[meteorite-list] Modern Burnishing

[Adam Hupe]

Coprolites Happen!

Very interesting piece. Somebody will have to have it. Perhaps it could 
be put behind a dinosaur for display purposes.

Adam


On 8/14/2020 11:18 AM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list wrote:
> I hate it. Almost 100% made of glue is my guess. There’s no natural way 
> to make it look like a turf squeezed out of a tube.
> 
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> On Friday, August 14, 2020, 10:32 AM, Graham Ensor via Meteorite-list 
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
>     I saw that too Paul. I think I saw it once before a while back,
>     being offered. I have never seen this shaping before either. Very
>     unusual, but I would guess it must be terrestrial weathering
>     influenced by some sort of internal structure...e.g. perhaps melt. I
>     took the phrase "modern burnishing" to be that it had been cleaned
>     in some way to remove caliche....but a vague description.
> 
>     Graham
> 
>     On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 6:42 AM Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list
>     <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>     <mailto:meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Want everyone's opinion / on this highly unusual morphology.
>         I don't doubt it is a real meteorite at all just that one side
>         looks altered
>         or is HUGELY UNIQUE
>         Christies is currently selling it and gives a cryptic
>         explanation for its
>         shape as "Modern burnishing"
>         What the hell does that mean exactly?????
>         they also mention it could be naturally ventifacted.???????????
> 
>         Either way I have never seen anything quite like it in the
>         meteorite world.
> 
>         Anyone else have an explanation ... please chime in on this.
> 
>         https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/deep-impact-lunar-rare-meteorites/evoking-sculpture-ken-price-exotic-meteorite-morphology-nwa-13203-38/82821
> 
>         Thanks
>         Paul Gessler
> 
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