[meteorite-list] More on Mayo Belwa

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Hello Michael,

I have a 6g+ fragment of Mayo Belwa.

Here's a pic.
http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/mayobelwa.jpg

best,

Martin



On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael Blood<mlblood at cox.net> wrote:

> Thanks to Mike G. for the following:

> -----

> " Mayo is a witnessed fall aubrite and the majority of it sits in the

> Nigerian Geological Survey Office.  Relatively little is in

> collections.  US Nat His in Washington has less than 200 grams and

> American Nat His in New York has about 600.  The Chicago Field Museum

> only has 15 grams...... it's one of those obscure falls of a single

> stone and the main mass is locked up.  You can probably count the

> private dealers in the entire world with this fall on one hand."

> -----------------

>        While the bulk of this post is, to the best of my knowledge,

> Accurate, there is only one other dealer has ANY and she got it from me!

> (.6g) AND THAT IS THE ONLY PIECE I HAVE EVER SEEN (got it in a

> trade over a decade ago from a fellow with excellent reputation who dealt

> with the few "honest" dealers out there (there were only about 6 in

> Those days). Several have contacted me to inform me she had this .6g piece,

> But I already knew that. All of this happened so very long ago, I had no

> Idea the value of the piece I had.

>        However, I now have a 2 gram specimen that came from the Oscar

> Monnig Collection at TCU and INCLUDES THE CARD that came with it.

> If anyone has any interest or any idea what it is worth or would like to see

> The photo, please contact me off list.

>        Best wishes, Michael

>

>

>

>> From: Michael Blood <mlblood at cox.net>

>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:12:18 -0700

>> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mayo Belwa Q

>>

>>  Re: Mayo Belwa

>>     Please contact me off list if you have any for sale or know

>> Anyone who does.....

>>         Do you know why it is so very scarce and why it costs

>> So much?

>>         RSVP

>>         Thanks, Michael

>>

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