[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

[Impactika at aol.com]

Hello Members,
Some of you might remember Rhett Bourland who used to be  very active on the 
List. But Rhett is very busy now, and he is no longer a  member of the List, 
so he has asked me to post this for him. And I am glad to  help.
If you are interested, please contact him directly at:  
_rbourlan at evansville.net_ (mailto:rbourlan at evansville.net) 

Thank you.
 
Anne M. Black
_www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com) 
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com) 
President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
_www.IMCA.cc_ (http://www.IMCA.cc) 


Hi everyone,
I know I haven't been active in the meteorite  community lately due to work 
and family obligations but I'm here today to raise  a bit of money by selling 
one of the crown jewels of my collection; a 4.1g slice  of Burnwell.  
For those of you unfamiliar with Burnwell, depending on  where you read about 
it, it is classified as either an anomalous H4 or  HH4.  Yes, HH4.  There is 
a total of one of these in the world and it  hit a house in Burnwell, KY USA 
on September 4, 1990 and a total of around 3kg  TKW.  Almost all of this 
meteorite is in the Smithsonian.  I say  almost all of it because in 2001 I was 
lucky enough to be the only person to  receive part of it (a little over 12g).  I 
had it cut up and sold or traded  most of it away to other collectors while 
keeping the largest portion of it for  myself.  This piece has beautiful dark 
crust on one edge as well as a  Smithsonian number painted on it.  There is NO 
weathering on it at all and  it looks like a stone that fell yesterday.  The 
many visible chondrules  (some armored) are easy to spot and truth be told, I'm 
kind of surprised that  this was classified as a HH4 and not an HH3.  Other 
than cutting it has  been treated by expert Jim Hartman to prevent any aging and 
has been in a  membrane case for the past 5 years.  I will also include the 
shipping  papers from the Smithsonian so you can track the ownership from space 
to your  door.  To read more about how the Smithsonian obtained this 
meteorite read  here http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/dec99/feature.html  For those of 
you  wary of purchasing a meteorite from someone you may not know, check out 
the  IMCA's site at http://imca.cc/insights/2006/IMCA-Insights01.htm to read 
about  how I helped form the association.
Put simply, this is the largest privately  owned piece of an entire class of 
meteorite that has hit a house in America, has  excellent pedigree, and is 
simply beautiful.  How often does a chance like  this come up?  Asking price is 
$8,000.  I'll pay for first class  insured shipping to your door.
If interested please feel free to call me at  812-484-8369 at any time or 
write back to me.  This offer stands until noon  March 15, 2007, Eastern Standard 
Time.
Thank you for your time,
Rhett  Bourland

Anne M.  Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
www.IMCA.cc
 
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