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TEXAS METEORITE COLLECTION: SPECIAL OFFER:

If you're looking to start a specialized collection, we've got a deal for you: 10 different Texas meteorites of our choice, encompassing at least five different types, with a total collection weight averaging about 175 grams and valued at least $950.00 can be yours for just $800.00 plus shipping. No common irons to inflate the weight! Limit one collection per customer while supplies last! Or, try 12 different, $1150.00 value, at just $895.00!

THIN SECTIONS

Thin sections of the following meteorites are in stock. All are professionally prepared 45x25mm thin sections with cover slips, and all are individually labelled. Prices start at $75.00 and vary with the individual thin section. Call or email for a precise quote.

Bilanga, Bondoc, DAG 412, DAG 405, DAG 430, Dalgety Downs, Estherville, Ghubara, Happy Canyon, Ourique, Penna Blanca Springs, Richfield, Sahara 97137, Sierra Colorada, Saint Severin, Tagounite, Vyatka (breccia), Zegdou

EPHEMORA

TRINITITE - The glassy, fused sand resulting from the first Atom Bomb blast at Alamogordo, near Trinity, New Mexico on July 16, 1945! No longer radioactive, we have a few samples remaining of this glassy, greenish material, sizes from about 15mm up to 40mm @ 15.00, 20.00, 35.00, 50.00 and 75.00 each! 

DIAL CALIPERS: We have a small stock of superb dial calipers, exceedingly accurate and useful for measuring either external or interal measurements or diameters of meteorites or other objects. From 0 to 120mm range, with 0.01mm accuracy read-out on the dial! High precision, all metal construction, while supply lasts, only 35.00 each with any meteorite order

SPACE STAMPS: From a large holding, we are breaking up a hugh collection of topical space subjects on stamps, and offer two different selections: 1 - A collection of over twenty (20) souvenir sheets issued by various countries to commemorate space achievements. Brilliantly colorful issues, catalog value over $115.00, just $45.00 per lot with any meteorite order! 2 - A huge lot of over 200 specially selected stamps, plus an additional lot of nearly 50 souvenir sheets issued by various countries, again all commemorating some space achievement. Colorful material, catalog value over $485.00, just $189.00 for the lot with any meteorite order!

RIES CRATER ROCK - Bopfingen, Nordlinger Ries, Bavaria, Germany 
Rock fragments from the Nordlinger Ries crater! Much has been written about this huge area that shows extensive brecciation and scattering of large blocks of limestone, containing several unsual SiO2 polymorphs such as stishovite and coesite, and odd carbon polymorphs such as chaoite. Here's an opportunity to add a specimen to your collection, nodular masses from about 35mm up to 125mm across, priced at only 15.00, 25.00, 40.00, and 65.00 each. Neat stuff! 

MOLDAVITE - Locenice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Excellent, bottle-green gemmy tektites from this famous area. Tektites are reputed to be either extra-terrestrial in origin, or the result of the violent impact of meteorites upon the earth's surface. This selection shows fine flow lines and marvelous color typical for these glassy curiosities See images in the Photo Gallery or call for quotes.

DARWIN GLASS - Mt. Darwin, nr. Queenstown, Tasmania
An impactite believed to have originated from the Darwin Crater. Only a few specimens 3-4cm.

ALLABOGDANITE - Bol'shoy Dolguchan River, Yakutia, Russia
This NEW SPECIES, an extremely rare (Fe,Ni)2P mineral was discovered in remnants of the Onello meteorite, an Ni-rich ataxite, that was found here in 1997. Each sample consists of a single tiny grain mounted in a 4mm probe mount and accompanied by an SEM image and full quantitative chemical workup for each individually microprobed sample. Named for Dr. Alla Boghanova, author's studied material, only a few available @ 245.00 each.

BARRINGERITE in CANYON DIABLO METEORITE
Only one specimen, 4x2cm @ $75.

CHUKANOVITE - Dronino, Kasimov, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
This NEW SPECIES occurs in kamacite cavities as acicular to fibrous masses forming brownish to greenish brown spherules of radially fibrous aggregates, similar in morphology (but not color) to malachite. This is author's studied material from the relatively new Dronino ataxite meteorite that fell in prehistoric times but was not discovered until 2000, subsequently described in 2004. Formula: Fe2(CO3)(OH)2, the iron analog of malachite, IMA #2005-039, named in honor of Russian physicist and mineralogist Nikita Vladimirovich Chukanov (B. 1953). A very rare species likely formed as an alteration product (under the bizarre reducing conditions) of native iron with cold CO2-bearing subsurface water. Only a few samples on hand, sizes from about 8mm to 1.9cm @ 135.00, 160.00 and 195.00 each.

COESITE - Meteor Crater, Cococino Co., Arizona
This uncommon species occurs as relatively pure tan to white masses comprising a shocked Permian sandstone, here from one of the more well-known localities. A small glass vial of powdered material @ 20.00.

COHENITE - Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino Co, Arizona
With polished surface. 2.5cm @ $125.

COHENITE - Kopiesk, Chelyabinskaya Oblast, S. Urals, USSR
In one of its few reported terrestrial occurances, cohenite is found as minute, bronze metallic grains scattered through rock, associated with masses of troilite. And unusual but valid occurrence, available as grains in a vial @ 25.00. Two 4cm matrix specimens @ 150.00 each.

COHENITE and NATIVE IRON - Disko Island, Greenland
Only one specimen 1cm in TN box.

CRONUSITE - fell February 18, 1943, Norton Co., Kansas
This NEW SPECIES is extremely rare and has recently been uncovered in the Norton Co. meteorite by extensive microprobe investigation of many, many samples. A very weird, hydrous chromium sulfide with trace calcium evident in all analyses, there is only one available, as pinpoints in 5mm probe mount, accompanied by an SEM image and full quantitative chemistry @ 425.00.

DAUBREELITE - from Norton County Meteorite
This rare species occurs here as microscopic inclusions in the Norton County meteorite, a rare Aubrite type achondrite that fell on February 18, 1948. These are individully microprobed samples, presented as a small (4mm) probe mounts, most with a single grain of material. Only a few available from this historic find @ 100.00 each.

FERROMERRILLITE - Los Angeles Martian Basalt, Shergottite Meteorite, Found 1999, California
This exceptionally rare NEW SPECIES oocurs here as minute aggregates in the 1999 find of the Los Angeles meteorite, a rare Martian basaltic shergottite! Only two small LA meteorite samples were discovered, and subsequent study of the Shergotty meteorite and this material has led to the recent IMA-approval (#2006-039) of this new phosphate mineral. Formula: Ca9NaFe(PO4)7; author's studied material, ONLY ONE individual grain available, in a 5mm probe mount @ 450.00, accompanied by superbly documented full quantitative chemistry and SEM image as well.

GROSSITE - Acfer 214 CH Meteorite, Aguemour, Sahara Desert, Algeria
This extraordinarily rare species is missing from most comprehensive reference collections and is now offered for the first time in a legitimate, verified sample! This is a 6mm probe mount from the Acfer 214 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite discovered in 1991. The microprobed sample is accompanied by two carefully mapped SEM images and complete quantitative chemistry of the grossite, typically associated with forsterite and occasionally other species. A great rarity @ 625.00.

IRON (native/"telluric") - Disko Island, nr. Ovikak, Greenland
From the classic locality for terrestrial iron, we have a selection of small specimens showing typical brown oxidized matrix and admixed native iron comprising these thin thumbnails. Proportedly from the Bosch Collection, these average about 1.5cm across at just 20.00 each for these small fragments mounted in a TN box.

KAMACITE w/TAENITE - Agtalilik Meteorite, Melville Bay, Greenland
Specimens < 1cm in TN boxes @ $45 each.

KEILITE - Abee EH3 Meteorite, Fell June 9, 1953, Alberta, Canada
This NEW SPECIES has been discovered in the Abee meteorite, an enstatite chondrite (EH3) that fell here on June 9, 1953. The mineral occurs as minute inclusions in small sections of kamacite-containing enstatite, occasionally with minor roedderite. Formula: (Fe,Mg)S - and each sample is a small fragment mounted in a 5mm probe mount and accompanied by two SEM images and full quantitative chemistry! Only one of these superbly documented samples available @ 240.00 each.

KOSMOCHLOR - Maw-Sit-Sit, Myanmar
This rare mineral occurs as dense, deep emerald green masses comprising matrix, the chromium analog of jadeite. Only a few small samples available from this obscure locality, sizes averaging about 0.8cm @ 40.00 each.

LAWRENCEITE - Nantan, Guangxi Province, PR China
This rare, typically extraterrestrial Fe-Ni chloride mineral is one of the most deliquescent phases known, and by definition is easily capable of turning to liquid by absorption of atmospheric humidity. We have only a few carefully sealed glass capillary tubes of evil green lawrencite solution that oozed from the Nantan Meteorite, the equivalent of (forgive me) unoxidized meteorite pus! Only a two 2cm thin capillaries available @ 40.00 each, or a larger vial @ 75.00.

MAJORITE - Chantonnay, Vendee, France
Perhaps the rarest of all garnets, these XRD-verified majorites are found as small 2mm aggregates in the Chantonnay meteorite which fell on August 5, 1812! We have again obtained two verified samples (<1mm), each completely documented with X-ray powder diffraction data (intensities, d-spaces, hkl) and the associated spectra @ 295.00 per documented sample. Rare!

NIERITE in INDARCH METEORITE, Fell April 7, 1891, - Shusha, Elisavetpol, Azerbaijan
This extremely rare mineral occurs as submicroscopic aggregates very sparsely scattered in this enstatite chondrite that fell in 1891, one of only four meteorites in which this species has been found and the only known estatite chondrite in the group! Approved in 1994, only a couple small (<3mm) samples available @ 65.00 each.

RINGWOODITE - L6 Meteorite, Debaca Co., New Mexico
Microscopic glassy inclusions of ringwoodite sparsely scattered in dark brownish black matrix of the Taiban meteorite, possibly with glassy "maskelynite" as well. Found in 1934, a small blocky section about 1.3cm @ 85.00

ROEDDERITE - Wichita County Octahedrite Meteorite, Kansas
Small grains <1mm in capsule. ID by Ed Olsen.

SCHREIBERSITE - Sao Juliao de Moreira Meteorite, Ponte de Linia, Minho, Portugal
This iron-nickel phosphide is found almost exclusively in meteorites, but usually in nearly microscopic aggregates. Occuring in this octahedrite meteorite found in 1883, we have pure granular pale yellow metallic masses ranging in size from sub-millemeter to several millimeters across. Offered as fine grained mass in a capsule for 20.00, or several larger fragments also in a capsule @ 35.00.

STANFIELDITE - Bahin Pallasite Meteorite, Found 1810, Minsk, Belarus
This tiny specimen is in a 5mm probe mount and is accompanied by an SEM photo and complete quantitative analysis from the microprobe process. Only one specimen is available @ 295.00.

SUESSITE - DAG 319 Meteorite, Dar al Gani, Sahara Desert, Libya
This exceptionally rare species is found here as minute inclusions in olivine, discovered in the rare Dar al Gani 319 meteorite that was found in 1997. The meteorite itself, an uncommon type 3 polymict ureilite, was uncovered with only 740 grams in existence! The suessite samples are small polished fragments in probe mounts, accompanied by two SEM images and complete analytical chemistry performed for each individual. Only one available, superbly documented, @ 350.00 each.

TAENITE - Olmetta, Corsica, France
Micro in serpentine, 2cm.

TROILITE - Alta Mine, Del Norte Co., California
From one of only two terrestrial occurences of the species, we have several small troilite samples comprised of metallic masses from a serpentine shear zone near Crescent City, these being relatively pure but likely with some included magnetite as well. Specimen sizes range from about 0.7cm to < 2cm @ 20.00, 35.00 and 50.00 each.

TUITE - Tenham L6-S6 Meteorite, Tenham Station, Australia
This relatively NEW and rare species occurs here as microscopic transparent grains filling small voids in carefully prepared, small sections of the Tenham meteorite, an olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L-6,S-6) that fell in 1879. Recently discovered here, we have only a couple meticulously documented samples that include two SEM images, full quantitative chemistry and optics as well, accompanying 5mm probe mounts containing single grains of complex kamacite, troilite and occasionally ringwoodite or other specuies. A gamma-Ca3(PO4)2 phase, approved in 2001 but unavailable until now, just two one on hand @ 360.00 each.

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