[meteorite-list] AD: Nuevo Mercurio Anniversary Offer

[Herbert Raab]

Dear fellow collectors,

twenty-six years ago today, around 300 small stones showered the 
landscape near the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 
after a fireball was observerd in the early evening sky, moving 
NE to SW. Almost a classic today, the "approx. recovered weight" 
of Nuevo Mercurio is still listed as only 5kg in Grady's "Catalogue 
of Meteorites".

On this anniversary, I want to share images of two nice Nuevo 
Mercurio individuals from my private collection (both are for sale). 
The first is a fresh, fusion crusted 100g stone. Fresh, black fusion 
crust covers about 90% of the specimen, but there is a chip that 
let's you peek inside to see individual chondrules embedded in the 
porous, light gray matrix. Two images of this piece can be found 
here:

  http://web.utanet.at/raab/NuevoMercurio100g-1.jpg
  http://web.utanet.at/raab/NuevoMercurio100g-2.jpg

The second stone is a more recent find, showing some weathering. 
However, it is an excellent oriented stone, with a rounded "brust-
seite", and a bubbly, slag-like pool of fusion crust on the back. 
Images of the 31g stone can be found here:

  http://web.utanet.at/raab/NuevoMercurio31g-1.jpg
  http://web.utanet.at/raab/NuevoMercurio31g-2.jpg

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On this anniversary, I offer the 100g stone at $ 4,--/g, and 
the smaller, oriented 31g stone for $ 8,--/g. Anyone interested, 
please contact me off-list. Thanks.
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Hope you like the images... :-)

  Best greetings,
    Herbert Raab