[meteorite-list] Ad #1: Mitterling Meteorites January Sales List (Tucson Show)

[almitt2 at localnet.com]

Mitterling Meteorite Offerings January, 2022
Selling Meteorite Specimens for over 33 Years!
(574-453-7285) Best Calling Times 09:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MDT.
I'm near phone during the week of an offering. I will be at Tucson
Gem Show February 1st to 13th in order to meet up with people.

Greetings,
I  take Visa/Mastercard & a few other types of cards. (let me know what you
have. Checks, cashier checks and money orders

I will consider reasonable offers on any of the specimens, except  
those marked firm.
Sincerely --AL Mitterling - Mitterling Meteorites - Email:mittmet51atgmail.com
Photos can be found at this link:  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/183781924@N06/albums/72177720296265263/with/51846997684/
Note: put mouse over specimens to see names on color online catalog.  
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Meteorites For Sale

Allegan, Mi Fell July 10, 1899 8am. 31.75kg Ordinary high-iron  
(olivine-bronzite) chondrite [H5, S1, W0] After detonations, a single  
stone fell. Total iron (28.5 wt%) and olivine composition (~Fa18) are  
consistent with those of ordinary H chondrites. Most of the mass has  
been held at the U.S. National Museum.

.67 gram     Price: $95


Esquel, Argentina    Class: Pal

Found: 1951 Class: Pallasite A single mass of 1500 Kg was found and  
later purchased by Robert Haag.
132.5 grams    Part Slice $XXXX - Sold



New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana USA Fell 2003 September 23rd at  
about 16:05 hrs (CST)Ordinary chondrite (H5) On the afternoon of  
September 23rd 2003, a meteorite crashed through the two-story home of  
Ray and Judy Fausset, who were not at home at the time. Neighbors said  
that they heard a "terrific noise."  Two observations of a fireball  
were recorded. The main mass of the meteorite was found in the crawl  
space under the house. Powdery meteorite debris and fragments were  
found along the penetration path throughout the house. A total mass of  
19.256 kg was recovered from the Fausset house, the three largest  
fragments weighing 2966 g, 1292 g and 1001 g. Some additional material  
(~100 g) was also recovered in the surrounding neighborhood. The  
meteorite has a light grey matrix with a black fusion crust, and very  
friable. Abundant metal and troilite are visible on broken surfaces,  
as well as some thin (mm-thick) impact melt veins.
Weight 10.4 gm  Price $1,800.00 OBRO

Portales Valley, NM This is a slice with metal veins! Portales Fell  
June 13th, 1998 at 7:45 a.m. Class: H6 and one of the most unique  
falls of recent times. After detonations were heard and smoky trails  
seen in the sky, a shower of meteorites landed near Portales, New  
Mexico. 53 objects have been recovered, with a total mass of 71.4 kg.  
The largest pieces weighed 16.5 kg. Speculation that some of the  
meteorites were hot from the fall or heated by the hot Sun still exist  
today. Possible orientation of the fall might account for possible  
heat generation of specimens.
Specimen weight  48 gm Price: $XXXX - Sold

Johnstown, CO. Slice  Class: Diogenite 1/4 slice 9.2 grams with about  
an inch long of black fusion crust on natural outside surface. This  
fall interrupted a funeral that was taking place and part of the fall  
landed on the outside of the church.
Price: $XXXX  OBRO - Sold

Juvinas, France Fell: June 15th, 1821 - This is a monomict breccia of  
the eucrite group. Eucrites falls and finds are the fairly common.  
Eucrites are believed to be, and most likely are from the surface of  
Asteroid Vesta. Vesta was the fourth asteroid ever discovered in the  
year 1807. Crusted on 100% of edges.

6.7 gm  $970.00 no crust

Jilin, China Class: H5
Fall Details: At about 1500 hr on 8 March 1976 a red fireball moving  
SW was sighted by townspeople of Hsinglung. During the flight there  
were several explosions and in the last stages of flight three  
distinct fireballs were observed. The meteorite fragments were  
scattered along an E-W trending strewnfield with the largest mass  
recovered at 44°03'N., 126°10'E. (MetBul)

16.8 grams   Price $500.00

Holbrook, Az Class: L6
Holbrook is a famous meteorite fall,  Holbrook fell in on the 19 July  
1912. The fall was heard by many people with multiple explosions. A  
loud blast, followed by smaller explosions which lasted roughly a  
couple of minutes, in the early evening. Many stones fell in a large  
strewnfield along the Santa Fe railway line, extending for at least 6  
miles to the eastern part of the town of Holbrook. Many of the  
fragments were recovered around the Aztec railway yard. More than  
14,000 fragments from this fall have been recovered and fragments are  
often recovered to this day.      200 grams   Price: $XXXX (has museum  
number) Sold


D'Orbigny Buenos Aires Prov. Part Slice (1 1/8 X 3/4 X 1/8 inches)  
Shows interesting green/gray matrix of this rare angrite. A 16.55 kg  
stone, mostly covered with dark gray fusion crust, was found in a corn  
field after a farmer hit it with a plow. Shows unique formation  
characteristics.

Weight 3.84 gm  $1,000.00 or best reasonable offer

Carbonaceous Chondrite
Moss, Norway Class: CO3.6 - At about 10:20 am on July 14, 2006, a  
bright fireball traveling SSE-NNW was witnessed by many people and a  
loud explosion and a rumbling sound was heard in the air above Moss  
and Rygge in south Norway, on the east side of the Oslofjord. Shortly  
after, a small meteorite was heard to land on an aluminum sheet and  
was recovered. Extensive searches in the area have resulted in the  
recovery of a total of 5 stones.  Note that light rainfall occurred a  
few days after the fall.  Only 3.76 kg total weight.             
Specimen Weight: 1.18 gm  Price: $600.00

Canyon Diablo, Az (Meteor Crater) Iron Sculpted individual with a lot  
of character. Class IAB-MG. Many specimens from the Canyon Diablo  
region have been found over the years. A giant meteorite crater marks  
the spot of a catastrophic collision with the Earth many thousands of  
year ago where fragments landed around the crater, some many miles  
away. A great search by the Barrington Family for the main mass that  
was thought to exist below the crater was conducted. No great mass was  
every found. Later on Harvey Nininger was able to take measurements of  
the soil where little spheroids were found and came up with the mass  
of the meteoroid that created the awesome feature named meteor crater.
757.7 grams     Price:  $995.00


Sikhote Alin whole with thumbprints. Super nice piece with 100% crust  
and great features you just aren't seeing these days. Purchased years  
ago during the time when every dealer had nice specimens. Class: IIAB

381.2 grams  Price $XXXX  - Sold
335.6 grams  Price $1,000.00  - Hold
I have a bag of smaller specimens, mostly whole 377 grams   $1,500.00


Cape York Meteorite was found in the summer of 1963. Class: IRON  
IIIAB, medium octahedrite. Weight is Estimated 15 tons. Meteorite has  
not been fully excavated. Discovery: The meteorite was discovered by  
Dr. Vagn Buchwald  (Copenhagen, Denmark), during a study of the  
loci­ation where the Greenland meteorites were previously discovered.  
It was 6 km to the west of the point where the two known specimens  
«Woman» and  «Dog» were found and is undoubtedly a part of the Cape  
York me­teorite shower. The meteorite lay on an ice-free slope 500 m  
from the shore and was partly covered with gneiss boulders. There was  
no crater and no crushing of rocks discovered. The meteorite has  
temporarily been left where disco­vered. The specimen found is the  
sixth from the Cape York me­teorite shower. Dr. Vagn Buchwald has  
drawn up a summary of precise data on all the known specimens as of  
September 1963. (from the meteoritical Bulletin)

Weight: 245.8 gm XXXX0 (other smaller slices available) - Sold
Plus 52.7 gm 13.7, 13.6 gums Sold

Odessa Slice Full Slice with nice inclusions. Class: IAB

The Odessa meteorites were for a long time one of the main meteorites  
that people
could collect in earlier times. Similar to the Canyon Diablo  
meteorites and class. Both are from impact sites that left a meteorite  
crater. First described in 1922 and recognized as a meteorite fall  
site. Multiple craters were found at the fall site. My slice shows  
nice inclusions and a great etch. A full perfect slice.
Full slice Weight: 323.1 gm         Price:$XXXX - Sold


Udei Station, Nigeria Fell: Spring of 1927 Silicated Iron Meteorite  
Class: IAB ungrouped. This is a sensational silicated iron meteorite  
with a brown matrix and rich in metal, a medium octahedrite with  
silicated features in the matrix. The fall was heard by the local  
people but exact date was not established.
Weight: 223.8 gm Price: $XXXX- Sold

Milton, Mo (rare Pallasite)
Milton, Missouri Class: Pallasite ungrouped, Found 2000. Again not  
much of this material in collectors hands. A rare third type of  
pallasite. This was the result of a trade of other material. A single  
mass of 2040 g was found in a bean field by Ben Rogers and Gary  
Wennihan. Initial identification was made by C. Rohs and J. Reese at  
Northwest Missouri State University. Small vial of dust from cutting.
Vial in glass display inside riker mount   Price:  $200

Seymchan, Russia Found:

Part slice 106.5 gm 12.375 square inches (2.75 X 4.5 X 1/8 inch)
Nice piece with lots of yellow crystals through out the specimen and a  
silver band running on one fourth of the side (see picture to  
appreciate it).

Price: $1,000.00


COLLECTIONS!

I have two collections that I want to sale as a whole group. If Items  
don't sell near the end of the Tucson Gem Show, I will consider offers  
on individual pieces in these collections.


Australian Collection

Contact me for list of specimens.


Texas Collection

Contact me for list of specimens.