[meteorite-list] AD - eBay - not Zagora(!), similar to NWA 2680(?) or a new iron...

[Peter Marmet]

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9

Hello All,

As most of you know, a few kilos of small iron meteorites were bought  
in Morocco by Dean Bessey about 3 years ago. The meteorites were  
bought as Zagora iron meteorites but when cut and etched some of them  
revealed a very unusual pattern showing clearly that they were not  
Zagora‘s. Zagora has a different etch pattern, e.g. the  
Widmannstaetten lines in Zagora show a wideness of one millimeter and  
more, the ones in this new iron are less than 0.2 mm! This unusual  
iron meteorite looks similar to NWA 2680, a rare ungrouped silicated  
Octahedrite IAB, but this is only a visual similarity and further  
studies have to be done. The winning bidder will be informed as soon  
as we have more results. This new iron shows a stunnig pattern and is  
without doubt a visually very attractive meteorite. Because it is  
impossible to tell from the outside of the meteorite whether or not  
it is Zagora or the new iron, we had this metorite masterly cut  
(really not an easy task!), polished, etched and photographed by Marc  
Jost, Spacejewels, Switzerland.

We have now nine small meteorite halves on ebay. Please have a look:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9

Thank you,
Peter

BTW: There's also a small part slice of Zagami and a stunning wire  
brushed 1908 g Gibeon individual...


MARMET-METEORITES
Peter Marmet
Bern, Switzerland, IMCA #2747
http://www.marmet-meteorites.com/
E-Mail: p.marmet at mysunrise.ch
eBay :  http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpema9