[meteorite-list] Looking for hunting success story

[dean bessey]

I have done OK with unclassified NWAs. In the catagory
of the worst, most weathered ugly stuff that you ever
see in morocco I once had a 400 gram meteorite on ebay
for $77. Was a likely H chondrite as it had the
magnetic qualities of an H. After not selling it I
figured that it was so ugly that nobody would ever buy
it at any price so I decided to chop it up. A saw
blade gets about a quarter inch into and is totally
worn away. I figure that the blade is old and replace
it - getting another quarter inch before the new blade
is shot. So now I figure something is strange here.
After banging the half inch or so off with an hammer I
see an obvious ureilite and I get over $5000 for
something I would have been happy getting $77 for a
few hours earlier.
I also found the worlds only EL3 outside antarctica (I
think another has been found since) and a CO3 cutting
what I thought would be an LL. 
There are others but these stand out in my memory this
morning. I think I found a new EH5 or 6  a couple
weeks ago randomly cutting what I thought would be an
H but I dont know for sure yet.
Cheers
DEAN
http://www.meteoriteshop.com









--- Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Indeed, while going through 250 kilos of NWA 869's
> last week, a friend of mine picked out an
> achondrite,
> we thought was Lunar, but after a day of
> microprobing
> has proven it to be something else, very rare but
> not
> planetary. 
> It almost went to China to be turned into beads!
> It pays to painstakingly peruse your junk boxes for
> hidden goodies.
> Michael Farmer
> 
> 
> 
> --- STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 5/18/2007 6:25:33 P.M. 
> Mountain
> > Daylight Time, 
> > mmurray at montrose.net writes:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm not  looking for details such as location,
> type,
> > or any of that  
> > but, I need  a meteorite hunting success story
> fix. 
> > Anyone have a  
> > recent one  they would at least acknowledge on
> list?
> > 
> > Coming up empty-handed so far  this year...
> Michael
> > Murray 
> > 
> > Hi Mike and list, I have been getting my fix  with
> > all these Moroccan 
> > meteorites hitting the market.  I could be wrong 
> > but it seems as if the meteorite 
> > supply chain is temporarily over whelmed and  real
> > good stuff is ending up in 
> > unsorted batches.  I have had good luck and  am
> > wondering if others have noticed 
> > the same thing?
> > 
> > Perhaps some of the  big players could confirm
> this
> > or set me straight.
> > 
> > Tom  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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