago (even though the bulk of the stuff went into the Huss collection). It has been fairly scarce recently. I think I had a large (expensive) piece, from the same person that owns this one, a couple years ago. Here is a good affordable sample to add to your collection.
19.0 gram 1/2 end piece (book-end cut) - 53mm x 29mm x 6mm - $50

EVA, Oklahoma: (H5), polymict breccia. Found 1965. Tkw = 6.7 kilograms.
One fragment that was likely less than 1/2 of the original mass was found (the other piece was never located, at least it has not been reported). This is a specimen from the Dupont collection and another one of those that I have never seen a piece of before.
14.9 gram part slice - 32mm x 27mm x 6mm - $135

KEYES, Oklahoma: (L6). Found 1939. Tkw = 142 kilograms.
Interesting in that it has a large known weight, but this is the first piece of this meteorite I have encountered (another Dupont collection trade). This is an aesthetic specimen. It is a mixed very light tan/gray with dark brown blotches in the interior. This also has two museum collection numbers on it (one Dupont?).
12.47 gram slice - 40mm x 33mm x 3mm - $80

KINGFISHER, Oklahoma: (L5). Found 1950. Tkw = 8.18 kilograms.
This is a nice 1/2 slice from the Monig collection. It has three different Labels on it; one is a had-written label (name and weight) done on a sticker by Art Ehlmann at TCU, another is a Monig number (M219.2) likely painted on by Glenn Huss (he did a bunch of cataloging and labeling work for the Monig collection years ago) and a third that is simply a typed (on cloth and lacquered to the specimen) 28:5 above the Monig number (no idea of origin of this one).
42.9 gram 1/2 slice - 75mm x 45mm x 4mm - $170

LOGAN, Oklahoma: (H5). Found 1923. Tkw = 45.5 kilograms.
Two weathered masses (of 43kg and 2.5kg) were reported (in April of 1939) as being found. This is another where the bulk (pretty much all?) of the material is tied up in museum collections (this one came from the Dupont collection).
9.0 gram end piece - 27mm x 18mm x 17mm - $100

COLONY, Oklahoma: Carbonaceous Chondrite (CO3.0). Found 1975. Tkw = 3912 grams.
This stone was found stuck in the tines of a cotton cultivator. It is a super rare (and highly desired) type 3.0! There used to be a fair amount of this available years ago (at around $100/g), but I have seen very little in recent years.
3.48 gram 1/2 slice - 23mm x 20mm x 3mm - $435

CRESCENT, Oklahoma: Carbonaceous (CM2). Fell August 17, 1936. Tkw = 78.4 grams.
Wow, now this is a rare one! I think this may be the rarest witnessed fall I have ever handled. This piece has it all; rare type, tiny total known weight and even shows a good patch of fusion crust (about 12mm x 9mm).
1.09 gram fragment with crust - 15mm x 12mm x 7mm - $1900

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma: Carbonaceous Bencubbinite (CBa). Found 1926. Tkw = 2 kilograms.
This is another extreme rarity. I got a larger (4 or 8 gram, I don't recall) piece for the current owner years ago. He had it wire-sawed into a few thinner pieces (I think I sold one piece off for him a few years ago, other pieces probably helped trade for some of the things listed here). These are the only samples of this meteorite I have ever had (and the only US Bencubbinite I have ever handled). This is a nice aesthetic thin slice that shows a great mix of silicate areas and metal blobs. Small by weight, but still very representative in texture.
1.83 gram part slice - 18mm x 13mm x 2mm - $1000

Blaine Reed Meteorites List 88

2010-05-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed

P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………..LIST 88

May 18, 2010

Dear Collectors,

Here is one of a series of lists over the next couple months (when I am home that is) that is recently received (or soon to be received) consigned items. I will try to keep these to their proper scheduled times, but some my vary so don't be to surprised if a list shows up off schedule.
Please contact me as soon as possible on these as I will only be home for today and tomorrow (I have been on a home 2 days gone 5 or 6 day schedule lately and will be through at least the end of May, unfortunately). Feel free to leave a message (phone is best while I am here e-mail on the days I am gone might be better as there is a chance I may be able to borrow a computer and check those while gone). I should be back home by Tuesday evening next week if you want to talk too me after this Thursday morning (I will be leaving about 10AM).

DIMMITT, Texas: (H3.7). Found 1942, recognized as distinct fall in 1950. Tkw = about 200kg.
This is a small cut fragment that has been coated (lacquer?) to help bring out the structure and chondrules (that usually are nearly invisible in this stuff). This is definitely Dimmitt and contrasts distinctly different in appearance from the Tulia listed below (these would make a good pair - showing the real difference between these long confused meteorites).
9.6 gram cut fragment - 30mm x 15mm x 7mm - $15

FAUCETT, Missouri: (H5). Found 1966. Tkw = 100 kilograms.
Here is a nice little 1/2 slice (one cut edge remainder is mostly crusted but part looks like it may be a natural break) of this now difficult to obtain meteorite. I once had quite a bit of this, but this is the first piece I have had in a number of years now.
9.6 gram slice - 33mm x 21mm x 4mm - $45

JILIN, China: (H5). Fell March 1976. Tkw = 4 tons.
Here are a couple slices of this huge fall. The largest recovered piece was 1770 kilograms and is still, I believe, the largest single stone meteorite in the world. The smaller piece here is likely an earlier recovery as it is lighter in color and has a bit fresher crust. The larger piece though shows some shock features and hints of breccia clasts.
a) 4.6 gram slice - 24mm x 24mm x 2mm - $25
b) 12.8 gram slice - 40mm x 35mm x 3mm - $60

NADIABONDI, Burkina-Faso, Africa: (H5). Fell July 27, 1956. Tkw = 8.165 kilograms.
I know there has been a bit of controversy over what is really this fall and misidentified pieces of Gao. This piece does have a different appearance than most of the Gaos I have seen. This is far fresher (showing a light matrix with only a light amount of overall brown staining whereas most Gaos are quite brown) and this has a very uniform H5 texture (whereas Gaos are brecciated and usually show at least some fragmentation, even in fairly small specimens). Though it would be impossible to be absolutely certain (with out detailed research lab analysis) that this is not simply a mislabeled Gao, I am quite comfortable calling it a real Nadiabondi specimen.
7.2 gram end piece - 26mm x 21mm x 6mm - $35

NWA (065): (H5). Found August 6, 2000. Tkw = 5094 grams.
This is different looking stuff. It is very porous (it likely suffered little shock in its life) looking more like a piece of sandstone (though one that has a good number of obvious chondrules) than a meteorite at first glance. It has weathered some such that it has an interesting reddish-brown color (but still shows a fair amount of metal. These are nearly complete slices. They each have one 35mm cut edge with the remainder being natural.
a) 18.4 gram slice - 50mm x 35mm x 5mm - $35
b) 25.4 gram slice - 53mm x 37mm x 6mm - $48

NWA (096): (H3.8). Found summer 2000. Tkw = 2510 grams.
Wow. This one is for breccia collectors. It is lightly weathered (somewhat brown stained over all but still shows lots of metal). It has several obvious lighter clasts in a slightly darker matrix. This also has a couple 5mm to 8mm sized dark inclusions (shock melt pockets?). The larger one even appears to have some vesicles!
14.4 gram slice - 43mm x 27mm x 4.5mm - $70

NUEVO MERCURIO, Mexico: (H5). Fell December 15, 1978. Tkw = 9+ kilograms.
This is a natural fragment with some crust (a couple 5mm to 1cm sized patches).
6.1 gram fragment - 24mm x 20mm x 7mm -$35

THUATHE, Lesotho: (H4/5). Fell July 21, 2002. Tkw = about 30 kilograms.
This is a nice complete stone that only shows a couple late fall chipped areas (around 5x5mm and 5x9mm). The remainder is covered with black crust. Though there are a couple more similar sized areas to the above chips that are coated with a medium level secondary crust, the bulk of this stone has well developed crust - fairly rare for stones of this fall.
6.8 gram individual - 22mm x 22mm x 22mm - $120

TULIA (a), Texas: (H5). Found 1917. Tkw = 77+ kilograms.
The tag says (H3-4) but this is wrong. A piece of (the then unrecognized but close by) Dimmitt meteorite was mixed up with real Tulia when the analysis was done. This is obviously not a piece of Dimmitt. This shows lots of metal and troilite in a dark (almost black) matrix. Dimmitts are more dark brown than black, show more abundant chondrules (if you look carefully) and very little metal.
16.3 gram slice - 42mm x 20mm x 5mm - $30

WHETSTONE MOUNTAINS, Arizona: (H5), breccia. Fell June 23, 2009. Tkw = 2.14 kilograms.
This piece was put on display for a special event (Arizona Meteorite Exhibition) at the U of A on January 30, 2010. Sample of all known Arizona meteorites were put on display for that one evening (which I, unfortunately, missed as this was my first day of the Tucson show and very busy). This is a beautiful slice that clearly shows two different lithologies. It is highly polished on both sides and has fresh black crust along about 30% of its edge (other parts look to be natural break). This piece also comes with the info card it was displayed with during the exhibition.
6.88 gram slice - 30mm x 23mm x 3.5mm - $1050

MOUNT EDGERTON, Australia: (anomalous Aubrite). Found 1941. Tkw = 22+ kilograms.
This is another item I used to have quite a bit of (but around 15 or 20 years ago) but have not seen in quite awhile. This is a natural blocky fragment of enstatite. It is covered by a nice, natural, orange patina (with only one tiny sub-millimeter fresh break hidden in a crevice) and shows a few almost black patches of iron.
2.9 gram fragment - 17mm x 10mm x 10mm - $75

Blaine Reed ………………LIST 87

2010-05-04T09:25:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
……………………………………………………………………LIST 87

May 4, 2010

Dear Collectors,
Here is an e-mail version of my recently mailed paper list (those of you on my mailing list should be receiving this today).
I have been out of touch a lot as I have been a bit pre-occupied with other issues lately. My mother just passed away after a difficult battle with cancer (as if there really is any other kind). Last minutes visiting and now dealing with cleaning up an estate (my second in the last few months now - I lost my Aunt in December and got done with her estate mere days before leaving for the Tucson show) has left little time for the usual stuff lately. This list (that should have gone out a couple weeks ago) may seem a bit "thrown together" because it kind of is. I generally have a lot of things sitting around in various stages of readiness to sell. Unfortunately I found, on closer inspection, that many were not as ready as I had imagined (and I had no time to get them ready either). Anyway, I think that I was able to pull together a fairly nice selection of things (mostly named no less!) to offer none the less. Please be patient if you do not hear back form me right away if you call (please: leave a message if I don't answer. I will set aside things you ask for and call back as soon as I can). I will be needing to make many trips to Denver over the next couple months so there may be some delays in my usual response times from time to time. But I will respond when I get the chance (and ship specimens as soon as possible).

CAMPO DEL CIELO: Argentina: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
I generally try to have a selection of the various major types of meteorites on my lists, but could not come up with anything for an iron this time. Linda came up with it for me. She asked if I had ever offered any of my Campo nuggets. I have been offering them for years at shows (where they have proven to be very popular) but I don't recall ever putting them on a list to collectors. These are shiny, angular metal chunks that are created by freezing a large Campo piece in liquid nitrogen and then breaking it apart. It generally breaks apart along the crystal structure making for an unnatural but interesting quasi - 3D view of Widmanstatten (Thomson) structure (I say quasi as this meteorite's structure is coarse enough to not show real clear in these relatively small pieces). These have also been tumbled to remove sharp edges. Not natural, but these make great little carry in your pocket or gift specimens. I also have these as pendants. These have a small loop soldered to them so they can be easily hung on a chain for wearing.
1) Fragments "as formed":
a) 4.1 grams - 12mm x 8mm x 5mm - $4.00
b) 8.3 grams - 22mm x 12mm x 6mm - $8.00
c) 15.1 grams - 25mm x 13mm x 11mm - $15.00
d) 25.2 grams - 26mm x 18mm x 15mm - $23.00
e) 34.7 grams - 25mm x 25mm x 14mm - $30.00
2) Pendants:
a) about 3grams (about 15mm x 10mm x 6mm) - $5.00
b) about 6 grams (about 17mm x 13mm x 10mm) - $10.00
c) 14.7 grams - 20mm x 14mm x 13mm - $20.00
d) 26.9 grams - 28mm x 23mm x 13mm - $30.00

HOWE, Texas: (H5). Found 1938. Tkw = 8.63kg.
A single stone was recovered, as reported by A.D. Nininger in 1940. Most of this (about 7.2kg according to my old Catalogue of Meteorites) ended up in museum and research institute collections. These few pieces (and I do mean few - I have only a little over 100g total of this available) were cut from a specimen in the Monig Collection at TCU. I have been told that there are no intentions to cut any more of this, so get it while you can. This is somewhat weathered material (has some cracks) but is still fresh enough to show lots of fine metal grains in a dark gray/ green matrix.
1) Slices:
a) 4.6 grams - 26mm x 17mm x 4mm - $37.00
b) 10.3 grams - 36mm x 19mm x 5mm - $82.00
c) 18.7 grams - 50mm x 27mm x 5mm - $145.00
d) 23.3 grams - 52mm x 30mm x 5mm - $175.00

JUANCHENGE, China: (H5). Fell February 15, 1997. Tkw = about 100 kilograms.
This is one of those super popular "hammer stones" as one piece of this fall fell through a roof and landed in a pot on a stove. I thought all I had were broken fragments of this remaining. I came across a small bag of beautiful individuals while doing inventory in December. Actually, they were individuals that had adhering dirt and such until Mike Martinez did a truly wonderful job of giving them a GENTLE air blasting for me (it is very easy to mess up a good stone by over doing this or using the wrong cleaning material). These are all complete (there are some very minor natural dings and areas of secondary crust on some) stones showing fresh fully textured (this is a big part of the proper cleaning) black fusion crust.
1) Complete individuals:
a) 4.0 grams - 15mm x 14mm x 10mm - $20.00
b) 8.5 grams - 22mm x 17mm x 12mm - $40.00
c) 16.1 grams - 24mm x 20mm x 15mm - $75.00
d) 25.0 grams - 31mm x 23mm x 18mm - $110.00

NWA (2970): (H6). Found before September 2005. Tkw = several hundred kilos ?.
This is some stuff I have had sitting in a couple buckets for many years. Adam Hupe and I both got a good amount of this when we both decided to buy up fairly large quantities of "cheap" Moroccan stuff while it could still be acquired. We noticed that a bunch of the boxes we got looked to be the same material. Cutting open numerous pieces (along with the confirmation from the seller that it did come from one source and likely one strewn field) also showed that it was all likely one fall. Later research showed that it was all an (H6) regolith breccia. Unfortunately, this is fairly weathered stuff (most pieces are relatively solid but fairly cracked, the reason I have not cut any yet, but I do hope to offer some cut pieces of this in the future), but it is very cheap for a studied meteorite. Definitely not real pretty, but quite interesting scientifically.
1) Fragments as found:
a) 21.0 grams - 38mm x 27mm x 16mm - $5.00
b) 48.5 grams - 50mm x 30mm x 17mm - $10.00
c) 111.5 grams - 43mm x 41mm x 29mm - $22.00
d) 205.4 grams - 77mm x 52mm x 26mm - $40.00
e) 476.5 grams - 90mm x 75mm x 40mm - $90.00
f) 857.0 grams - 110mm x 80mm x 80mm - $150.00
g) 1365.6 grams - 120mm x 110mm x 60mm - $225.00

ZAG, Morocco: (H3-6). Fell August 4 or 5, 1998. Tkw = about 175kg.
I got these wonderful pieces from Al Mitterling during the last Denver show. He had been cutting up a couple blocks and brought slices for me to sell on consignment (I ended up buying them). These are very nice. Most (larger specimens in particular) show both the light (H6) and dark (H3) textures to varying degrees. Many of these pieces also have some black fusion crust along parts of their edge as well. This is very special stuff scientifically. It is the second meteorite (after Monahans, Texas which fell in March of 1998) that was found to contain crystals of Halite (salt) that show liquid water was present at some point on the parent body of these meteorites. A highly important meteorite at a really low price.
1) Part slices:
a) 8.4 grams - 32mm x 17mm x 4mm - $21.00
b) 12.9 grams - 31mm x 24mm x 4mm - $32.00
c) 26.3 grams - 41mm x 33mm x 6mm - $65.00
d) 54.8 grams - 64mm x 56mm x 5mm - $130.00
e) 89.1 grams - 92mm x 70mm x 4mm - $200.00

NWA (2824): (Diogenite, Ibitira parent body). Found 2005. Tkw = 485 grams.
This was one that took some work to even show it really was a meteorite. It was a smooth, rounded dark gray/brown lump that even showed a few milky white blobs (that really looked like quartz) on its exterior. I hacked (hard to get a good smooth cut with too small of a saw while holding, by hand, such a round rock) a piece off and sent it off for a look. It did turn out to be a meteorite! It took many years to nail down just what it was though. It is primarily orthopyoroxene (making it a "Diogenite") , but yet the rest of its chemistry (including the large plagioclase crystals - the things that superficially looked like quartz) was all wrong for this being a diogenite. Oxygen isotope work was eventually done on this strange rock. It revealed that its origin was not Vesta but likely from the same parent body as the strange vesiculated Ibitira "eucrite". Further work revealed that this also contains (though rare) vesicles that are lined with vapor phase deposited mineral crystals.
1) Slices:
a) .12 grams - 7mm x 4mm x 1.5mm - $20.00
b) .25 grams - 9mm x 7.5mm x 1mm - $40.00
c) .56 grams - 13mm x 8mm x 1.5mm - $85.00
d) 1.2 grams - 15mm x 15mm x 1.5mm - $180.00
e) 2.4 grams - 32mm x 17mm x 1.5mm - $400.00 - shows light through 2 plagioclase crystals!
f) 4.8 grams - 37mm x 28mm x 1.5mm - $700.00
g) 9.9 grams - 63mm x 42mm x 1.5mm - $1350.00
h) 13.4 grams - 55mm x 52mm x 1.5mm - $1900.00 - complete, several light passing crystals!

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Blaine Reed Meteorites List# 77 29SEP09- some after Denver notes and items

2009-09-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………….LIST 77
September 29, 2009

Dear Collectors,
Here is an odd-timed offering. It should have gone out on the 15th but I was just opening up for the Denver Show. Last Tuesday I was still traveling home, so this is the earliest I could send something out.
The show was a bit slow on attendance, but not nearly as bad as might be expected (and actually, not as bad as last year). Those that did show up were serious about buying, so I did quite a bit better than last year (where I barely covered the show expenses). I guess being the only guy with a substantial amount and variety of collector's specimens really helped keep my place the place to hang out (I am sure the cooler full of beer had nothing to do with it though).
The only sour note that I hate bring up is the ever increasing theft issue and what it may mean for consignments in the future (and many of you have consigned items at one point or another over the years). I have been loosing more and more to theft every year lately. I have lost more in the past few years than all the previous 20 plus years combined (I will have officially been in business 25 years in October). I talked with a police officer and he commented that it is pretty much the case in all fields right now (so I shouldn't feel singled out). Interestingly, he commented that he thought that it is not really due to our difficult economy as much as it is the development of sites like E-Bay ("the biggest and best fencing operation ever conceived of and created by man" in his words). These sites make it very easy for a thief to dispose of stolen goods and too the end buyers in the field at a higher price no less. In earlier years the thief would be stuck trying to sell the goods back to other dealers at the same shows (hoping word had not spread to them about the missing items) or sell them very cheap to people not really related to the field who couldn't pass up a bargain. This is a BIG problem though and has me having to consider very serious, unwelcome changes to my show style.
Many have told me that I need to lock everything behind glass and only open cases for serious customers that are willing to wait for me to do it for them (and that can be quite delayed when things get busy). I personally don't like this option (though it may very well become a necessity soon the way things are progressing) . I, as a customer and "educator" like being able to handle things and look them over carefully (and letting people just learning about meteorites do the same) with out having to have a person hovering over me waiting for me to finish so they can lock up the case and move on to the next potential customer (this is why I pretty much avoid the locked case sections in antique malls when I am out hunting for "treasures" - too much time too much trouble, only to find that the price (usually the item is sitting on its tag) is too high). A fairly large number of my sales are to people that got interested by handling something from out of this world and were easily able to hand it too me and find that YES, they could actually afford it (things stuck behind glass tend to tell customers "if you have to ask, then you cannot afford it", so they usually do not ask). I do try to generally put small expensive items behind glass. I keep a careful eye on just who is opening up any of my cases (and will quickly appear next to them if they are anyone I do not recognize). This show showed me that this is not fool proof either. Matt Morgan's beautiful 86.4 gram Millbillillie end piece (I can send a picture too those that need one) not only managed to disappear under such conditions, but managed to do it on a slow day (no crowd confusion)from a case that is nearly impossible to open (so a quick casual slick open and close was NOT possible).
I am not sure what the answer security wise is in this case (a number of cameras recording everything - an easy task for Blake to set up, is one possible but expensive starting point). BUT, I probably need to change (and maybe eliminate?) my consignment policies for shows for the time being. I have been noted as being "easy" (to the point of winning a Harvey for "the dealer most willing to") and actually prefer to be that way (within reason and with a few restrictions) . But this quick loss just cost me around 20% of my profits from this show. This is serious business. If something of mine turns up missing (and plenty has the past couple years) that is very painful but at least it was ALREADY PAID FOR. A consigned item disappears and I have to pay for it out of show profits (and I try to not mark these up much so I don't make much on them even if they do sell). Right now I am considering simply shutting down accepting consignments for shows completely (no problems for mail-order sales) for a while. But then consignments allow me to have a really filled room with a really large assortment of things I would never be able to offer otherwise. Yet, the risks and cost have become so high, this seems my best option at this point.
I am considering (on Linda's advice) of having show consignors sign some kind of agreement that I am not responsible for stolen items (obvious negligence excluded of coarse). She tells me that all of the consignments she has done to clothing and construction materials shops has exactly such a clause in them (basically saying that they will do their best to protect the items but they are not responsible for loss or damage). This would mean that consignors could pull their material (or not submit it) if they did not like how I was handling it or planned to display it. One person has already commented that they certainly would NOT accept such a contract under any circumstances. Others have suggested a split of the lost value (I pay half of what I was going to have to pay if the item sold, the consignor looses half). I am hoping some of you out there will contact me and give me some of your thoughts on this (the reason I am bringing up this ugly issue in such a public way). Any and all comments are welcome and are helpful (no wrong answers here), I am truly confused, angered and disheartened by all of this right now and am hoping to find a workable solution for all of us.

Any way, on to some neat little specimens!

BELLE PLAINE, Kansas: (L6). Found 1950. Tkw = 96.4kg.
23.3 grams slice - 55mm x 38mm x 4mm - $60

GOBABEB, Namibia: (H4). Found 1969. Tkw = 27kg.
1.98 gram slice - 15mm x 13mm x 7mm - $20

HaH (222), Libya: (L6). Found 1997. Tkw = 3393 grams.
1.9grams slice - 16mm x 10mm x 4mm - $10 - 50% crusted edge.

HOLBROOK, Arizona: (L6). Fell July 19, 1912.
1.6 gram complete individual - 11mm x 10mm x 7mm - $30

OCHANSK, Russia: (H4). Fell August 30, 1887. Tkw = 500+kg.
.4 grams fragment - 10mm x 6mm x 4mm - $15

SONGYUAN, China: (L6). Fell August 15, 1993. Tkw = about 40kg.
19.6 gram slice - 48mm x 24mm x 5mm - $175 one crusted edge.

TOLAR, New Mexico: (H4). Found 1972, recognized 2002. Tkw = 5350 grams.
9.8 gram slice - 30mm x 30mm x 6mm - $30
15.3 gram slice - 60mm x 20m x 6mm - $45

WAGON MOUND, New Mexico: (L6). Found 1932. Tkw = 87.5kg.
2.0 gram "slice" - 14mm x 5mm x 10mm - $5

WICKENBURG, Arizona: (L6). Found 1940. Tkw = 9.2kg.
21.7 gram slice - 30mm x 29mm x 8mm - $80

IMILAC, Chile: (pallasite). Found 1822.
1.3 gram fragment - 12mm x 8mm x 5mm - $15

ESQUEL, Argentina: (Pallasite).
8.6 grams thin slice - 30mm x 20mm x 2mm - $215 - really clear crystals!

LIBYAN DESERT GLASS: Ancient stone tool
I got this from a professional archeologist that knows what he is doing (it comes with a signed card). It is a nice Neolithic Blade that was made from a really nice and clear piece of Libyan Glass.
2.0 grams - 33mm x 15mm x 3mm - $100

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #76

2009-09-02T02:00:00.001-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………………LIST 76
September 1, 2009

Dear Collectors,

Here is my first offering in a bit over two months. Things have been very busy this summer, both personally and business wise. I am just now beginning to think about the too soon to be here Denver Show (notes on that below). Many of the items listed today are special things that I have had set aside for quite a long time for my collection. The simple reason for this decision to offer them is that I just replaced my old, and until recently reliable, Toyota with a newer used car. Selling a few things here (or anywhere) will make the modest note I am carrying on that newer car go away. Maybe not the smartest decision from a longer term financial view (despite the "economic crisis" meteorites seem to be doing just fine and are, if anything, going up in value once again) but it will help me rest easier.

About the Denver Show:
I will be at my usual spot - Room 224 of the Holiday Inn at the intersection of I-25 and I-70. I will be open from late morning Tuesday September 15th through late afternoon Sunday September 20th (but will be gone from home roughly September 11th through September 22nd to allow some time to visit with a couple relatives fighting very serious illnesses a bit before and after the show). I know there is word spreading that many people will be showing up and selling by Saturday the 12th. It was against the show rules to be open before Tuesday noon before. No longer. Now many dealers are trying to endlessly stretch this show out (thinking that "the early bird gets the worm" - fine if you want worms I suppose) by arriving and opening a couple days earlier than anyone else. Soon this will get stretched out into another two week plus Tucson like event. I am sorry to say that I have no intention of playing this game. I have arrived a day or two early a couple times in the past. I never gained any extra sales from it. Most (if not all) meteorite buyers hold onto their money until they get a look at all that is going to be available before spending their money. The early days I have been at this show simply cost a lot in food (including beer, of coarse) and a really inflated motel room bill and generally did not generate enough sales to come close to covering those expenses.

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Graphite nodule.
I have not had one of these in a long time. This is a complete nodule that has been lightly brushed to clearly show its shiny gray graphite color. It does have the same color as a typical brushed Diablo for the most part. I showed it one person who did not believe that it was a graphite nodule. A simple demonstration of how well and easily you can write with the thing rapidly removed his doubts.
113.3 gram individual - 65mm x 35mm x 30mm - $150

NWA (5777): (H5), W2, S1. Found before February 2008, Tkw = 581.1 grams.
I picked up a single stone of this at the Tucson show in 2008. It was another one of those that the Moroccan seller kept telling me "primitive achondrite" but was not. It really does resemble the NWA (725) stuff though. It has the same external texture (even showing a large patch of nice black crust) and a virtually identical internal texture as well (lots of metal, very porous). Of coarse, it is the research that matters. This turned out to be an H chondrite, not an Acapucoite or Winonaite. I am offering ALL the pieces I have remaining after research specimens and thin-section pieces were removed. I thought about cutting it all up (the slices would be quite nice) but decided that it would be nice to leave it as intact as possible.
a) 10.0g complete slice - 35mm x 34mm x 4mm - $10
b) 515.7g main mass - 72mm x 67mm 50mm - $350

RICHFIELD, Kansas: (LL3.7). Found 1983, Tkw = 40.8 kilograms.
I once owned all of this, now I am down to just a few small pieces (I do have a 1714g complete slice that is likely the word's largest LL3 slice in private hands, but I think I already have a home for that one - but ask if interested just in case it turns out that I am wrong on that). I just got this little beauty back from a collector who was selling part of his collection. Someone though has polished both sides of this to a polish that I have never been able to achieve with my equipment. It was obviously polished by someone that has the super fine diamond equipment used for preparing thin-sections. This is a great specimen and priced (for now) a bit lower than what I have my other remaining specimens of Richfield at on my basic catalog.
19.8 gram slice - 50mm x 35mm x 3mm - $175

DHOFAR (1286), Oman: (Polymict eucrite). Found December 2005, Tkw = 898 grams.
I got a few bits of this in a trade some time ago. I set it aside as it was labeled NWA (1286), polymict eucrite (this, by the way, means that it has fragments of eucrite material from several different original rock sources that got mixed together rather than just one that got smashed up and re-solidified) . As no such thing turned up in the official listings, I was at a loss as to what to do with this stuff. A call to the person I got this from quickly fixed the problem. They informed me that it was Dhofar (1286) and not NWA material. Yep, this one is listed. This is mostly a medium gray with some lighter fragments mixed in (looking very much like a howardite, but it lacks diogenite material or hypersthene) .
a) 3.1 gram cut fragment - 25mm x 9mm x 8mm - $37
b) 11.4 gram cut fragment - 30mm x 20mm x 10mm - $130

MILLBILLILLIE, Australia: (Eucrite). Fell October 1960. Tkw = 150+ kilograms.
Now this is not your average Millbillillie. It is a complete individual that shows thick shiny black crust with lots of thick flow lines (there is a small natural chipped area from its fall - about 4mm by 20mm perhaps - on the bottom). There is some of the usual adhering orange dirt (mostly on the bottom again), but very thin and very little compared with most Millbillillie specimens. I have this set aside for probably 20 years or so. I got it back when Millbillillie first came out in quantity. This is a superior piece and I have priced it only a bit higher than what I have sold more typical Millbillillie specimens for (per gram wise) recently.
109.3 gram individual - 60mm x 38mm x 35mm - $1200

ZAGAMI, Nigeria: (Shergottite) . Fell October 3, 1962. Tkw = 18.1 kilograms.
This is just a nice basic rectangular shaped slice (with only one cut edge). It is thick enough that it could be cut into a couple (perhaps more if you have a wire saw) thinner slices. This is all the finer grained material (some pieces of Zagami were quite coarse grained) and only has a few small shock veins at one edge. Just a nice basic sample of a witnessed fall Mars rock (and my last substantial piece).
6.9 gram slice - 27mm x 19mm x 4mm - $3500

MOLDAVITE:
Here is something really special. At least I have never seen anything like it. This is a nicely sculpted large flat-ish individual. When I got this I noticed that it had a fairly long (about 17mm) crack that went all the way through the thicker portion of the specimen. I originally thought that this was a recent or water erroded break. WRONG! Careful inspection reveals that this is actually a break that occurred just as the specimen was really solidifying. Looking with a lens, you can see many fine needles of glass that connect both sides of the crack. These are stretched glass fibers that formed because the interior of this specimen was not quite solidified yet when this crack was formed. Really neat and really rare (?) and admittedly priced as such.
13.1gram individual - 38mm x 33mm x 8mm - $300

Blaine Reed Meteorites- List 75 23JUN09

2009-06-24T03:39:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-1487
……………………………………………..LIST 75
June 23, 2009

Dear Collectors,
Here is my first e-mail offering in quite some time (I know, it is a week late). Things have been relatively busy here, both with meteorites and plenty of other things (some pleasant like friends visiting, some not like repairing transmissions) . Any way, I pulled a few interesting, mostly larger items unfortunately (my apologies to those of us on a tight budget), to offer to let you all know that I am still out here, raise a little money (partly for above mentioned transmission work) and make a few small openings on the shelves and in boxes in my office.

GIBEON, Namibia: Fine octahedrite (IVA). Found 1836.
Here is a nice little paperweight I prepared for a customer who decided that they really did not need it after I did the sanding and etching work on it. It is a nice natural golf-ball or so sized individual with some nice soft thumb printing. The customer wanted an end piece of Gibeon (which I did not have). This piece had a nice flat face (40mm x 30mm) that I sanded and etched. Not really an end piece, but a nice little display specimen none the less.
244.7 gram natural individual with 40mm x 30mm etched face - $220

GLORIETTA MOUNTAIN, New Mexico: (Pallasite).
I know, I just had these on my last offering. BUT, I quite rapidly sold out of all of those pieces. I had planned on simply giving a quick "I have more now" note here but then decided it better to take a little space and actually list the sizes I now have once more. These, as before, are all iron (no olivine). They have a fantastic vibrant etch (one of the best of any meteorites I have seen). These are thin, etched on both sides and all have at least one natural edge (and most have much more). I have been told that this is likely the end of this material for me, so get some now if you want a piece, it may not be available in the near future.
1) Slices, etched on both sides:
a) 10.3 grams - 50mm x 20mm x 1.5mm - $40
b) 21.6 grams - 45mm x 27mm x 2.5mm - $85
c) 41.2 grams - 56mm x 43mm x 2mm - $160
d) 62.1 grams - 64mm x 45mm x 3mm - $235
e) 123.1 grams - 82mm x 65mm x 2.5mm - $450

ALLENDE, Mexico: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Fell February 8, 1969. Huss numbered.
This is a super fresh (likely picked up within a day or two of the fall) end piece. It has pristine black crust covering most (probably about 95%) of the backside. The cut face shows lots of CAIs, including a group that is about a centimeter across. What I had not noticed when I put this beautiful specimen aside long ago (probably 15 years or so) is that it has a Huss number (H103.79) painted on it (sorry, I could not find the associated card. I probably never had it, but I will send it to the buyer of this piece if it does turn up).
105.8 gram Huss numbered end piece - 56mm x 52mm x 16mm - $950

NWA Unclassified: Likely (L6).
I picked up this interesting specimen this February in Tucson. It showed raised black shock lines on a wind polished end (they are more resistant to erosion than the surrounding material). There were a couple obvious pieces that had broken off of the specimen at some time (long ago) that also were clearly fractured along internal shock lines. The remainder of the exterior shows some thumb printed fusion crust and lots of late atmospheric break "slickenside" surfaces (that have also developed small- scale thumb printing). In all, this rock appeared to likely contain tons of shock veins. I cut one nice end off (to give a 130mm x 75mm cut face). The interior was not quite what I had hoped for. There are a good number of obvious shock veins crossing the cut faces, but not the many dozens I had hoped for. An interesting (and affordable) specimen with plenty to show (particularly shock lines and how they effect meteorite break up) none the less.
1837 gram individual with end piece cut off (included ) - 140mm x 105mm x 75mm - $350

HUCKITTA, Australia: (Pallasite). Found 1924.
This is a fairly large chunk of the usual oxidized material. BUT, this is a really solid piece (most were highly fractured and broke apart easily). I did cut a small end (about 30mm x 22mm) off to show the interior (the usual dark angular olivine crystals in the metallic blue-gray magnetite/ hematite matrix). This piece could easily be cut down into lots of slices but is also quite nice the way it is.
506.7 gram fragment with 30mm x 22mm window - 80mm x 70mm x 40mm - $625

VACA MUERTA, Chile: (Mesosiderite) . Found 1861.
This is a LARGE end piece that I had in my display collection for probably 20 years now. I got it from the original source all those years ago and paid a pretty good premium for it due to its size and quality. It is not loaded with metal, but it does have a lot more than most Vaca specimens (including one roughly 1cm sized chunk in the middle of the polished face). It also shows a couple large eucritic inclusions. One (23mm x 13mm) is on the cut face and another (22mm x 15mm) is a round nodule hanging out of the side of the back.
1625.3 gram end piece - 110mm x 85mm x 85mm - $2500

CHINESE TEKTITES: A few select special/ interesting pieces.

1) 43.3g Dumb-bell.
This is not horribly special, just interesting in that it shows a high degree of water wear (smooth except a few shallow pits). With its fairly narrow neck (around 12mm diameter or less) between the two ends, I find it fairly surprising that it did not break while obviously being harshly beat around in a river for many years.
43.3 gram individual - 75mm x 23mm x 23mm - $15

2) 70.4 gram tear drop.
This is an excellent and interesting specimen. It has a very distinct tear drop shape with a thin neck and a large bulbous base. The neck also has a natural cooling (twisting, stretching?) crack that nearly severed the specimen as well.
70.4 gram individual - 75mm x 35mm x 30mm - $35

3) 60.5 gram HOLLOW individual:
This is the really special one. I had read about these awhile ago, but only recently was able to acquire one (actually two - I am hanging on to one for myself). These basically look like a regular rounded tektite, but they are very light for their size. They are basically hollow spheres that supposedly have the ancient high altitude atmosphere still trapped inside them (making them interesting to scientists, but they have to be cut or drilled open for analysis work on these gasses). I did some density work on this one and have determined that it contains a roughly 10 cubic centimeter hole inside. I am including a slightly smaller in volume similar shaped tektite individual that weighs almost 75 grams. Comparing this with the larger but lighter hollow specimen makes the difference very apparent.
60.5 gram individual - 45mm x 45mm x 25mm - $250

FULGURITES: Lightning fused rock from near Ouray, Colorado. Found June 30, 2000.
These are the largest fulgurite specimens I have ever had (I do have access to a huge beer-flat sized piece as well). They were found high on a mountainside near Ouray (about 60 miles south of me) at around 12,800 feet - so they may be some of the highest recovered as well. These are generally roughly tubular with some hints of branching but they re so large that this gets lost on some specimens. These are mostly gray to pinkish in color (due to the rhyolitic volcanic rocks that were fused to form these), but some show various colors (green, brown, bluish) glass among the bubbles and fused cobbles. Really neat pieces!
a) 276 grams - 120mm x 65mm x 50mm - $100 - nice tube with branch stub.
b) 337 grams - 115mm x 90mm x 40mm - $120 - many large attached rocks.
c) 448 grams - 150mm x 90mm x 55mm - $155 - nice branching tube with lots of cobbles.
d) 469 grams - 120mm x 95mm x 60mm - $165 - flattened tube. Shows swirled glass of many colors.
e) 510 grams - 130mm x 95mm x 80mm - $175 - large scale bubbly glass of many colors.
f) 765 grams - 120mm x 120mm x 80mm - $265 - the best of all!

Blaine Reed Meteorites 10MAY09

2009-06-10T05:12:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed Meteorites List #74 mailed copy 7MAY09

2009-05-07T16:03:00.001-07:00

brmeteorites_list@yahoogroups.com
Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874 -1487
……………………………………………………………LIST 74
May 7, 2009
Dear Collectors,
Here is the e-mail version of the list I sent by mail to many. I just started to receive calls on it last night, so I am posting it too the rest of you this morning (I do try to be fair and let everyone have pretty much an equal chance at these things, but the post office and other circumstances often work against me). Any way I, as usual, have tried to be sure that I have a good selection of different materials at all price ranges so I have (hopefully) something for everyone. Enjoy!

GLORIETTA MOUNTAIN, New Mexico:
(Pallasite). Found 1884. Tkw = around 300kilograms.
Here are some etched slices of an iron individual of this beautiful meteorite. These were cut from a 135kg individual that was found May 19th, 2007 (a week or so after I went to the area, but all I found was how to really mess up my wrist in a couple days of swinging a metal-detector, unfortunately) . These are nice thin slices that show a vibrant etch structure on both sides.
1) Slices, etched on both sides:
a) 8.3 grams - 32mm x 14mm x 2mm - $34.00
b) 15.0 grams - 32mm x 30mm x 2mm - $60.00
c) 26.3 grams - 40mm x 37mm x 2mm - $105.00
d) 43.2 grams - 60mm x 42mm x 2mm - sold
e) 82.6 grams - 110mm x 50mm x 2.5mm - $320.00
f) 329.7 grams - 165mm x 65mm x 3mm - $1150.00 - Complete slice!

NWA (2134):
(H6). Found before February 2004. Tkw = 916 grams.
Here is one of the several H chondrites that I will have available in the not too distant future (but this is the only one I thought really worthy of cutting into slices). The seller of this thought that it may be (as well as the others) another piece of the NWA (725) Acapulcoite/ Winonaite (I have seen it listed as both) or an E-chondrite. This did indeed look like a good contender, both externally and internally. Unfortunately, the research work showed this to be an H chondrite. On the plus side, this one is very nice and fresh. Few H stones have come out of the Sahara looking as nice as this. It does have LOTS of metal and a few chondrules in a light gray matrix. It does indeed strongly resemble an Enstatite chondrite or NWA (725) internally (and even has a slight hint of a sulfur smell that an enstatite would have). This looks every bit as nice as a piece of Estacado I had recently, but at a fraction of the price.
1) Slices:
a) 4.5 grams - 25mm x 10mm x 5mm - $9.00
b) 9.0 grams - 30mm x 20mm x 5mm - $18.00
c) 20.3 grams - 36mm x 36mm x 5mm - $40.00
d) 46.1 grams - 70mm x 50mm x 4mm - $90.00 - Complete slice.
2) 145.4 gram end piece - 90mm x 56mm x 18mm - $220.00- Main mass!

NWA (4870):
(LL3.7), S2, W2. Found before September 2007. Tkw = 330 grams.
I picked up a single stone of this fantastic meteorite at the Denver show a couple years ago. If you like chondrules, you will like this one. It is loaded with generally large chondrules of many colors (grays and tans mostly) in a medium to dark brown matrix. This was originally going to be recorded as an anomalous chondrite and it may not be truly related to the LL clan. That part has not gotten done (but the note "large chondrules" was added to its classification report, I believe). Really nice none the less. Despite the "large" known weight, I have slightly less than 90 grams of this remaining.
1) Slices:
a) 1.9 grams - 17mm x 10mm x 3.5mm - $23.00
b) 3.5 grams - 25mm x 15mm x 3.5mm - $42.00
c) 7.2 grams - 32mm x 27mm x 3mm - $85.00
d) 11.9 grams - 45mm x 35mm x 2.5mm - $130.00 - complete slice.
e) 24.2 grams - 50mm x 44mm x 3.5mm - $240.00 - complete slice.

PONY CREEK, Texas:
(H4). Found 1947. Tkw = 4642 grams.
A single stone was purchased by Oscar Monig and remained unclassified in his collection until 1992. Recently, it was cut and a small amount has been made available to collectors. This is a good example of a moderately weathered chondrite. It shows a good amount of metal (some minor oxide veining is present) in a dark green/gray matrix.
1) Slices:
a) 2.6 grams - 15mm x 13mm x 3mm - $10.00
b) 5.3 grams - 30mm x 15mm x 3mm - $21.00
c) 10.4 grams - 28mm x 24mm x 4mm - $40.00
d) 20.6 grams - 45mm x 25mm x 5mm - sold
e) 45.4 grams - 60mm x 45mm x 6mm - $160.00 - looks like a full slice.
f) 102.7 grams - 80mm x 75mm x 5mm - $350.00 - 1/4 slice.

NWA (4502):
Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Found before September 2008. Tkw = about 35 kilograms.
Here are some pieces of a new CV meteorite that recently turned up. It is definitely different than the CV I had earlier (NWA 2086). This is a bit darker (and quite a bit harder - definitely used up some sanding belts preparing this stuff). It still has lots of chondrules of various (generally darker) colors in a fairly dark gray (almost black) matrix. There are also occasional irregular shaped pink to purple CAI's in some specimens as well. We originally thought that this might be a CR meteorite as it has a pretty strong attraction to a magnet (but then the CV clan has the widest range of magnetic attraction of any meteorite group). A rare, scientifically important and special addition to any collection at a great price!
1) Individuals as found:
a) 17.2 grams - 37mm x 22mm x 10mm - $68.00
b) 38.8 grams - 33mm x 32mm x 20mm - $150.00
c) 74.5 grams - 42mm x 34mm x 23mm - $280.00
d) 135.3 grams - 70mm x 45mm x 20mm - $400.00
2) End pieces:
a) 10.4 grams - 32mm x 22mm x 6mm - $45.00
b) 20.4 grams - 43mm x 27mm x 8mm - $90.00
c) 36.4 grams - 55mm x 40mm x 8mm - $150.00
d) 179.7 grams - 83mm x 56mm x 18mm - $670.00

NWA (5025):
Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4). Found before 2007. Tkw = 75 grams.
I had the NWA (5024) (CK4) on my October 2008 list. This is definitely something very different. This is unlike the typical CK's I have seen. This has lots of large chondrules (many layered) and clasts in a medium greenish gray matrix, making this look more like a CV meteorite than a CK.
1) Slices:
a) 1.4 grams - 15mm x 11mm x 3mm - $25.00
b) 2.6 grams - 20mm x 20mm x 3mm - $45.00
c) 5.2 grams - 33mm x 24mm x 2.5mm - $90.00 - complete slice.
2) Main Mass: 10.9 gram end piece - 33mm x 23mm x 9mm - $185.00

CAMEL DONGA, Australia
(Eucrite). Found 1984. Tkw = unknown, around 30kg perhaps. I have not had pieces of this in many years, probably not since shortly after it was first brought out in the mid 1980's (and shortly after I started being a dealer rather than just a collector). These are all nice little individuals as found (fairly recently, I believe). They do have some damage to the crust; adhering dirt along with some rust spots (Camel Donga is strange in that it contains a fair number of large blobs of iron internally. This iron is free of nickel and likely resulted from iron being reduced from some of the minerals in an impact event). They all still show a fairly good amount of the classic shiny crust with lots of fine flow lines that made this stuff so popular years ago. I don't have many of these, so don't wait to ask if you want one set aside for you.
1) Individuals as found:
a) .91 grams - 13mm x 7mm x 5mm - $28.00
b) 1.5 grams - 16mm x 8mm x 8mm - $45.00
c) 2.3 grams - 14mm x 10mm x 10mm - $65.00
d) 3.6 grams - 17mm x 16mm x 7mm - $95.00
e) 5.4 grams - 28mm x 15mm x 10mm - $135.00

IRGHIZITE:
Impact glass/ tektite.Many different impact glasses and tektites have been found near the 13km diameter Zhamanshin crater in Russia. I had some of these years ago and sold out. I came across more at the Tucson show. These are the "typical" stretched, ropy specimens that often have small round beads (micro tektites) adhering to them. This is the only case where tektites (Irghizites) are directly associated with micro-tektites. I tried to pick out really interesting shaped (particularly ropy) or micro-tektite rich specimens to offer here.
1) Individual pieces as found:
a) Small: about 12mm x 7mm x 5mm (roughly .3g each) - $5.00
b) Medium: about 16mm x 8mm x 5mm (roughly .6g each) - $10.00
c) Large: about 19mm x 12mm x 5mm (roughly 1.1g each) - $15.00

Please include postage; a couple dollars on small U.S. orders and about $2 per pound on larger items for 1st class (insurance is extra). On small overseas orders, $3 to $5 is generally plenty, and about $1 per ounce (28 grams) on larger items for air-mail. Registration is also recommended on overseas shipments - an extra $10.00.If you are sending a fax, simply begin transmitting when my line is answered. My new machine will automatically start and receive just as the manual said.

Blaine Reed Meteorites List# 73 21APR09

2009-04-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
…………………………………………………LIST 73
April 21, 2009

Dear Collectors,
Looking this over after just finishing typing, I notice that this is all semi- rare to really rare types (except the Etter), so look through this list carefully, there is a lot of interesting things hiding here. My next posting should be a copy of a mailed list I hope to be sending out soon to those of you on my mailing list. The posting of this may be slightly delayed from May 5th (the date I am supposed to put out my next e-mail posting) depending upon when I get the mailed version actually sent out (I try to time things so all of you will get it at roughly the same time). Denver spring show: Part of the delay in getting my mailed list out is from the fact that I will be visiting the Denver Spring show later this week (I will be gone the 23rd through about the 28th - weather determining, and it has been generally quite bad in the mountains lately, creating a lot of driving delays for me). The show is at the Holiday Inn at the intersection of I-25 and I-70 (same place I set up a room at for the September Fall show). This runs Friday through Sunday (April24th through 26th). I do not set up a room at this show, but consign a few items to Anne Black (thank you Anne!) who has a nice booth in the entrance hallway near the front desk. I will have other things with me as well. Be sure to let me know if any of you out there want me to bring any specific items for you (give me a contact phone number so I can figure out when we can meet).

AGOULT, Morocco: (Eucrite), unbrecciated.
Found March 200, tkw = 85g+.
This is my only piece remaining of this stuff that looks pretty much like Ibitira but lacks the gas bubbles. This is a nice slice that has nice crust along 60% or more of its edge. It is thick enough that it could easily be split into 2 or more thinner pieces.
4.8 gram slice - 23mm x 16mm x 4.5mm - $250

ETTER, Texas: (L5). Found 1965. Tkw = 338+kg.
This is a fantastic large display slice of this nice material. This was actually cut from a 180 pound piece I bought from a farmer back in 1993 (Robert Haag owned the end piece this was cut from for many years). It is currently my only piece of Etter and may be the only large complete slice still available out there in dealer's hands. This shows lots of metal (including a couple veins), a few large light green chondrules, plus a really large troilite complex (over 50mm long!) in a dark jade-green matrix.
1674 gram complete slice - 385mm x 215mm x 6mm - $3000

NWA (725): (Winonaite). Found July 4, 2000. Tkw = 3824g+.
This was originally classified as an Acapulcoite. Further work has shown it to be a Winonaite instead. This stuff has some dark chondrules in a light gray matrix (leading one researcher to comment that it should really be called a "W" chondrite as it is not truly an achondrite). This material so closely resembles an H chondrite (complete with lots of fresh metal) that it has caused me a lot of expense and grief having many similar looking things checked (I have a good assortment of nice H-chondrites that will soon be available from these efforts) to be sure they are not more of this rare stuff.
6.68 gram end piece - 24mm x 20mm x 10mm - $350

NWA (736): (H3.7). Tkw = 2766 grams.
I have offered piece of this from time to time over the years. I have very little left now. It is nice material. It shows lots of metal and small chondrules in a mixed light gray and tan matrix.
a) 2.3 gram cut fragment - 19mm x 15mm x 4mm - $10
b) 3.4 gram cut fragment - 20mm x 19mm x 5mm - $14
c) 4.9 gram cut fragment - 30mm x 20mm x 4mm - $20
d) 23.1 gram "slice" (wedged) - 45mm x 25mm x 8mm - $69

NWA (868): (LL6). Tkw = 201grams.
This is a little specimen from a meteorite that we (David Gregory and I) sent in to UCLA years ago. It went in along with the a piece of the now super famous NWA (869) (we were the original people that got some of this looked at and are the source of that number). So here is the last chance (this is the last specimen) to own a piece of the meteorite that was next in line for a number from probably the most famous of all NWAs. 2.8 gram cut fragment - 17mm x 16mm x 6mm - $12

NWA (1906): Rumurutiite (R4), S2, W2. Found 2003. Tkw = 560 grams. One piece of this that must have been nearly as round as a ball-bearing was found (probably really hard to cut as well). This is a complete nearly round slice. It shows many roughly centimeter sized dark chondrule-rich clasts in a dark brown matrix.
28.5 gram complete slice - 63mm x 60mm x 3mm - $450

NWA (1910): Enstatite chondrite (EL6). Found 2002, Tkw = 305 grams.
This is a nice fresh enstatite chondrite. It shows lots of fine grained metal (and the occasional metal vein) in a light gray matrix. It also has a fairly strong sulfur (rotten egg) smell that a good enstatite should have.
a) 1.2 gram part slice - 18mm x 7mm x 3mm - $65
b) 2.3 gram part slice - 18mm x 12mm x 3mm - $100
c) 4.5 gram part slice - 27mm x 17mm x 3mm - $190

NWA (4657): Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4). Tkw = 417grams.
There was one piece of this that Matt and I shared. I sold out of all of my pieces rapidly (this is VERY fresh material, making it quite popular with collectors). I believe that this may be the last piece that Matt had as well. This is a wonderful complete slice from near the center of the original mass (and thus has the largest surface area available).
27.0 gram complete slice - 60mm x 47mm x 4mm - $400

NWA (5028): Carbonaceous chondrite (CR2). Fnd 2007, Tkw = 2445grams.
This is one Matt picked up in Denver a couple years ago. He is keeping the main portion of it and these 2 nice thin pieces are the last specimens available to collectors. These show lots of chondrules in a dark (nearly black) matrix.
a) 7.4 gram part slice - 47mm x 28mm x 1.5mm - $250
b) 15.1 gram part slice - 64mm x 44mm x 1.5mm - $500

NWA (5426): Rumurutiite (R4), polymict breccia. Tkw = 285 grams.
Wow, I wish I had more of this (I do have a similar R chondrite that will be on a future mailed list but it is not quite as nice as this for breccia texture). I had a couple pieces of a likely paired meteorite a year or so ago and they flew out the door even without being fully studied and numbered (and at a price equal to or higher than this). This stuff shows fantastic structure with fragments of all kinds of different colors and textures in a light tan matrix.
a) 23.2 gram end piece - 61mm x 34mm x 5mm - $370
b) 31.4 gram end piece - 52mm x 45mm x 8mm - $500
c) 40.6 gram end piece - 53mm x 43mm x 10mm - $640 - lots of breccia fragments!

NWA (5488): (Lodranite), brecciated. Found 2008. Tkw = 110g.
I had slices of this neat and rare material on my January mailed list and quickly sold out (the fact that is does show a very nice breccia structure sure didn't hurt - some people came back and bought more after receiving their first specimen). Matt Morgan had a couple more pieces set aside that I picked up while visiting him last week (I have been making lots of trips to Denver lately). These are the last specimens available. I may consider breaking one of these up to offer smaller pieces later if they do not sell intact, so let me know if you are looking for a smaller piece.
a) 4.0 gram 1/2 slice - 30mm x 20mm x 2mm - $300
b) 9.7 gram complete slice - 40mm x 32mm x 2.5mm - $700

Blaine Reed Meteorites List 72 7APR09

2009-04-07T18:19:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487…………………………………………………..LIST 72
April 7, 2009
Dear collectors,
Here is yet another offering of material I brought home from Tucson. I apologize that this is going out quite late (particularly for those of you overseas).
It is nice to know that the snow is starting to melt but spring here also brings ditch burning season here (farmers getting ready for the irrigation system to start flowing next week). The smoke and starting of things growing has set off my season of allergies and sinus headaches. I was in rough enough shape most of this morning that I could not seem to get any meaningful work done until now (early afternoon).
As usual, contact me as soon as possible if you want me to set anything aside for you.
Enjoy!

BRENHAM, Kansas: (Pallasite).
This is a nice etched complete slice cut from a 69kg iron individual (actually kind of rare for this meteorite) found on October 30, 2005 by Steve Arnold. This shows a nice etch.
274.8 gram complete etched slice - 200mm x 60mm x 2mm - $450

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
This is a little wire brushed individual I sold to a collector in Florida many years ago. It has a fairly nice shape (Not a lump) and looks quite nice overall (it held up very well in the humid environment and is not rusting at all).
86.7 gram brushed individual - 50mm x 23mm x 16mm - $60

HENBURY, Australia: Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
This is a nice natural (not brushed) shrapnel shaped individual. I offered some similar pieces on an earlier mailed offering and quickly sold out. Here is on more chance for a "larger" Henbury specimen.
43.3 gram natural individual - 40mm x 20mm x 12mm - $55 SOLD

BLUFF (b), Texas: (L4). Found 1917. Tkw = 15.5 kilograms.
This is one of my favorite chondrites. It has a beautiful jade-green color unlike any other. This originally came from the Monig collection but this all sold rapidly and no more is available from that source. This piece is from a collector who bought it years ago when it was readily available. I kind of wish I bought a large piece for display myself now.
26.2 gram part slice - 50mm x 25mm x 6mm - $150

FRANCONIA, Arizona: (H5). Found October 31, 2002. Tkw = about 100kg.Here are a couple individuals that each have a polished window that shows a bit of the interior, as if the finder was not certain that these pieces were meteorites despite the obvious fusion crust covering the rest of the specimens until they saw the chondrules and metal inside.
a) 25.8 gram individual - 30mm x 20mm x 18mm - $40
b) 80.5 gram individual - 35mm x 30mm x 30mm - $120

HAXTUN, Colorado: (H/L 4). Found 1975. Tkw = 45.5kg.
This is an interesting cut fragment of this strange material that has a "large" (about 3mm x 4mm) green chondrule showing on the cut and polished face.
17.5 gram cut fragment - 25mm x 13mm x 23mm - $60 SOLD

GAO - ???: Mystery slice.
This is a complete fresh slice of a meteorite that a friend of mine received in a batch of Gao individuals he bought years ago. Its fresh black crust made it obvious that it was something different. The interior is a nice light gray (no rust spotting at all) with sparse chondrules and plenty of fresh metal. This looks to be either a type 5 or 6 (could be either l or h type, it is really hard to tell with this one) It is possible that this is indeed a fresh Gao piece that was picked up right after the fall (I have only seen one other such fresh Gao piece - a small slice from a museum) but it is more likely a new fall that got collected (unnoticed, unfortunately) by the people gathering up pieces of the older Gao fall. This stone, I was told, weighed only a few hundred grams and the other slices have already long since found new homes.
37.2 gram complete fresh slice - 47mm x 40mm x 7mm - $150 SOLD

NWA: Unclassified but likely (L6) with shock veins.
Here is a neat little individual I picked up that had obvious shock veins showing on its surface. I turned out to show these nicely on the interior as well after I cut it in half. The interior shows obvious breccia fragments that are separated by black shock veins. I really wish more of this one was available.
89.3 gram individual cut in half - 55mm x 35mm cut faces - $50 SOLD

ZAG, Western Sahara: (H3-6) breccia. Fell August 4 or 5, 1998. Tkw = about 175kg.
This fragment does show some weathering so it was not picked up immediately after the fall (as few were). It has a 38mm x 20mm patch of black crust and the interior looks like it shows breccia texture (darker type 3 material looks to be amply present). As much as I hate to say it, this piece would probably be really good for cutting up into nice slices.
124.4 gram fragment - 45mm x 35mm x 35mm - $175

NWA (2988), (Eucrite). Tkw = 4602grams.
Lunar look a like!This is really an NWA (482) (Lunar) look a like. In fact the guys who bought this thought that it was indeed another piece of that famous meteorite. The science though says that this is really "just" a eucrite. Still neat and rare, but quite a let down when you thought you had a nearly 5kg lunar in your hands. This is indeed almost exactly like NWA (482) structurally (showing angular fragments and abundant dark shock veins). About the only real difference is that this material has a bit darker gray clasts and a bit lighter gray shock veins. Here is a chance to own the structure of NWA (482) (very popular and in demand) at less than 1/100th the price.
76.5 gram complete slice - 115mm x 90mm x 3mm - $1200 SOLD

ORGUEIL, France: Carbonaceous chondrite (CI1). Fell May 14, 1864.
This is a piece I forgot I had! Hard to imagine, I realize, but it was hiding in with some other special material I had set aside some years ago (so this one item is NOT a Tucson recovery). This is by far the largest and most solid piece I have of this extremely rare material. This is a nice solid chunk that was sealed in a plastic bag to protect it (which it seems did work as this specimen shows very little of the white sulfate weathering products I have seen on other pierces of this stuff over the years). It also has a Humbolt University label with it, though I cannot guarantee that it really belongs with this piece (it lists no weight and seems to indicate 3 pieces - not just one. Maybe there were 2 smaller specimens with this at one time and the label traveled along with the largest piece).
3.35 gram fragment - 16mm x 15mm x 12m - $4500 SOLD

Blaine Reed Meteorites List 71 15MAR09

2009-03-15T03:15:00.000-07:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487
..........……………………………………………….LIST 71 March 15, 2009
Dear Collectors,
Here is another batch of after Tucson stuff. I will likely have at least one more next month before I am caught up with the remaining "left over" stuff from the show. I apologize that this is going out at an odd time. I will be out of town (on two separate trips that more or less overlap) starting early Thursday morning (March 19th). I will likely be gone until the 31st. I may have a day at home on the 25th, but not enough time to accomplish much other than catching up from being gone on the first segment. So, I decided it best to go ahead and send this list out a couple days early as I thought it would be dumb to wait until the usual Tuesday afternoon and have only a day and a half to take, prepare and ship orders (while I should be packing as well). I will also be staying home from my usual trip to Grand Junction to visit friends this Monday evening as well (the reason I usually send these lists out on Tuesday instead of Sunday or Monday)

CAMPO DEL CIELO, Argentina: Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
Here is an interesting piece. It is a highly thumb-printed piece that has a small (about 2mm) natural hole.
217.8g individual with hole - 62mm x 40mm x 15mm - $100

CHINGA, Russia: Ungrouped ataxite. Found 1913.
This is a nice complete thin slice that has been polished on both sides.
177gram complete slice - 190mm x 50mm x 2mm - $270

MILES, Australia: Silicated iron (IIE). Found 1992. Tkw = 265kg.
3.5g slice - 33mm x 10mm x 2mm - $30

SIKHOTE-ALIN, Russia. Coarsest octahedrite (IIAB). Fell February 12, 1947.
Here is an unusual specimen. It is partly fusion crusted (1/3 or so of the surface shows obvious fusion crust) and partly shrapnel (about 2/3 shows obvious violent fragmentation) . Very neat and quite rare.
64.6 gram individual - 30mm x 27mm x 12mm - $80

JUANCHENGE, China: (H5). Fell February 15, 1997.
This is the last piece I have from the late Tom Palmer's collection. It is a nice complete slice. It has a 3 letter code painted in one corner on the back, along with this same code and Juanchenge on a sticker label (also on the back) as well. Nice piece. I am surprised I did not sell it at the show (but its end piece brother did find a new home).
17.3 gram complete slice - 50mm x 27mm x 5mm - $50

LONG ISLAND, Kansas: (L6). Found 1891. Tkw = 565kg.
This is a nice solid block (with one natural edge) from the Monig Collection at TCU. It comes with a museum label. This would be good for further cutting into smaller pieces or left as is.
240.6 gram block - 65mm x 40mm x 38mm - $450

NWA (4431): (L5), S2, W2. Found April 2005. Tkw = 450grams.
This is nice fresh material. The interior is light gray with some light brown spotting. The edge shows some fresh black crust (surprising it didn't get a weathering grade lower than 2). The most interesting feature though is a large (about 1cm) gray layered chondrule or melt pocket that somewhat resembles an eye. This piece is in a Riker Mount.
14.7 gram slice - 45mm x 38mm x 3mm - $45

OUM DREYGA, Western Sahara: (H3-5). Fell October 16, 2003.
Here is a really neat specimen! It shows super fresh black crust over most of its exterior. But, the better part is the 45mm x 25mm broken surface (exposed interior). This shows two very distinct lithlologies (with a very distinct sharp boundary line). One part (about 2/3 of the broken area) is dark gray and chondrule rich (H3 perhaps). The remainder (about 1/3) is light colored and chondrule poor (H5 material perhaps). There is some rust spotting (only on the exposed interior area), but this is a fascinating piece none the less.
112.2 gram individual - 57mm x 25mm x 27mm - $500

ZAG, Western Sahara: (H3-6) breccia. Fell August 4 or 5, 1998.
This is a nice little block with two sides showing fresh black crust. The interior is fairly light and does not show a lot of chondrules, so I suspect that it is some of the H5 or 6 material. This is nice the way it is, but could be cut into some really nice not quite micro slice specimens.
13.5 gram crusted block - 25mm x 14mm x 12mm - $25

NWA (3116): Carbonaceous. (CK5). Found 2002. Tkw = 27grams.
This is hard and dark and does not seem to match (obviously pair with) any of the other CK meteorites I have had recently (or for a number of years for that matter) and does not look like any I recall seeing elsewhere either. It is not something commonly available (but I don't think any of the CKs are).
.08 grams of small thin slices (3 main pieces) - $5.77 gram
slice - 13mm x 11mm x 2mm - $301.28 gram
slice - 20mm x 12mm x 2mm - $50

NWA (2753): (olivine diogenite). Tkw = 460grams.
Actually there is likely a lot more of this stuff when pairings are considered, I am sure. But this is all Matt Moran had when he got the work done on this piece. But look at the price - under $10/g! I remember when the first piece of this came out and the stuff was selling for many thousands of dollars per gram. Unfortunately, all I have of this at the moment is a few thick (about 5mm) slice pieces.
Part slices - $6.00/g.
Sizes available: 1.4g, 1.8g, 2.5g, 4.8g, 5.8g

NWA (5487): (eucrite). Found 2008. Tkw = 150grams.
A single stone was found of this found. It looks more like a howardite than a eucrite. Not like NWA (1929), but more like Dhofar (485) (which I had on an earlier offering). This shows light gray generally rounded clasts surrounded by darker melt material. A few greenish brown clasts (diogenite material?) are also present. This was popular at the show and these three pieces are all that remains.
12.8 gram complete slice - 45mm x 33mm x 3mm - $180
16.2 gram complete slice - 50mm x 38mm x 4mm - $210
47.1 gram end piece - 45mm x 30mm x 15mm - $550 - main mass.

SEYMCHAN, Russia: (Pallasite). Found 1962.
This is a nice slice of the olivine rich material. This one though has a lot of olivine of a wide range of sizes. The crystals range in size from small angular pieces (a couple mm in size) up to a few large more rounded pieces (around 1cm in size). This is a piece I sold to a collector in Florida a couple years ago. It is a very nice (and stable) specimen.
33.8 gram slice - 52mm x 49mm x 3mm - $340

MOLDAVITE:Here is a nice little 1gram specimen that has been mounted in a little plastic display dome. Kind of a neat little display.1.0 gram individual in display dome - $10

Blaine Reed Meteorites LIST #70 3MARCH2009

2009-03-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
Ph/fax: (970) 874-1487

LIST #70 March 3, 2009

Dear Collectors,
Here is my first "after Tucson" offering. I brought home a lot of miscellaneous things that I will be offering over the next month or so. Also - I now have a piece of the new Texas fall available - first item listed. About the show: It was indeed very slow. One person commented that"foot traffic" (number of people coming through the rooms) was about 30% of normal. Not sure it was that bad, but it was indeed quite slow in that respect. The plus for the people visiting though was that they never had trouble finding parking (I always had spaces available within a few tens of feet of my room throughout the show) and places to stay (rooms were available throughout the show as well). Sales wise, things were indeed also slower, but not a disaster (for me anyway) as many were predicting. My sales were down by probably 30%perhaps (hard to say as there is really no such thing as an average show sales amount). This did limit my ability to go out and buy as much as I would have liked (much to the chagrin of many of mysources). But, I certainly was able to cover the expenses (not so easy as it costs me around $5000 or so to do this show). I am not sure ofthe exact dynamics, but meteorites seem to be holding up very well even in light of the reported "economic disaster" supposedly about to destroy us all (which some say is more a media made thing than areality for most of us. But even that is a matter of personal view. Remember: it is a recession when your neighbor loses his job, but a depression when you lose yours). I do know that some people may be cutting back on travel, eating out and other things that disappear as soon as they are over, but people seem to be quite willing to spend money now on things will last. I personally have not seen the large number of collectors trying to dump their meteorites in desperation toraise cash as some have predicted (I had no collections come in the door at the show this year - a first!). In fact, I have had some people point blank tell me that they are putting more money into their meteorite collections rather than the stock and bond markets right now(not sure of the long term sensibility of that decision, but it sure hasn't looked to bad the past year or so). So, I have not seen either the buying prices (my costs) go down (actually those are still creeping up - even with the current unexplained strength of the dollar) or seen the need to reduce selling prices to make sales. Things, in general, are moving very nicely.

WEST, Texas:
(L6), S3. Fell February 15, 2009. Tkw = a couple kilograms, perhaps.
This is the new fall that happened while I was on my way home from theshow. I JUST got the call on this. A friend who went down to hunt has a 56 gram complete individual he is offering too me. It is fully crusted (rare for these "larger" pieces I am told) - 1/3 primary crustand 2/3 secondary crust. It has a roughly diamond shape (I will be getting photos later) - $3250

BOXHOLE, Australia:
Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1937.
I have not seen much of this available recently. This is just a basic natural individual as found.
30.7gram individual - 40mm x 24mm x 8mm - $60

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona:
Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
This is just a nice solid little partly cleaned (brushed but stillshows a little bit of caliche) individual. It is really solid (no scaling, even though it spent many years in Florida) piece with a nice sculpted shape.
106.5 gram individual - 40mm x 30mm x 20mm - $70

DUMONT, Texas:
Ni-rich ataxite. Found 1994, recognized 2004. Tkw =27.42kg.
63.5 gram 1/4 slice - 42mm x 40mm x 5mm - $250 SOLD

GIBEON, Namibia:
Fine octahedrite (IVA).
This is a nice individual with an over all nice, but not wild, shape and good thumb-printing. Best of all, it has been left natural. It hasa nice mixed brown (light brown to dark chocolate brown) color. Few pieces of this are available any more and very few of those have not been brushed to death.
6724 gram individual - 155mm x 120mm x 100mm - $3300

WOLF CREEK, Australia:
Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1947.
This is the usual oxide material from this crater, but in an unusual form - a slice (I have only handled more or less complete shale balls in the past).
28.0 gram slice - 50mm x 30mm x 5mm - $50

MT. TAZERZAIT, Niger:
(L5). Fell August 21, 1991.
Tkw = 110kg.
40.8 gram slice - 63mm x 42mm x 6mm - $200

NWA (2122):
(L5), Black chondrite. Found 2003. Tkw = 1020g.
This has been shock darkened (hence the "black chondrite" in its classification) . It indeed has a high shock level (S5), but is quite fresh with a weathering grade of W1.22.0 gram complete slice - 54mm x 30mm x 6mm - $20

NWA (5427):
(L3.8). Found 2006. Tkw = 285grams.
This is really fresh material. It has lots of chondrules in a light gray (with some very faint browning in a couple spots) matrix. Matt Morgan sent all of this too me shortly before the show. It was VERY popular there. This is the ONLY piece remaining.
56.7 gram cut fragment/ end piece - 83mm x 40mm x 10mm - $280

OUM ROKBA, Morocco:
(H5). Found 2000. Tkw = 95kg.
I don't think this one ever got properly reported. I had gotten abatch of this (at a cost of about twice the price per gram of this one) years ago. It supposedly was found about 12km west of the village of Oum Rokba. Regardless, it is kind of nice stuff. It is weathered,but it shows a nice dark chocolate brown shiny (wind-polished) crustthat has lots of thumb-prints (many pieces of this stuff did - kind ofunusual for stone meteorites really). This large piece is a half individual. The "bottom" looks to be mostly old secondary fusion crust, though there are a few pieces that broke out along one edge long ago (obviously not crusted in that area). Nice display piece with some history and priced at or below what a similar completely unknown NWA is likely to cost these days.
2685 gram stone as found - 185mm x 130mm x 55mm - $540

TEXAS CHONDRITE LOT: This is a bag of end pieces and cut fragments (15 pieces) from the TCU cutting room. These are pieces of Monig collection meteorites thatwere cut over the years and now have lost their identity (most are likely things like Travis County, Forestburg , etc - but there may be a couple "new" things). An interesting lot.
240.4 grams of end pieces - $240

DHOFAR (700) ?,
Oman: (Diogenite).
Found Nov 15, 2002. Tkw = about 9kg.
I put a question mark on this as there is some debate as to whether ornot this is truly the same stuff. It has the same weird green granular texture of typical Dhofar (700). BUT this piece is full of holes! It looks like a piece of Swiss cheese! It is filled with gas bubbles ofvarying sizes (up to almost a centimeter) - some that pass completely through the slice. A researcher that looked this stuff over had no explanation for it. There are no extra minerals growing on the interior surfaces of the gas bubbles and it appears as if the surrounding minerals have been crushed by high pressure (leading one person to think that it was possibly hot water that formed these bubbles - but then there isn't supposed to be any water on Vesta). I had one small piece (100g or so) that came in with a batch of Dhofar (700) fragments that I had purchased that had deep pockets on the surface. Much to my surprise, it had them inside as well. I had planned to hang onto the stuff until more work could be done on it. But I showed a piece around and suddenly found myself inundated with offers to buy. I quickly sold out of the slices at up $100/g. Here is a chance for a fantastic piece at a low price from a collector who has switched to collecting only Arizona meteorites.
14.5 gram complete slice - 44mm x 38mm x 4mm - $700

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2009-03-03T09:12:00.000-08:00

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Blaine Reed--Catalog of Meteorites for Sale #4 24FEB08

2009-02-23T16:49:00.000-08:00

Blaine Reed
P.O. Box 1141
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-1487 CATALOG OF METEORITES For Sale #4

Please note: This catalog represents my “welcome to collecting meteorites” material. I have selected the items listed here to be representative, affordable (where possible) samples of many types of the more commonly seen and interesting meteorite types. This tends to mean that these are also often commonly available materials that most serious collectors already have. If you are already a collector just discovering my offerings, please be aware that I have many other items not listed here (as well as larger pieces of a good number of the things that are listed here). I do put out a periodic e-mail offering (though I don’t personally have e-mail). This “list” is titled brmeteorites_list and can be found under Yahoo groups. Don’t hesitate to check the archives here for earlier offerings as I don’t delete a list until a substantial amount of the material offered on it is gone.

IRON METEORITES

CANYON DIABLO: Arizona: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1891.
These are specimens of the meteorite that formed the famous one-mile wide Meteor Crater in the northern Arizona desert some 30,000 years ago. At the time of discovery it was not known that the large hole in the ground was an impact crater (most geologists considered it to be volcanic) so the meteorite was named for the nearest landmark, Canyon Diablo, a shallow wash that meanders through the area.
1) Complete fragments, wire brushed to remove oxide:
a) 31.7 grams 40mm x 25mm x 10mm $24.00
b) 51.4 grams 35mm x 26mm x 15mm $36.00
c) 78.2 grams 40mm x 28mm x 13mm $59.00
d) 109.3 grams 60mm x 36mm x 15mm $76.00
e) 158.3 grams 50mm x 37mm x 20mm $110.00
f) 210.9 grams 65mm x 35mm x 20mm $135.00
g) 378.1 grams 70mm x 45mm x 35mm $225.00

ODESSA, Texas: Iron. Coarse octahedrite (IAB). Found 1923.
Similar to Canyon Diablo in composition, fragments of this meteorite, along with a small (600 foot diameter) impact crater were discovered in 1923 a few miles southwest of Odessa, Texas. The crater is now a city park run by the city and open to the public.
1) Complete fragments, natural as found:
a) 114.8 grams 50mm x 30mm x 20mm sold
b) 138.0 grams 50mm x 45mm x 15mm $104.00
c) 151.5 grams 40mm x 40mm x 25mm $114.00
d) 218.0 grams 50mm x 40mm x 30mm $163.00
d) 418.5 grams 60mm x 50mm x 30mm sold

2) Information card with small (5 to 10mm) meteorite specimen attached - $3.00

HENBURY, Australia: Iron. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB). Found 1931.
Thirteen craters, the largest being 700 feet across, in an area about one square mile were discovered with meteorite fragments in 1931. This is a fairly young cratering event (some estimates put it at 5,000 years ago) and was likely witnessed by the aboriginal tribes of the area.
1) Complete fragment with orange oxide surface as found:
a) 3.0 grams 18mm x 11mm x 4mm $4.50
b) 5.7 grams 19mm x 12mm x 5mm $8.55
c ) 8.6 grams 25mm x 15mm x 5mm $12.90
d) 10.5 grams 25mm x 14mm x 6mm $15.75
e) 17.6 grams 30mm x 20mm x 10mm $26.40
f) 30.6 grams 32mm x 24mm x 6mm $45.90

GIBEON, Namibia: Iron. Fine octahedrite (IVA). Found 1836.
Pieces of this meteorite were known before 1836. Recently, many large specimens have been recovered over a huge area. This is likely one of the largest known strewn fields, covering hundreds of square kilometers and containing thousands of pounds of material (much of it already locked away in collections).
1) Slices showing beautiful Widmanstatten etch pattern:
a) 19.7 grams 26mm x 24mm x 3mm $34.45
b) 29.8 grams 36mm x 33mm x 3mm $52.15
c) 40.2 grams 45mm x 20mm x 5mm $70.35
d) 47.5 grams 44mm x 40mm x 3mm $83.10
SIKHOTE-ALIN, Russia. Iron. Coarsest octahedrite. Fell February 12, 1947.
A large amount of this meteorite fell into a thick forest on February 12th, 1947. Many pits up to 28 meters in diameter were formed by the fall. Over 23,000 kilograms of specimens were recovered. Specimens were found in two forms: 1) Fusion crusted thumb-printed individuals that broke off high in the atmosphere and 2) Shrapnel fragments that formed by the violent explosion of a large mass low in the atmosphere or during impact with the ground.
1) Shrapnel fragments, highly cleaned to a metallic look:
a) 40.7 grams 35mm x 25mm x 15mm $20.00
b) 63.0 grams 40mm x 25mm x 14mm $30.00
c) 80.9 grams 50mm x 32mm x 12mm $35.00
d) 107.4 grams 70mm x 32mm x 18mm $43.00
e) 137.9 grams 65mm x 45mm x 15mm $55.00
f) 150.0 grams 45mm x 35mm x 20mm $60.00
2) Fusion crusted individuals:
a) 14.5 grams 20mm x 15mm x 12mm $21.75
b) 24.6 grams 32mm x 18mm x 10mm $36.90
c) 40.7 grams 30mm x 20mm x 14mm $61.00
d) 66.3 grams 25mm x 25mm x 20mm $99.00
e) 103.9 grams 50mm x 25mm x 20mm $150.00

STONE METEORITES

DIMMITT, Texas: (H3/4). Found 1942, recognized as distinct fall in 1950.
This unusual meteorite is a regolith breccia (impact shattered on the surface of its parent body) composed mostly of H3 material with fragments of H4 material. Minor fragments of LL, carbonaceous chondrite and other rare meteorite types along with micro-diamonds have been found in this meteorite. This is a fairly dark stone, so this texture is not readily visible. None the less, it is there and this is scientifically a very important meteorite.
1) Slices:
a) 6.5 grams 40mm x 12mm x 5mm $16.25
b) 13.2 grams 30mm x 25mm x 5mm $33.00
c) 33.0 grams 45mm x 37mm x 6mm $82.50
d) 51.3 grams 65mm x 45mm x 5mm $115.00
e) 72.2 grams 75mm x 55mm x 5mm $160.00

DALGETY DOWNS: Australia: (L4). Found 1941. Tkw = about 474 kilograms.
A large number of fragments totaling 218 kilograms were found in 1941. Another 255 kilograms were found on searches in later years. This is an interesting meteorite in that the exterior is very weathered (looking much like sandstone), yet the interior is very fresh, showing lots of metal in a beautiful tan and gray matrix.
1) Cut fragments:
a) 10.5 grams 23mm x 18mm x 13mm $21.00
b) 19.9 grams 45mm x 22mm x 7mm $39.80
c) 38.1 grams 37mm x 34mm x 10mm $76.20
d) 60.0 grams 53mm x 30mm x 15mm $110.00
e) 87.8 grams 40mm x 32mm x 33mm $140.00

GAO, Burkina Faso: (H5). Fell March 5, 1960.
Only a few pieces of this meteorite were recovered shortly after it fell. Recent field-work by a researcher in the area has turned up many further specimens. He was able to get the help of the locals by offering bags of wheat in trade for the meteorites that they found. This is probably the cheapest witnessed fall stone available, and it is very useful for showing people what a true typical meteorite looks like.
1) Slices, showing fresh interior and lots of metal.
a) 6.3 grams 25mm x 20mm x 5mm $15.75
b) 11.5 grams 30mm x 20mm x 6mm $28.75
c) 24.5 grams 40mm x 28mm x 6mm $61.25
d) 40.3 grams 48mm x 40mm x 6mm $100.00
e) 92.9 grams 93mm x 52mm x 6mm $210.00
2) Fusion crusted individuals as found: (note; I have a large number of crusted fragments of all sizes at a lower price per gram)
a) 3.7 grams 17mm x 10mm x 10mm $9.25
b) 7.0 grams 23mm x 16mm x 8mm $15.25
c) 13.0 grams 30mm x 15mm x 14mm $26.00
d) 27.1 grams 30mm x 25mm x 15mm sold
e) 486.5 grams 80mm x 60mm x 47mm $730.00

GOMEZ, Texas: (L6). Found 1974. Tkw = about 27 kilograms.
This nice stone was found in a roadside ditch. A farmer had thrown it there to get it out of his field (likely after damaging his plough equipment on it first). Luckily, someone with a good eye and a knowledge of meteorites recognized the value of this rock. It is quite fresh, showing some (but not a lot , it is an L-type) metal in a mixed tan and brown (almost orange) matrix.
1) Slices:
a) 6.9 grams 21mm x 12mm x 7mm $13.80
b) 13.5 grams 40mm x 20mm x 6mm $27.00
c) 20.2 grams 40mm x 33mm x 5mm $40.00
d) 39.3 grams 60mm x 40mm x 5mm $70.00
e) 68.5 grams 60mm x 50mm x 7mm $120.00
f) 125.2 grams 90mm x 65mm x 7mm sold

HAXTUN, Colorado: (H/L4 or L4). Found August 1975. Tkw = 45.5 kilograms.
This is a very strange meteorite. It doesn’t seem to fit neatly into one of the typical classifications. It has intermediate type olivines (Fa=21.6), H-type pyroxenes (Fs=17.8) and L-type cobalt in kamacite (7.5mg/g). Dr. Rubin of UCLA consequently classified this meteorite as the world’s first equilibrated H/L chondrite. Bulk analysis indicates a possible link to the L-group , hence the “or L” portion of its official type listing. The weathered character of this stone though makes this link uncertain.
1) Slices:
a) 4.8 grams 18mm x 16mm x 5mm $16.80
b) 10.2 grams 25mm x 25mm x 5mm $35.70
c) 19.6 grams 38mm x 35mm x 5mm $68.60
d) 41.4 grams 80mm x 35mm x 5mm $134.50
e) 188.7 grams 170mm x 60mm x 5mm sold

NWA (869), Morocco: (L5) breccia. Found 2001.
The Bedouins have been trained and have well learned to find meteorites, but they will not give location data for their finds (they don’t want to give away the locations of their personal gold mines). The Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee has decided to give all the meteorites coming out of the area an NWA designation. This stands for North West Africa, as this is about as detailed as we can get on the localities of many of the finds. The numbers are given out in sequence as to when they were reported to science (hence this one is the 869th meteorite reported). This material, I am told, was found near the Moroccan, Algerian border and makes up one of the largest known strewn fields. Luckily, this is really interesting material. Most pieces retain their original fusion crust, though they tend to show the typical Sahara wind polishing. The interior is extremely fresh and full of interesting fragments and textures.
1) Individuals as found:
a) 10.2 grams 21mm x 15mm x 12mm $5.10
b) 25.3 grams 31mm x 20mm x 16mm $12.65
c) 50.9 grams 42mm x 28mm x 19mm $25.45
d) 100.2 grams 60mm x 40mm x 20mm $50.00
e) 213.5 grams 55mm x 45mm x 43mm $100.00
2) End pieces, cut to show the interior:
a) 8.3 grams 28mm x 12mm x 15mm $5.00
b) 16.6 grams 30mm x 25mm x 10mm $10.00
c) 32.4 grams 50mm x 20mm x 18mm $19.00
b) 68.1 grams 65mm x 30mm x 20mm $40.00

RICHFIELD, Kansas: (LL3.7). Found 1983. Tkw = 41 kilograms.
A single stone of this rare meteorite was found while terracing a field. Larger pieces of this meteorite show a wide variety of textures; with light colored chondrule-rich areas highlighted by darker green and brown blotches that were altered by shock and solar-wind implanted gasses.
1) Slices:
a) 1.2 grams 13mm x 9mm x 3mm $14.40
b) 2.4 grams 14mm x 13mm x 4mm $28.80
c) 5.6 grams 24mm x 24mm x 3mm $67.30
d) 12.0 grams 34mm x 34mm x 4mm $144.00
e) 26.5 grams 45mm x 45mm x 4mm $290.00
f) 60.4 grams 65mm x 50mm x 7mm $550.00

ALLENDE, Mexico: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3). Fell February 8, 1969.
This is the largest fall in area (some 300 square kilometers) and recovered weight for a stone meteorite yet recorded (if NWA 869 was fully recorded, I bet it would be pretty close). Recent discoveries show that the Allende meteorite contains interstellar dust and isotopes of carbon believed to have formed in a supernova explosion in this area of the galaxy before the formation of our solar system (it is this explosion that may have triggered the collapse of the gas nebula that became our sun and planets). This material was trapped in the white CAI inclusions (easily visible in this stone) – the first solids to form in our system.
Allende continued:
1) Fragments: Most show some black fusion crust.
a) 4.0 grams 11mm x 11mm x 10mm $24.00
b) 8.8 grams 22mm x 15mm x 14mm $52.80
c) 15.3 grams 21mm x 18mm x 15mm $91.90
d) 31.2 grams 32mm x 25mm x 20mm $180.00
e) 45.0 grams 40mm x 32mm x 23mm $250.00
2) Cut fragments, clearly showing interior structure:
a) 5.1 grams 19mm x 13mm x 5mm $30.60
b) 8.2 grams 26mm x 14mm x 6mm $49.80
c) 17.1 grams 34mm x 20mm x 13mm $102.00
d) 25.4 grams 50mm x 40mm x 7mm $150.00

MURCHISON, Australia: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2). Fell September 28, 1969.
This is really special stuff. Amino acids (the building blocks of life) and interstellar grains have been found in this meteorite. It has been suggested that life on Earth my have been seeded from outer space by material like this.
1) About 5 to 7mm of fragment(s) in a capsule in a magnifier box - $30.00

TATAHOUINE, Tunisia: (Diogenite). Fell June 27, 1931. Tkw = 12+ kilograms.
This truly strange meteorite shattered low in the atmosphere, scattering many small fragments over a 1 kilometer area. This is the only known unbrecciated diogenite, and, like all diogenites, is believed to be from the asteroid Vesta. It has an interesting bright green color, highlighted by black shock lines.
1) Roughly 1cm piece (.5 to 1 gram) in magnifier box - $20.00
2) Fragments as found:
a) 1.9 grams 10mm x 10mm x 8mm $38.00
b) 2.9 grams 20mm x 10mm x 7mm $58.00
c) 4.0 grams 20mm x 10mm x 9mm $80.00

MARS BOX:
This is a neat little 55mm x 35mm plastic box that has a picture of the Martian surface as taken by one of the NASA landers. A small 1cm cut out contains a roughly 2mm size piece of a Martian meteorite recovered from one of the desert areas of Africa. These are pieces of rock that were blasted off of Mars by a large impact. Some of this material eventually encountered the Earth and fell here as a meteorite. - $30.00 each

MOON BOX:
This, like the Mars box above, is a neat little 55mm x 35mm plastic box that has a lunar surface picture, taken during one of the Apollo missions. A small 1cm cut out contains a roughly 2mm fragment of one of the lunar meteorites recovered from the desert areas of Africa. These ARE NOT Apollo samples (which are highly illegal to own). These are pieces of rock that got launched off of the Moon in an impact and found their way to Earth where they fell as meteorites long ago. - $30.00 each.

Special price – one of each Moon/ Mars boxes - $50.00

STONY-IRON METEORITES

IMILAC, Chile: (Pallasite). Found 1822.
The first pieces of this meteorite were reported in 1822. There have been many samples recovered over the years since. An impact crater, surrounded by many small twisted and fractured meteorites (formed by the violent impact with the ground) has also been found. The pieces offered here are these samples. They have a neat sculpture-like twisted shape with yellow to pink sandy remnants of olivine in the recesses.
1) Fragments as found:
a) 4.1 grams 20mm x 12mm x 8mm $30.00
b) 6.3 grams 16mm x 13mm x 10mm $45.00

VACA MUERTA, Chile: (Mesosiderite). Found 1861.
This rare meteorite, made up of pyroxene grains in a matrix of nickel-iron was first recognized in 1861. More specimens have been found recently. The meteorite derives its name from the only landmark in the bleak environment, the driest place on Earth, the skeleton of a dead cow.
1) Cut fragments:
a) 4.0 grams 20mm x 9mm x 10mm $12.00
b) 8.3 grams 25mm x 20mm x 7mm $24.90
c) 19.2 grams 28mm x 15mm x 15mm $57.60
d) 35.4 grams 23mm x 18mm x 22mm $106.20
e) 48.1 grams 30mm x 22mm x 22mm $144.30

TEKTITES

AUSTRALITES: These are small examples of Australian tektites. They are black in color and round in shape.
1) 2-4 gram (about cm) individual as found - $12.00
2) Information card with small (5mm+) sample attached - $3.00

CHINESE TEKTITE: Tektite from china (mostly Guang Dong province).
These natural specimens generally show more unusual shapes with deeper pitting and furrowing than Indochinites.
1) 3-10 gram specimens (specify size desired) - $.25/ gram
2) Larger specimens (specify size desired) - $.20/ gram
Sizes available; 10g, 20g, 30g, 40g, 50g, ………. Some available up to 150 grams

DARWIN GLASS: Impact glass from Tasmania, Australia.
This dark green glass was originally classified as a tektite. It is now recognized as an impact glass (it did not experience the heat or high altitude flight of typical tektites) that formed from the near by 700,000 year old, 1 kilometer Mount Darwin crater.
1) Fragments as found: price - $1.50/ gram
Sizes available: 2.9g, 5.6g, 8.6g, 11.2g, 15.6g, 20.0g

INDOCHINITES, Jet black tektites from Thailand.
These are probably the most known and common of all tektites. They are both affordable and interesting. The source crater still has not been found, despite great effort.
1) Complete specimens as found:
a) 3-10 gram specimens (specify size desired) - $.25/gram
b) Larger pieces - $.20/ grams
Sizes available; 15g, 20g, 25g, 30g, 35g, 40g, 45g, 50g, - a few up to 100g available.
c) Information card with small (about 1 to 1.5cm) specimen attached - $3.00

LIBYAN DESERT GLASS: A beautiful honey yellow to yellow green impact glass that is found between the sand dunes on the Egypt/ Libya border. The source crater remains undiscovered.
1) Individuals as found; price = $3.00/gram
Sizes available; 3.6g, 5.2g, 6.6g, 8.7g, 15.6g, 25.0g

MOLDAVITES: Beautiful emerald green tektites from Czechoslovakia.
These are easily the prettiest and most desired of all tektites.
1) Natural specimens as found; price = $5.00/ gram
Sizes available; 1.0g, 1.8g, 2.5g, 3.4g, 4.7g, 6.5g, 8.5g, 12.3g
2) Information card with small (~1cm) sample attached - $3.00

PHILIPPINITES: Shiny black tektites from the Philippine island. These are generally spherical in shape and have shallow to deep grooves etched into their surface.
1) Specimens as found. Price = $.50/ gram
Sizes available; 7.8g, 14.8g, 18.4g, 22.1g, 22.1g, 30g, 40g, 50g – a few museum size specimens available.

EXTRA NOTES

All specimens are guaranteed authentic as described and may be returned within 14 days for any reason (no limit on authenticity guaranty).
Please call if you would like to reserve a particular specimen or have any questions (please leave a message if you don’t reach me, I DO return my calls). I do have a fax (same as my phone #). If I answer the phone, I will start the fax if I hear a fax tone (or if I hear nothing for several seconds – some faxes don’t send out a tone). If you get the answering machine, you can press 5 then * and the fax will take over, or wait 6 seconds in silence after the answering machine beep and the fax will turn on automatically.
Include your phone number so I can call if there are any problems with your order (requested specimens being sold, etc). Fear not, I have never sold my customer lists and never plan to.
Please include postage (I do not charge outrageous “handling” charges). A couple dollars on small U.S. orders is plenty and about $2/pound on large items should cover it (insurance, express, etc. is extra). On small overseas orders $3.00 to $5.00 is plenty, about $.50/ ounce (28 grams) on larger items for airmail. Registration is also recommended on overseas orders (and some high dollar U.S. orders) – an extra $10.00.
Payment can be made by personal check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, American express.

General Meteorite Information

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IRON METEORITES
Iron meteorites are composed almost entirely of nickel-iron with trace amounts of carbon, sulfur and silicates. They are believed to be from the core of a large asteroid (though some are formed by impact melting and metal segregation of surface rocks). Iron meteorites show varying textures depending upon their nickel content. Though they are quite common in our collections, iron meteorites make up only about 5% of all meteorite falls.

Hexahedrites: Lowest in nickel content (6% or less) these are composed almost entirely of the mineral kamacite. They show weak scratch-like lines on acid etching called “Neumann lines” which form by shock in a hexahedral structure.
Octahedrites: These have a nickel content of about 7% to 10%, and are composed of a mix of kamacite and taenite that crystallized in an octahedral structure. This is seen after acid etching as the beautiful “Widmanstatten” structure, which is unique to meteorites. They are broken down into fine, medium, coarse, etc, depending upon the width of the bands in the etch structure (higher nickel content = narrower bands).
Ataxites: These are the highest in nickel content (as high as 30% or more), and show no structure when etched. These are composed completely of the high Ni/Fe alloy taenite.

STONE METEORITES
Stone meteorites are by far the most common, making up nearly 94% of all that fall. They are generally believed to be material from the crust (surface) and mantle of asteroids and (in a few rare cases), planets.

CHONDRITES: Chondrites make up 86% of all meteorite falls. They are composed of small round mineral blebs (called chondrules) composed of olivine and pyroxene packed together with varying amounts of metal (scattered as small flakes through out the stone). In many stones, the chondrules have been partly destroyed through impacts and heating. The number associated with a meteorite’s classification indicates how much the meteorite has been altered. The lower the number, the less altered the meteorite is from its pristine state. The higher numbers indicate that the meteorite has seen more metamorphism and generally has fewer visible chondrules.
Ordinary chondrites
H group: These are generally higher in visible iron than other stone types, but have less iron locked up in the minerals. There is some evidence that these (or at least some of them) came from the asteroid 6 Hebe.
L group: Lower overall iron content, (though their olivine and pyroxenes have a higher iron content than H types) these generally have a lot less visible iron than H-types.
LL group: These have the lowest overall iron content of the “ordinary” chondrites. They often have very little visible iron (and generally don’t attract a magnet well). They also tend to have, on average, the largest chondrules.
Other chondrites
Enstatite chondrites: These rare stones are composed of enstatite (iron free pyroxene) as the silicate and, as all of their iron is in the form of free metal, have a very high visible iron content.
R chondrites: These are very rare and are a new addition to the meteorite classifications. They have the highest oxidation-state (chemically) of all chondrites, showing virtually no visible metal and do not attract a magnet at all.
Carbonaceous chondrites: There are many types of this rare group of meteorites. They contain many unusual features such as organic compounds (including amino acids- the building blocks of life), interstellar materials and micro-diamonds that formed before and from outside of our solar system (the only such material we have). Due to their primitive nature and these features, these are the most studied of all meteorite types.

ACHONDRITES: These rare meteorites make up less than 1% of our collections (but nearly 8% of all falls). There are many different types. They do not contain chondrules, rarely show free iron, and often tend to resemble common Earth rocks, so they are generally not recognized as meteorites unless they were seen to fall or still retain obvious fusion crust. These are generally igneous rocks (lavas and mantle rocks) from asteroids (Vesta in the case of several types) and planets (some have been identified as being from Mars and a few Moon rocks have also been identified).

STONY IRON METEORITES
Stony-Iron meteorites are generally about 50% metal and 50% silicates. As a group, they are the rarest of the major meteorite types, making up only about 1.5% of falls.

Pallasites: Easily the most beautiful of all meteorites, being composed of olivine crystals in a nickel-iron matrix, these are believed to form at the core-mantle boundary of an asteroid, where iron from the core mixes with mantle olivine.
Mesosiderites: These are a varying mix of metal and silicates (pyroxene, plagioclase and some olivine). From the shattered appearance of the components of these meteorites, it has been suggested that they likely formed from the violent impact of an iron rich asteroid into a silicate rich asteroid.

TEKTITES
It is not known for certain how these form. They are composed entirely of dry glass. Many theories have been suggested for their formation over the years (ranging from glass meteorites to melted soil or volcanics from the Moon). Current theory says that they are melted soil that was blasted high into the atmosphere (and even outside of it in some cases) by a large impact here on Earth. Many tektites show stretching, pitting and flow marks that apparently formed from their high speed flights through the atmosphere.

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Tucson 2009 Blaine Reed Meteorites

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Blaine Reed Meteorites- Tucson Show 2009 Rm#134 Ramada Inn

Here is a YouTube video of my room at the Tucson Show. Howdy! Stop in and see what goodies I have this year... I will most likely be at the show until 11FEB2009 or so...

video by Jim Strope

Blaine Reed Meteorites 1FEB09

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Holbrook, AZ Meteorite Fall by Molino

Blaine Reed Meteorites Sale List #69 24Jan09

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Blaine Reed Meteorites For Sale List #69
Dear Collectors,
I apologize to those of you that my have already received this when I sent it out the first time yesterday. Something went wrong though. I did not get a copy, as I usually do, in my e-mail in box. I did not think anything of it. Now I find, after talking with a few people,that many people who are supposed to receive it, did not get it either.
I will try this one last time. If it still fails, I will haveto look into it after the show (pretty much out of time now to try and learn enough computer skills to diagnose and fix this issue).
This does give me a chance to add something I forgot yesterday.

Contact Information:
Blaine Reed P.O. Box 1141 Delta, CO 81416
tele/fax: +1 (970) 874 -1487
I am now at the Tucson Show, Ramada Inn Rm.#134, so please don`t try to contact me by telephone or fax until 18FEB2009; thank you!

January, 20, 2009
Dear Collectors, Here is a copy of my recently mailed listing, at least what is left of it (the response was quite large and I sold out of a couple items rapidly) and info on when and where I will be for the Tucson show.
Contact me as soon as possible if you would like anything listed here or have any thing you might want me to look for at the show. Keep in mind that I leave in just a bit over a week (Thursday morning nextweek) so I will not be able to send out anything after next Wednesday.

Tucson Show Info:
I will be gone from home from about January 28th untilabout Feb 18th. I will be at my usual show location the Ramada Limited (St. Mary and the interstate - next to Denny's restaurant - about 1/4mile or so straight west of Inn Suites where most other meteorite dealers are setting up) in room 134. I should have my door open by the afternoon of January 31st. The show is scheduled to run through February 14th. As usual though, I may leave a few days early if things get really slow. I will definitely stick around until at leastFebruary 11th. SO - contact me if you are planning on getting to the show later (people who come for the convention center show dates would qualify) and hope to see me. If I know you are coming, I likely will hang around longer.

CANYON DIABLO, Arizona. Coarse octahedrite (IAB).
Not much need to explain this item, it is probably the most famous material available (at least here in the US). I had (and still have,in case anybody is wanting) a fair amount of smaller pieces of this, but nothing much larger than a few hundred grams. A friend offered to send me a few nice larger pieces. Boy are they nice! They all (with the possible exception of the 2011g piece - it would qualify as a better typical specimen) are very nice with good shapes and sculpting.I am very certain that what ever of these I have left after this list will sell rapidly at the show. 1)Wire brushed individuals: a) 1133.4 grams - 90mm x 70mm x 50mm - $565 b) 1687.4 grams - 130mm x 90mm x 45mm - $845 - this has 2 graphite nodules on the surface! c) 2011.2 grams - 130mm x 90mm x 50mm - $900 d) 2993.1 grams - 170mm x 105mm x 50mm - $1495

HENBURY, Australia. Medium octahedrite (IIIAB).
Another one that does not need much introduction. I have plenty of small (few grams to maybe 20grams) pieces, but nothing "large". These came too me from a person who bought them years ago who had planned (I believe) to use them in some kind of educational kits. This project was cancelled and I got these fabulous specimens (as well as the Mundrabillas below). These are very high-end specimens. They have wonderful distinct shrapnel shapes, almost like Sikhote-Alins, (but they have the distinct brown patina of Henbury). Not huge pieces, but definitely superior specimens. 1) Individuals as found: These pieces (30g to 95g) sold rapidly. All I have remaining arepieces from 5g to about 20 grams for $1.25/g.

MUNDRABILLA, Australia. Medium octahedrite (anomalous).
These, like the Henburys above, are really nice pieces (the only possible exception here is the 27g pieces - mostly because it is too small to have room to show much character). The previous owner had a good eye for picking nice pieces and it shows in these. They have nice nodular shapes and are definitely above average specimens. 1)Individuals as found:a) 27.3 grams - 31mm x 19mm x 9mm - $20 b) 57.2 grams - 42mm x 29mm x 9mm - $45 c) 77.6 grams - 33mm x 32mm x 18mm - $55 d) 95.6 grams - 35mm x 30mm x 22mm - $65

RENFROW, Oklahoma. (L6). Found 1986, recognized 1995. Tkw = 81.7kg. This meteorite was given away by the original finder to pay a debt. I ended up buying it from the guy who received it (through Steve Arnold- thanks Steve!). This was right at the largest stone I ever owned (a close tie with an Etter I got in 1993). I never got an accurate enough weight on either to determine which would be the winner (they both were in the hernia category for moving around purposes though). Anyway, this is all I have left. Doing year-end inventory work showed that these pieces are indeed the end of it. It is nice stuff. Lots of metal in a nice dark (almost black) matrix. Obviously, it has been very popular over the years. 1) Slices: a) 7.4 grams - 23mm x 16mm x 6mm - $15 b) 15.2 grams - 34mm x 23mm x 6mm - $30 c) 25.3 grams - 47mm x 266mm x 6mm - $50 d) 65.4 grams - 76mm x 59mm x 6mm - $130 e) 105.6 grams - 78mm x 75mm x 6mm - $200 f) 166.9 grams - 130mm x 70mm x 6mm - sold g) 1190 grams - 265mm x 235mm x 6mm - $2000 - great complete slice!

DHOFAR (485). Achondrite (Howardite). Found January 2001. Tkw = 1558grams. 4 pieces of this were found. I am a bit sorry to say that I had 2 of them. One (the seller didn't realize) was an oriented individual, with really nice crust covering most of it, and the other I cut up to offer slices to collectors (the piece I cut, though an obvious individual had crust that was in fairly poor condition). The slices are hard (almost glass like) and show nice breccia fragment texture (though the boundaries are a bit fuzzy). 1) Slices: a) 1.1 grams - 15mm x 14mm x 2mm - $20 b) 2.3 grams - 19mm x 19mm x 2mm - $40 c) 7.0 grams - 46mm x 32mm x 2mm - $sold - nice complete slice. d) 10.0 grams - 50mm x 35mm x 2mm - $170 - nice complete slice. 2) 206.0 gram oriented individual - 60mm x 60mm x 30mm - $2900.00 -note: this one may be sold -already, customer is waiting for pictures for final decision (but Blake has been out of town with the camera for the past few days).

NWA (5488). Primitive achondrite (Lodranite), brecciated. Found 2008.Tkw = 110 grams. A single piece was recovered and purchased by Matt Morgan. Lodranites were kind of the holy- grail of meteorites (impossible to get, and tens of thousands per gram IF available) until a few trickled out ofthe Sahara the last couple years. This one is different though. It shows great brecciation (most lodranites show simple granular textures). It shows LOTS of gray fragment of all sizes in a medium to dark brown matrix. Very rare and very neat! 1)Slices: a) .35 grams - 12mm x 5mm x 1.5mm - $28 b) 1.26 grams - 16mm x 12mm x 2.5mm - $95 c) 2.52 grams - 21mm x 14mm x 2.5mm - $190 d) 3.8 grams - 35mm x 18mm x 1.5mm - $300 e) 8.2 grams - 47mm x 29mm x 2mm - $sold - complete slice. f) 14.0 grams - 48mm x 33mm x 3mm - $980 - largest complete slice(main mass?).. 2) End pieces: a) 3.9 grams - 20mm x 12mm x 10mm - $290 b) 13.3 grams - 31mm x 20mm x 10mm - $870

METEORITE COINS. These are custom made coins that contain a small specimen (tumbled piece around 5mm or so in the case of the "common" materials and crumbs - a nice amount, in the case of the rare things). These were produced in limited quantities (1000 each for the Campo and NWA (869), I believe and 250 each of the Lunar and Martian coins) and are individually serial numbered. 1) Campo Del Cielo, Argentina bronze coin - $25 2) NWA (869) Bronze coin - $25 3) NWA (2986) Martian meteorite (shergottite) silver colored coin -$75 - temporarily out, but will get more soon. 4) NWA (2995) Lunar meteorite (feldspathic breccia) silver colored coin - $75 - temporarily out.

Please include postage; a couple dollars on small U.S. orders and about $2 per pound on larger items for 1st class (insurance is extra). On small overseas orders, $3 to $5 is generally plenty, and about $1per ounce (28 grams) on larger items for air-mail. Registration is also recommended on overseas shipments - an extra $10.00. If you are sending a fax, simply begin transmitting when my line is answered. My new machine will automatically start and receive just as the manual said.---
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