[meteorite-list] Bondoc Mesosiderite-B4 Meteorite – The Good & the Bad

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi David and List,

That is unfortunate. I have seen some Bondoc nodules that have a lot
more visible metal in them. They seem to run the gamut with most being
on the shale-oxide side of the spectrum, but a few do have a decent
amount of fresh metal in them.

Check these out - http://www.meteoritemarket.com/BON.htm

Those are smaller, but have some really nice metal showing.

Keep us posted on your sphere though. I am curious to see how it looks
once it's polished up.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 10/13/17, bobadebt--- via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Bondoc Mesosiderite-B4 Meteorite – The Good & the Bad
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> I received my Bondoc whole specimen yesterday and I processed it into my
> sphere rough cube today.
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> The GOOD – Very easy to cut
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> The BAD – not a lot of visible metal
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> Here is a picture of the whole specimen
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> http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/BobaDebt/Meteorites/Bondoc/Bondoc%20005_zpsep6vjheh.jpg
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> Here is a picture of it after cutting
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> http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/BobaDebt/Meteorites/Bondoc/Bondoc%20006_zps3clmvkjy.jpg
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> Overall I will be happy to have a meso sphere in my collection, I just wish
> it had more metal in it.
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> I’m soaking a small slice in phosphoric acid  so we will see how that turns
> out
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> I plan to sell the end cuts and slices but don’t really know what it’s worth
> so if you have an opinion on it’s “value per gram” please reply
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