[meteorite-list] More on Mayo Belwa

[Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr]

Hi MIchael,

I got my first Mayo Belwa from Bob Haag at the Denver show 1994. It  
was a 1.47 g fragment with a polished window and about 30% crust.

I sold it in 2005 when I acquired, as upgrade, a superb 3.91 g full  
slice, 40x27x1.5 mm (but no apparent crust around) from Sergey  
Vasiliev (I believe in Ensisheim).

The 40x27 mm surface is even more spectacular in color & clast  
contrast than Cumberland Falls.

Short description from my collection catalog:
"dominant gray with lots of white clasts, some cracks/holes"...

Unfortunately no pic on hand.

Regards,

Zelimir





Dark Matter <freequarks at gmail.com> a écrit :


> 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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