Hello Ed, Thank you for asking. To me buying an unclassified meteorite is like buying a lottery ticket, maybe you will be lucky, maybe you won't, I have been dealing with meteorites for nearly 30 years and I have seen too many very good meteorwrongs. Do you remember Shirokovsky? And even if it is really a meteorite, what type is it? Imagine buying a mass of Portales Valley without knowing about the metal veins in it. Or a Tarda or a Murchison as "just" an unclassified but probably carbonaceous chondrite. You would miss so much, meteorites are not just interesting rocks, they come a long way and have so much more to tell us. As for aesthetics, I certainly agree and I hate to see meteorites chopped in crumbs, but it only requires 20g and it can be done so as not damage the meteorite. Here is an example, I am sure you can see where it was cut, but I think you will agree that it does not damage the look of the meteorite, and yes it is now in the Met.Bulletin, it is Burns, an octahedrite IIIAB: MPOD 131231 from Tucson Meteorites
| | | | | | | | | | | MPOD 131231 from Tucson Meteorites | | | I certainly hope that I answered your question. Thanks. Anne [email protected] On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:01:50 AM MDT, Ed Fernandez <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Anne, I am very curious why you say this should be classified? As a collector, I prefer to buy irons that are intact and have not been cut. I am ok buying something unclassified and taking some risk on it. Just curious as to your thoughts. Regards, Ed On Mar 18, 2024, at 9:03 AM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you for your responses on the Met. List.Why is this new iron not classified? It should be classified before you start to sell it. Anne [email protected] On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 08:37:22 PM MDT, Benzaki Mohamed via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all the liste members hop having a great time. I present a nice iron 5kg.4 unclassified amateures sales slices) tested and etched a slice for sale a good price please everyone interested contacte me thanks.______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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