[meteorite-list] Newest Lunar meteorite on show at the Tucson Gem show.

[Michael Farmer]

Hi everyone.
It has been an extremely hectic and busy week in Tucson, Eric Olsen, Jim 
Strope and I,  have been setting up our room and shopping, so no report from 
Tucson until now.

First thing first. Jim Strope and I have purchased the newest Lunar 
meteorite to grace private collections. It is NWA 2995, a simply 
unbelievably beautiful Lunar breccia. So fresh it is Weathering 0-1, and so 
gorgeous it took my breath away. We bought the stone on the spot.
It weighs 538 grams total, and is so fresh and full of clasts, that when 
sliced, it will likely be among the most beautiful Lunar meteorite ever 
offered to collectors.
http://www.meteoriteguy.com/collection/nwa2995.htm

Let us know what you think about this!

See for yourself, then come to Inn Suites, Room 184 and see it in person.
It will blow your mind. While none will be available for sale until after 
the show,  we will have more Lunar and Mars specimens in our room that will 
likely be available in all of the rest of the rooms in Tucson.

Now for the rest of the show. Technically, it opens tomorrow, so some rooms 
are still not open, but many are, so we have been running all over the city 
back and forth looking for goodies. I have already scored some of the best 
flight-oriented Sikhote-Alin meteorites that could exist. We also have 3-5 
kilo Pallasite slices. The shipment from DHL arrived today, so Sunday we 
will have over 500 kilos of solid, handpicked NWA chondrites for sale, more 
than anywhere. I have seen very little available at any Moroccan tables.

Steve Arnold is set up, and has more Brenham than has ever been seen in one 
place, and I must admit, I might be a tad jealous of the oriented one on 
display, it is a stunning find of a lifetime. I wonder if Steve will ever 
top that? And if he does, I have to see that.

Anyway, I am tired, and have a ton of work to do tonight, so this will end 
my first Tucson report.