[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

[tett]

Mike,

Can't find the images.

Mike Tettenborn

Mike Jensen wrote:

> Hi Tett Randy and list

> Here are some thin section photos...near the bottom of the page... if

> you want to guess at a classification. Also includes a photo of

> several beautiful stones as well as a nice oriented stone as well.

> Just wish I could legally hold one in my hands today.

> 

> Mike

> 

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> 

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:

>> Thanks for sharing this Randy.

>>

>> It looks genuine (and incredibly beautiful!) but a little odd that Alan

>> Hildebrand advised that this is an H3/4.

>>

>> This seams a little fast for classification but perhaps that is what it is.

>>  I guess an H3/4 is better than an H 5 or H6.

>>

>> Cheers!

>>

>> Mike Tettenborn

>>

>> Randy Korotev wrote:

>>> Collectors:

>>>

>>> A couple of days ago I was contacted by telephone by Mr. Warren Wiley of

>>> Saskatchewan.  (Why me?)  He told me that he'd found "the second largest"

>>> stone of the Dec. 2 fireball and that he wanted to sell it.  He seems to be

>>> a nice fellow, so I offered to pass his information along to the meteorite

>>> list, which was OK with him.  He does not have Internet access.  A friend of

>>> his sent a message this morning with the following text and some attached

>>> photos, which I've posted on this website:

>>>

>>> http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlkorote/warren/

>>>

>>> Mr Wiley's text:  "This specimen is from the Buzzard Coulee near Lone

>>> Rock, Saskatchewan. This is an immaculate masterpiece of atmospheric

>>> sculpting. Heavily regmaglyphed, aesthetic specimen. Found December 2, 2008,

>>> 35 minutes after sundown. I have video documentation of my 4 day search;

>>> where I found it, and associate professor, Alan Hildebrand, coming to our

>>> house to authenticate. Alan Hildebrand and other scientists have completed

>>> the lab analysis on my chondrite, and it is an (H 3/4) chondrite. Warren

>>> Wiley (owner) is putting it up for bids, serious inquiries only. Contact

>>> Warren at 1-780-842-4858."

>>>

>>> Please do not contact me about this offer.  I'm just the messenger and I

>>> won't respond to enquiries about this issue.  I'm only doing this because I

>>> wanted to see the photos.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Randy Korotev

>>> Saint Louis, MO

>>> korotev at wustl.edu

>>>

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