[meteorite-list] AD - Black Beauty

[Michael Farmer]

Get the popcorn, the "Black Beauty" wars have begun. It would make a great reality show.
Wait till the flood from Morocco comes. 

Michael Farmer

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On Feb 12, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Matt Morgan <mail at mhmeteorites.com> wrote:

> Carl
> Thanks for clarifying the point on the cutting. All additional pieces of authentic Black Beauty that are publicly available through my site were cut in distilled water by Kerf Industries. 
> 
> Matt Morgan
> Mile High Meteorites
> Http://www.mhmeteorites.com
> 
> Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jason,
>> 
>> I looked at your link. I think you need to revise it since it contains
>> false information about the cutting of Black Beauty (NWA 7034) -- at
>> least if you are referring to the 320 g main mass that is at the IOM?
>> The cutting was done with distilled water -- NOT ethylene glycol
>> (antifreeze). Also, stating in your link that our samples were "messed
>> with" seems to be a rather unusual way to describe cutting with a fine
>> diamond wire.
>> 
>> If you want to know anything specific about Black Beauty, I would be
>> happy to talk to you about it and how to identify it in hand sample
>> and nature of the reduced carbon -- my team has been studying this
>> meteorite with numerous lab techniques since August 2011.
>> 
>> PS: the Science Article print version will be on newsstands Feb. 15.
>> 
>> Carl Agee
>> 
>> --
>> Carl B. Agee
>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>> MSC03 2050
>> University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>> 
>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
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>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>> 
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:24 AM, jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello All,
>>> I just finished the page for some fragments of the unique water and
>>> soil-bearing Martian regolith breccia paired with NWA 7034 and a few
>>> other stones.
>>> Please see our website for available specimens.
>>> 
>>> http://www.fallsandfinds.com/page88.php
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> Jason
>>> 
>>> IMCA 7630
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