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Berthoud
The Colorado eucrite that fell in October 2004 - the original stone weighed only 960 grams - it has been tough to obtain a specimen of this one - it is still not in my collection - but it was still nice to see the stone up close
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 704
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Morrow County
This 40 pound Oregon meteorite was found in 1999 but identified years later - the slices that have already been removed is all that will ever hit the collectors market - this main mass will go on permanent display
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 774
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Klamath Falls
This iron meteorite was found in 1952 and confirmed by Harvey Nininger as a meteorite - it was later acquired by the University of New Mexico - pieces of it have since made their way into other institutions and private collections
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 788
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Unclassified Lunar
An extremely nice - basically uncut - lunar meteorite waiting for published classification - if I'm ever in Northwest Africa walking around in the desert and I find a stone that looks like this - I'm keeping it...
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 968
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NWA 788 - 39.5 grams
I picked up a couple of new specimens in the Thompson's meteorite room - the first was this really wonderful cut individual of NWA 788 - the photo doesn't really show the excellent preparation of this stone - it is a real keeper
Date: 02/10/11
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Homestead - 1.7 grams
I also picked up this additional piece of Homestead which is an important US historical meteorite from the 1800s - these are getting increasingly difficult to find
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 596
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Don Edwards
Fellow Texan Don Edwards was at the show this year in his usual hang-outs - Don is a very organized collector who has accumulated one of the largest private reference collections in the world - I have some of his past specimens
Date: 01/01/00
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Speaking of Texas...
One of the Texas meteorites I do not have yet is Glen Rose - I don't think I can get this slice ($4,500) until after I win the Texas lottery - a nice slice from the Monnig collection and worth every penny - just a photo of the cards
Date: 01/01/00
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Millbillillie - Ultra Thin Slice
During one of my visits to Blaine Reed's room at the Ramada I spotted some interesting ultra-thin slices of various meteorites - when I say thin I mean paper thin as in don't sneeze - I bought several including this Millbillillie
Date: 02/10/11
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Kunashak - Ultra Thin Slice
Another one from Blaine Reed - a classic Russian L6 ...
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 591
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NWA 1774 - Ultra Thin Slice
... and another - this slice really shows the distinct R3.8-6 features ...
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 690
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Dhofar 007 - Ultra Thin Slice
... and the last one is one of my favorite eucrites
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 830
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Meteorite Display - Room 184
Question: How many meteorite dealers can fit into one room? Answer: Four - Karl, Farmer, Strope, and Olson - what a great assortment of over the top expensive meteorites - if you ever come to Tucson you must visit this room!
Date: 01/01/00
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Andrew Abraham and Russ Finney
Posing for a quick picture with all of those incredible stones
Date: 01/01/00
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Meteorite Display
A closer look at one of the many display cabinets - it really is too much to comprehend in one quick visit
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 845
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Vaca Muerta and Oum Rokba
Yes - I bought more Vaca Muerta - but this one was a pretty good slice that Eric Olson had displayed - I really liked the great surface area of the specimen - the Oum Rokba is unclassified - but it does have that very cool name
Date: 02/10/11
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Visiting the Jenkerson's Room
A whole bunch of us arrived at Keith and Dana'a room at the same time - Jim Shorten, Dave Gheesling, Gary Fujihara, John Humphries, Russ Finney, and Keith Jenkerson - great meteorites for sale here as well
Date: 02/04/11
Views: 592
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Juancheng - 13 grams
I bought these three crusted Juancheng individuals from Frederic Stephan - they all originally came from Martin Horejsi's collection and they say "Bakesale" on the cards
Date: 02/10/11
Views: 565
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Harvey Nininger
A nice photo that was on display at ASU of Harvey in the field with a metal detector
Date: 02/11/11
Views: 645
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Ozona - 24.3 grams
I obtained this second specimen from Frederic Stephan of a real Texas treasure - it is an end cut of Ozona from the JM DuPont Collection which was obtained from Harvey Nininger - interestingly Harvey's name is misspelled as "NINNINGER"
Date: 02/11/11
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Ozona - 24.3 grams
The specimen card lists the find date as 1929 and the received date into the collection as 1939 - Harvey would have been about 52 years old when he sold this Ozona Texas end cut
Date: 02/11/11
Views: 512
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