[meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite

Sat Nov 21 12:57:13 EST 2015

I still have a 900g chunk (if anyone is interested)
Matt

On November 21, 2015 10:42:44 AM MST, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>A few, and I really mean a very few, pieces were offered by Matt Morgan
>several years ago, and Zelimir that is where yours came from. But after
>that Gary always resisted my suggestion of getting any more slices cut.
> 
>
>Sorry, but I had totally forgotten those pieces. And I don't believe
>they were publicized at all.
>
>Does that help?
>
>Anne M. Black
>www.IMPACTIKA.com
>IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com>
>To: 'Anne Black' <impactika at aol.com>; Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list
><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2015 6:19 am
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite
>
>Now I'm jealous, Peter.  I love meteorites like this with interesting
>stories behind them.
>
>I'm sad that I, a loyal lay-away customer, wasn't offered it earlier. 
>;-)  Joke...
>
>Anne seemed to imply that the owner was hiding it away from us, and
>that there simply weren't many slices cut prior to this, so perhaps
>there simply wasn't enough to offer up to the collecting community at
>that time.
>
>Congrats on having a lovely piece though. :-)
>
>John
>
>
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>On 11/21/15 at 7:03 AM, Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I purchased my sample in 2003.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meteorite-list
>[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
>Zelimir Gabelica via Meteorite-list
>> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 4:52 AM
>> To: Anne Black
>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com;
>COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite
>> 
>> Hi Anne, 
>> 
>> Is Clifford really new ? 
>> 
>> I purchased from you (yes, from you) a superb 27 g slice in...2009,
>thus 6.5 years ago. 
>> 
>> Here is a copy of my collection write-up: 
>> 
>> CLIFFORD (Colorado, L6)(S3W2), found 1962; tkw: 1 at 11.36 kg;
>collection code: AB 09/314 
>> 
>> History and scientific significance: 
>> Clifford was found in 1962 in an uncultivated rangeland by a local
>arrowhead hunter near Clifford, Lincoln County, Colorado. The finder
>didn't think it was anything important, so he put it in his rock
>garden. Then 35 years later, Gary Curtiss, a meteorite hunter, realized
>what it was and got it classified in 1997. 
>> 
>> Sample description. 
>> 42x39x5 mm 27.06 g part slice, 2 edges cut, 2 crusted, dominant
>black, some brown spots and metallic patches. M. Morgan coll. (label
>lost). 
>> 
>> Was I a priviledged customer to whom you had offered this slice in
>premium ? 
>> 
>> Anyhow, many thanks, I appreciate the piece and its history
>> 
>> Regards to all, 
>> 
>> Zelimir
>> 
>>  
>> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Anne Black via Meteorite-list"
><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> À: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com,
>COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com
>> Envoyé: Samedi 21 Novembre 2015 04:14:59
>> Objet: [meteorite-list] AD - Another New Meteorite 
>> 
>> My turn to announce a new meteorite! 
>> 
>> Not a new fall, but a new meteorite (and all meteorites are really
>falls, how else would they get here????) 
>> 
>> CLIFFORD, from Colorado. 
>> 
>> A single stone, weighing some 11.36kg, was found sometimes in the
>early 1960s in rangeland in central Colorado while looking for
>arrowheads. He brought it home but thinking that it was just an odd
>looking rock he added it to his wife's rock garden. And it stayed there
>until 1997 when Gary Curtiss, a Colorado geologist and meteorite
>collector happened to go by and spotted it. He immediately recognized
>it for what it was, bought it and had it classified by Alan Rubin at
>UCLA. But then he kept most of it for himself! 
>> Until very recently, when I finally convinced him to get a few slices
>cut and made available ot collectors. 
>> Clifford is an ordinary chondrite, type L6, Shock S3, Weathering W2,
>with some large chondrules, metal blebs, and odd tiny vugs. 
>> 
>> I have now 11 slices at very reasonable, collector-friendly,
>non-gouging prices! 
>> Listed right here: http://www.impactika.com/clifford.html 
>> 
>> Any questions, just ask! 
>> 
>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com 
>> 
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