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Post by vegasjames on Apr 21, 2015 1:53:42 GMT -5
Up for sale small Sikhote-Alin iron meteorites. Each lot contains 2 iron meteorites with a total weight of over 20 grams. Great as specimens, or can be wire wrapped, bales soldered to them for necklaces and especially great as gifts for kids. Each lot is $25 with free shipping in the U.S. Lot #1  Lot #2  Lot #3  Lot #4  Lot #5  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 20:46:49 GMT -5
Are they cut pieces or entire? If entire, I'll buy #3.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 24, 2015 4:54:43 GMT -5
Are they cut pieces or entire? If entire, I'll buy #3. They are all solid pieces of what it referred to as Skikhote shrapnel. I don't have any cut Sikhotes in my collection. Sikhotes are most often in shrapnel form. In some cases they will be regmaglypted, which in short are smooth ablation marks on the surface. And in very rare circumstances they are hybrids of the two. I have two hybrids. Here is an example of a regmaglypted Sikhote:  An larger example of Sikhote shrapnel:  And a hybrid with regmaglypts on the left end and shrapnel on the rest:  I have always been fascinated by the shrapnel. It is just mind boggling to think at how fast this meteor had to be coming in to create enough atmospheric resistance to literally rip apart that massive chunk of metal and twist the pieces the way they got shaped from the force. |
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Post by radio on Apr 24, 2015 19:24:43 GMT -5
Do you have any of the regmaglypted "thumbprint" type like the top one, or even the second one without the sharpnel in the last set of pics? The shrapnel usually has some pretty sharp/rough edges, so I prefer smoother ones for jewelry
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 24, 2015 19:48:56 GMT -5
Do you have any of the regmaglypted "thumbprint" type like the top one, or even the second one without the sharpnel in the last set of pics? The shrapnel usually has some pretty sharp/rough edges, so I prefer smoother ones for jewelry Most of those I sold a long time ago. I have a few left I think, bu the one in the pic is staying in my collection. The other one I have is larger, I think it was around 65 grams. It also has a hole and flow lines, which all increase the value considerably. I do have some smaller NWA 859 meteorites known as Tazas, which are my favorite. But those are worth more per gram. I have seen Tazas go for $3 to $15 per gram. I will have to dig through and see what else I have small enough for jewelry. Won't have time to dig through all the meteorites for a few days though. |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 25, 2015 9:29:06 GMT -5
Thinkin' on this..I will be following!! Thumbs up
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