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1868 - Hopkinsville Kentucky

1868 - Hopkinsville Kentucky

Tucson Show - 2010

Date: 02/08/2010
Size: 108 items
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Arriving at the Inn Suites Courtyard

Arriving at the Inn Suites Courtyard

Meteorites were for sale right up the stairs behind the big tree which was full of fresh oranges - about ten different rooms at this hotel had meteorites available - the Inn Suites was the highest concentration of dealers

Date: 01/01/2000
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Inn Suites Room 230

Inn Suites Room 230

This is the room that Anne Black and Geoffrey Notkin have each year at the show - a great selection of meteorites as well as a good social meeting point for collectors

Date: 01/01/2000
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Russ Finney and Anne Black

Russ Finney and Anne Black

This was my first stop on the hotel room-to-room meteorite tour and I finally got to meet Anne - she has an incredible French accent - her well organized meteorite selections were pretty fantastic as well

Date: 02/08/2010
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Zag and Travis County (b)

Zag and Travis County (b)

My first purchase - these slices were big and colorful with inclusions! - PLEASE note: The photos throughout this album were taken quickly with no processing - to see the higher quality versions - take a look in my categorized albums

Date: 01/01/2000
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Texas Bediasite and Moorabie

Texas Bediasite and Moorabie

Two more purchases from Anne - a Texas impactite that is new for my collection - and a nice Australian meteorite specimen which fills a hole in my collection

Date: 01/01/2000
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Palo Verde Mine and Bendegó

Palo Verde Mine and Bendegó

I picked up these two new ones from Anne as well - the colorful thin sliced Palo Verde Mine is an Arizona meteorite and Bendegó is a historical meteorite found in 1816 in Brazil - you can see the main mass in Rio

Date: 01/01/2000
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Erich Haiderer

Erich Haiderer

I made the drive over to the Riverpark Inn to see Erich and his amazing selection of Lunar and Martian meteorites - he had some eye popping slices and individuals which were way out of my budget - but I did find a few in my price range

Date: 01/01/2000
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Russ Finney and Erich Haiderer

Russ Finney and Erich Haiderer

I had a two hour parking limit for the hotel and I spent every minute of it in Erich's room - he was busy with many visitors but he managed to keep a conversation running with me the entire time - he is a great guy to do business with

Date: 02/08/2010
Views: 6205
Lunars and Martians!

Lunars and Martians!

Erich filled some big holes in my collection! NEA 003, DaG 262 (the smallest spec in the photo - remember this for later), Dhofar 378, Dhofar 489, Dhofar 490, NWA 2700, and JaH 479 - Thanks so much Erich!

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5755
Eduardo Jawerbaum of Southern Minerals & Meteorites

Eduardo Jawerbaum of Southern Minerals & Meteorites

Eduardo - on the left - is another really great dealer and I made my way over to the Executive Inn to visit his room - as I was walking in Maria Haas was walking out and she took this picture of Eduardo, me, and his meteorite hunter friend

Date: 02/08/2010
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Mercedes, Esquel, and Kem Kem

Mercedes, Esquel, and Kem Kem

Eduardo sold me some really cool items - the Mercedes was found by the other guy in the photo with me - the Esquel was sliced by Robert Haag, and the cut-in-half Kem Kem came from the Casper collection and it is stone #11

Date: 01/01/2000
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Blaine Reed

Blaine Reed

Blaine has been one of the longest full-time active dealers in the business - I bought my first meteorite from him over ten years ago - his brother is sitting behind him and they both are walking encyclopedias of meteorite information

Date: 02/08/2010
Views: 6962
Typical Scene in Blaine's Room

Typical Scene in Blaine's Room

Blaine's Room was at the Ramada and what you see here is pretty much what it looks like the entire show - the big iron meteorite on the bed was being sold by Mike Martinez - it weighed over 106 pounds

Date: 02/08/2010
Views: 5833
NWA 2724 and NWA 736

NWA 2724 and NWA 736

Two great new items for me from Blaine - NWA 2424 - an eucrite that reminds me a little bit of Millbillillie - and NWA 736 - a chondrule filled H3.7

Date: 02/09/2010
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Santa Fe Shatter Cones

Santa Fe Shatter Cones

I bought several items from Santa Fe, New Mexico on this trip - Blaine sold me these shatter cone specimens from a newly discovered crater northwest of Santa Fe

Date: 01/01/2000
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Ruben Garcia and Greg Hupé

Ruben Garcia and Greg Hupé

I went to the other side of the Ramada and found Ruben and Greg in Said Haddany's room looking at some of the fresh meteorite discoveries from Morocco - either that or they were really just drinking a couple of beers

Date: 02/08/2010
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Said Haddany

Said Haddany

Said had some really interesting stones which appeared to be potential rare meteorite types - I ended up puchasing about four kilos of unclassified NWA material during my time at the show from the various Moroccan dealers

Date: 02/08/2010
Views: 5576
Said Haddany and Ruben Garcia

Said Haddany and Ruben Garcia

Ruben holds up a dark black crusted meteorite - how much does that one cost? - I need to bring more money next year...

Date: 02/08/2010
Views: 5647
NWA Unclassifieds

NWA Unclassifieds

During the event I visited the rooms of the various dealers from Morocco - I ended up buying about four kilograms total of unclassified NWAs - I took a few pictures of some sample items I cherry picked from boxes and tables

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 5085
NWA Unclassifieds

NWA Unclassifieds

I mainly chose stones based on crust characteristics, the level of magnetism, and the potential for a rare find

Date: 02/09/2010
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NWA Unclassifieds

NWA Unclassifieds

Other stones I chose just because they were oriented or fully crusted - these pictures represent about half of what I came home with - but they give a good idea of what was available for really reasonable prices!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 4960
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