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csa/montana
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Reged: 05/14/05
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Anyone got some new additions to their Meteorite collection? I'm getting a "Moon" rock from Mike shortly, to keep my Mars sample company! 
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
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The bear
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no byt next month i will have something to report for sure:)) i am waiting for the gov. and we all know how long that takes
doc
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when all else fails use duct tape "works for me"
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molniyabeer
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Reged: 01/08/05
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Loc: Central Coast, California
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Hi, Carol.
This is one of my newer pieces. It's a nice, almost fully crusted (%90) sample of Sayh Al Uhaymir 001, an L4/5 chondrite from Oman. This sample is 75.5g. The crust is nice and fresh looking. The bottom end has a couple of windows through the crust but these are hidden when I put it in the stand. I've seen pics of cut samples and they're really beautiful inside. I'd love to get a slice to go with this individual.
Clear skies.
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Steve
10" Hardin DSH, StarMax 127mm Mak, PST H-a
Oberwerk 11 x 70 binocs, Tasco 10 x 50 binocs
Santa Maria Clear Sky Clock
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csa/montana
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Wow Steve, that is a beauty! I also would love to see "a slice" of one!
Thanks for sharing!
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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Glassthrower
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Reged: 04/07/05
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Loc: Asteroid 4 Vesta
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To my personal collection, I have added the following in recent weeks -
NWA 001 small part slice - the very first NWA meteorite to be classified and receive the NWA designation. It's an L6 chondrite from Kem Kem Morocco. I also have a second slice of this one on the way.
D'Orbigny micromount - a tiny piece of this angrite meteorite, which may be from Mercury.
2 more small Gibeon etched irons - about 4 grams each.
Moss (a recent impactor/hammer carbonaceous chondrite from Norway 2006)
Travis(b) several grams of fragments - an unusual meteorite from Texas that was initially misclassified.
NWA 4685 - a beautiful CV3 minislice of about 2 grams - gorgeous chondrules and CAI's. polished on both sides.
A larger Bensour individual - about 4 grams with mostly fusion crust.
A very small Brahin mini slice (about 2 grams) with translucent olivine.
A small etched Taza slice.
I haven't had time to get photos done, but I'll try to get some posted soon. 
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Celestial Irons
Gear : Astro-Tech 66ED on custom GEM, assorted binoculars, RKE & UO Ortho eyepieces.
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csa/montana
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Mike, anxious to see the photos of your new additions!
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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The bear
professor emeritus
Reged: 02/11/08
Posts: 691
Loc: rushville, indiana
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please do glassthrower i look forward to getting mine soon from ya i am excited to say the least.
doc
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Longitude -85.42786 Latitude 39.59153
when all else fails use duct tape "works for me"
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Glassthrower
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Reged: 04/07/05
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Loc: Asteroid 4 Vesta
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Money's been tight lately, so I have been concentrating on micromounts. I still have some holes in my collection that I need to fill - mostly rare types. After I have all of the types represented in some form (even if it's a tiny speck), then I want to acquire some more historic falls like Ensisheim - but Ensi won't come cheap, so it's on the back-burner so to speak.
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Celestial Irons
Gear : Astro-Tech 66ED on custom GEM, assorted binoculars, RKE & UO Ortho eyepieces.
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molniyabeer
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Loc: Central Coast, California
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Mike, I wasn't aware that someone had associated a find as coming from Mercury. Do you have more info on that one? That would definitely be cool to add.
Clear skies.
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Steve
10" Hardin DSH, StarMax 127mm Mak, PST H-a
Oberwerk 11 x 70 binocs, Tasco 10 x 50 binocs
Santa Maria Clear Sky Clock
Figueroa Mt Clear Sky Clock
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Glassthrower
Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks
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Posts: 14030
Loc: Asteroid 4 Vesta
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Hi Steve,
Here is a link to the abstract of the article : "Unique Angrite NWA 2999: The Case For Samples From Mercury"
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005AGUFM.P51A0898I
That article dates from 2005. AFAIK, since then, the case has gotten a bit stronger and has widened to include all angrites. I'll have to go dig through the MAPS archive and see if I can find a more recent article about it. I'll post it here (or in a seperate thread) when I find it.
Regards,
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & Celestial Irons
Gear : Astro-Tech 66ED on custom GEM, assorted binoculars, RKE & UO Ortho eyepieces.
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