[meteorite-list] Steal of a Lifetime: Mirko's NWA 5411 (on EBay)

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Hi Listees, Listoids, and (Mega-)chondrule Lovers,

Some days ago a list member wrote about a "steal of a lifetime". Such things do happen
and what a "steal of a lifetime" is probably depends on one's personal likes and dislikes.

I encountered such a "steal" today when I saw Mirko Graul's new L3 chondrite NWA 5411.
Julius Caesar would have said: "Veni, vidi, vici". I saw this chondrule wonder, 9.6 grams
featuring one of those megachondrules and I couldn't help buying it! It probably measures
about 8 x 6 mm, it is elongated, and it is out-of-this-world! It's number 2 in my collection,
only my "cosmic onion" (NWA 2384) beats it because it has an onion-shell-like chondrule
measuring ca. 18.5 x 8.5 mm (with concentric arcs).

Can hardly wait to welcome this extraordinary, unequilibrated chondrite harboring such
a fine megachondrule, in my collection... oops, I almost forgot to show you what I am
talking about:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300253608412&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=020

Here are some of those megacondrules:


Parnallee, LL3 - 3 mm
Bremervörde, H3 -  4 mm
Estacado, H6 -  7 mm and 10mm
Barratta, L4 -  8 mm
Belle Plaine, L6 -  9 mm
Bluff, L5  - 10 mm
Crumlin, L5  - 11 mm
Richardton, H5  - 11 mm
NWA 4679, CK3.8 - 12 mm
De Nova, L6  - 13 mm
Hajmah, L5-6 - 18 mm
Djati-Pengilon, H6 - 48 mm


Chon-droolingly Yours,

Bernd