[meteorite-list] [AD] Major Auction Sunday Includes "Meteorite Men" Finds

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Dear Listees:

Greetings from a very hot and sunny Tucson.

As some of you know, Heritage is presenting a major natural history  
auction this Sunday in Dallas, featuring numerous fine meteorites.  
Among the offerings are several important pieces found on-camera  
during Season Two of "Meteorite Men." These specimens have a unique  
provenance, and the winning bidder will receive (from me) a DVD of the  
episode in which that particular piece was found. DVDs of the show are  
not available for sale at this time.

Of particular interest are:

- Main mass of the oriented San Juan (Chile) stone found by Steve on  
camera in "Meteorite Men" Season Two, Episode Three, and later  
analyzed by Dr. Mike Zolensky at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

- The highly oriented 42-gram Mifflin individual found on camera by  
Steve and Geoff in "Meteorite Men" Season Two, Episode Five -- a very  
desirable example of this recent witnessed fall.

- A large full slice of the exquisite Vaca Muerta mesosiderite mass  
found by Steve and Geoff on camera in "Meteorite Men" Season Two,  
Episode Two. Only nine slices were prepared and offered for sale, and  
this is one of the larges and best. Both Marlin Cilz and Dr. Laurence  
Garvie said this was one of the finest mesosiderites they had ever seen.

Also of note:

- A superb individual, 827 grams, of the Japanese witnessed fall  
Juancheng (Feb. 15, 1997). This excellent thumbprinted and fusion- 
crusted stone was prominently featured in my book "Meteorite Hunting:  
How To Find Treasure From Space," because of its exceptional character  
and the lot includes a signed copy of that book.

These lots, and several other impressive pieces from my personal  
collection -- including two Sikhote-Alins with natural holes, a large  
Sikhote-Alin etched end cut, and a beautiful part slice of Esquel --  
can be viewed in the Heritage online catalog:

http://bit.ly/iwNbDO

Online bidding is currently open, but only until 10 pm Central,  
tomorrow night.

In addition, we recently completed a significant update to the  
Aerolite Meteorites online catalog, and all new additions -- including  
Gibeon, Sikhote-Alin, Thuate, Oum Dreyga, Dimmitt, Juancheng, Gebel  
Kamil, Taza, Mundrabilla, Henbury, and much more including lovely new  
meteorite jewelry -- can be seen here:

http://www.aerolite.org/new.htm


Have a great weekend, and good luck to anyone bidding in the Heritage  
auction,

Geoff N.

www.aerolite.org
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