[meteorite-list] Auction at Bonhams on April 30 in New York.

[Don Rawlings]

This may be just a wild guess, but maybe Bonhams has
the auction listed on their website since it is less
than a month away.

--- Timothy Heitz <midwest at meteorman.org> wrote:

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>  Hello List,
> 
>  Does anyone know if any other meteorites are being
> offered?
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> 
>  Tim Heitz
>  Midwest Meteorite - http://www.meteorman.org/
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>  Go to Google News
>  Rare meteorite goes under hammer
>  10 hours ago
> 
>  A meteorite is expected to fetch £500,000 at
> auction in New York this 
> month.
> 
>  Weighing more than 925lbs, the object was
> discovered eight years ago in
>  China's Xinjiang Uygar province.
> 
>  Its rare olivine crystals endured atmospheric and
> impact forces as it
>  crashed down to Earth.
> 
>  Bonhams' Natural History Department director Thomas
> Lindgren said: "Less
>  than 1% of all meteorites are pallasites, the most
> alluring of all
>  meteorites due to their aesthetic appeal."
> 
>  Pallasites - meteorites composed of around 50%
> olivine and peridot crystals
>  and 50% nickel-iron - are thought to be relics of
> forming planets.
> 
> The Fukang meteorite will go under the hammer at
> Bonhams on April 30 in New
>  York.
> 
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Don Rawlings


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