[meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May 17th 2011 NYC.

[MEM]

All three images might be a lunar but in no way Zagami-- a dun colored rock.

Elton




----- Original Message ----
> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Wed, April 13, 2011 3:12:59 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bonhams Auction Zagami LOT in question and others May 
>17th 2011 NYC.
> 
> Hello Listers
> 
> In NYC on May 17th 2011 Bohams is having a Natural History  auction and there 
>are some nice meteorites up for auction. However, I was  viewing the LOTS and I 
>noticed that a 5.6g Zagami slice does not look like a  Zagami from what I have 
>seen and what I have owned. Here is a link to that  lot
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3168/ take a look and see if  you 
>agree with me or not. Also, I noticed other LOTS where the images do not  match 
>up with what they are auctioning  off.
> 
> Nakhla
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3172/
> 
> Here  is a Nakhla image from the  Smithsonian
> http://nhb-acsmith1.si.edu/emuwebmsweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1001071
> 
> Dar  al Gani  400
> 
> http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19371/lot/3177/
> 
> The matrix  is darker then what I have seen. From what I can tell, it should be 
>a neutral  gray and white clasts.
> 
> Now I am not sure if I am correct or incorrect but  I am wondering if they have 
>mixed up the images of the LOTS or I am blind. But  at any rate, take a look and 
>see what I mean by some of the  LOTS.
> 
> 
> Shawn Alan 
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