[meteorite-list] AD - "Buzzard Coulee"

[Mike Jensen]

Hi Tett & John
Sorry about that;
http://skyriver.ca/astro/bruce/meteorite.htm
Look near the bottom of the page for the thin section photos.

Mike

Mike Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
USA
720-949-6220
IMCA 4264
website: www.jensenmeteorites.com



On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:18 PM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:

> 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

>>

>> --

>> Mike Jensen Meteorites

>> 16730 E Ada PL

>> Aurora, CO 80017-3137

>> USA

>> 720-949-6220

>> IMCA 4264

>> website: www.jensenmeteorites.com

>>

>>

>> 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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