[meteorite-list] Hoba shale or not shale?

[Anne Black]

Very interesting Don, and thank you for posting this response from 
Zsolt.

I will have to disagree with him on one thing, he wrote:   "When I have 
bought this piece from Anne Black she didnt mentioned me that it is 
shale."  That is not correct, it is clearly listed as "Shale" on my 
website, on the Old Collection page ( 
http://www.impactika.com/OldIRON.htm ), in fact it is still there, here 
is a copy of that listing:

Hoba Namibia 1920 Ataxite C. Anger Slice-Shale 65.389 76 x 33 x 13 
$995.00

I would guess that Zsolt, being very new at this, did not notice or did 
not know the difference.


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
To: Zsolt Kereszty <cbo at t-online.hu>; Meteorite-list 
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 21, 2014 7:25 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hoba shale or not shale?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Zsolt Kereszty" <cbo at t-online.hu>
Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Hoba shale or not shale?


> Hi Zsolt. Reason I ask is that I know that trying to find some real 
actual
> Hoba cut from the meteorite is very hard to acquire and very very
> expensive. Even today the shale alone is getting difficult to 
acquire. I
> acquired a 3+ gram polished piece many years ago from Rob Elliott and 
the
> shale had lots of nice metal inside (still in my collection and can 
be
> seen here: http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/meteorite_collection.html
> *
> But it is still shale and no where near the value of an actual piece 
off
> the Hoba meteorite (metal). It appears that yours resembles shale but 
only
> Anne Black who you purchased from can truly confirm this. The outside
> appearance of your piece listed on eBay resembles mine from Rob 
Elliott.
> Again even the shale is hard to acquire...been quite a few years 
since I
> seen much available until your post. Here is a neat site to check out
> about the Hoba and price.
> http://www.fallsandfinds.com/page7.php
> *
> Hope this helps.
> *
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
> IMCA #0960
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Zsolt Kereszty
> To: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:13 PM
> Subject: Hoba shale or not shale?
>
>
> Dear Don!
>
> When I have bought this piece from Anne Black she didnt mentioned me 
that
> it is shale.
>
> Very interesting thing, beceause when I have cutted it it looks like 
me
> metal shine inside after polishing.
> Really was some spot, area of the surface in brown but was metal-gray 
area
> also.
> My bigger piece has content two polished sides and this also has got
> structuce and color.
>
> Do you think that there is a 25-30 mm thick shale? Not too wider for 
the
> shale?
>
> Best Regards!
> Zsolt
> from Hungary
>
>
>
>
>
>
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