[meteorite-list] Forwarded AD - BURNWELL

[David Weir]

There is an interesting abstract about these reduced metal-rich and 
metal-poor chondrites in the latest LPSC abstracts, this one by D. 
Rumble, III, A. Irving, M. Kuehner, and T. Bunch. Also, I have been 
compiling related information on these anomalous chondrites on my 
Moorabie webpage at meteoritestudies.com. Here is the link to the Rumble 
et al. paper:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2230.pdf

David


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> 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