[meteorite-list] New Desert Iron - Etch Pattern!

[Michael Farmer]

Guys, don't get me wrong, I bought a multi-kilo piece of this meteorite month ago, it is fantastic. However, I feel that paying $30,000 for a 10 kilo piece just out of the desert from a wholesaler is too much. They said it was oriented because it had a flow line! I have seen well over 100 kilos of pieces. It is clearly NOT Ziz, as I have owned many pieces of Ziz. It is a fantastic iron, and I am glad to have a nice piece.
If the price comes down a bit, then I would be an enthusiastic buyer. 
Michael Farmer



--- On Mon, 9/15/08, Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:


> From: Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] New Desert Iron - Etch Pattern!

> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 7:05 AM

> Hi Darryl,

> 

> I have to agree,

> and that not only because I have still some for sale.

> The new irons are great, in many respects.

> 

> Yesterday Svend Buhl published on his page an expertly

> prepared - by Mark

> Jost - cut surface of the new iron.

> 

> Now look at that!

> http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteoriten_verkauf.htm

> 

> Isn't that a fantastic silicated iron?

> To me it is as beautiful as Zagora, isn't it?

> 

> I guess, now the case can be closed, that it could be Ziz.

> 

> 

> The scarcity of desert irons is more than evident.

> We arrived at NWA-number 5000, but the Bulletin-Database

> has only 9 (nine)

> NWA-irons.

> Oman 2500 finds, one single iron among them.

> 

> That is also reason, why desert irons, with the exception

> of small Tazas

> (larger Taza seems to be paid higher, because they are more

> difficult to

> obtain),

> were rel. highly paid, more expensive as the mass locales.

> 

> 

> But, aside the appealing interior, the main thing, which

> makes these new

> irons so attractive, are the regmaglypts and the

> sculpturing.

> 

> The possibilities for a collector, to get in complete

> specimens, displaying

> such detailed and well preserved regmaglypts at an

> affordable price or even

> at all, are somewhat limited.

> 

> - First and foremost, of course: Sikhote-Alin.

> 

> - Taza

> 

> - Ziz (but meanwhile very difficult to find)

> 

> - Glorieta Mountain

> 

> and more don't come to my mind.

> 

> 

> So seen on the one hand, the rarity of desert irons 

> and the quality of the new irons,

> I would say, it is really an exciting recovery.

> 

> (and if I keep the price developments of desert irons in

> past and the price

> ranges of the few fine regmaglypted alternatives in mind, I

> would say at

> such a price, no matter, whether there will surface more or

> not,

> rather a "yes please!", than a "no thanks!).

> 

> http://www.chladnis-heirs.com/vip/1678g-4.jpg

> 

> Martin 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com

> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im

> Auftrag von Darryl

> Pitt

> Gesendet: Montag, 15. September 2008 14:15

> An: meteoriteguy at yahoo.com

> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Betreff: [meteorite-list] DESERT IRONS / Re: the denver

> show

> 

> 

> I respectfully disagree with Mike's comment below.

> 

> It would seem to me that the scarcity of desert irons

> (e.g., the  

> miniscule total known weight as well as with the paucity of

> different  

> events) necessarily results in desert irons being one of

> the better  

> bargains of the day.  Given the extremely modest supply,

> I'm  

> confident in years hence we will wistfully recall we could

> have  

> purchased among the last large desert irons for $2-3/g.

> 

> Frankly, I'm still smarting over the fact that twenty

> years ago I  

> could have purchased even more Gibeons at $18/kg.

> 

> Yes, I'm a buyer of desert irons and I will buy more.

> 

> 

> All best,

> 

> Darryl

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

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