These would be #6 and #7 recovered in Washington. Both from the Liberty gold mining district. The smaller one is classic and much older at 535 grams. The larger one is a tumbler. As it turned each leading edge melted and the molten flow adhered as it flowed backwards. The back side blew off and it sits flat. It weighs i n at 5,450 grams. Recovered both last summer and never made it in to the UW yet. I spen 4 hrs with a dremel and tried to cut windows but each is too hard of material.
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Also you really want to see this crackled fusion crust if you find one. Unless you saw it fall. then it will be fresh burned crust. Look at these and then look at mine. Thats pretty much required.
You have to understand that 99% of meteorites are meteor wrongs. They need to have >6% nickel content to be salable. If you look at the big one you can see the nickle corrosion in its skin. It will pop bright pink/red with a test kit. not the weak pink color. For an expensive one it has to go and be studied and documented to have value. the little ones pop on ebay ok.
Maurice, the small one was found by my dog. He noticed it was different. Its from a different debris field and much much older, as is has a calcium crust over the outside. The large one i found about 100 feet from the small one. The large one was being driven over by prospectors on ATVs and had tire dust tracks when I found it. Up in Liberty in the summer the highbankers are squished tight together as they can legally and there is nothing but gas motor roar all up and down the creek. and about half run back and forth on 4 wheelers. I brought my pan and sluice and couldnt find a spot to squeeze in in the public area.
Whole lot easier to sell a small pile of gold flakes or star wars goods than a $75,000 rock on this economy lol. They likely will be donated to a museum if i dont find a buyer. Or cut into affordable slices or down to 1/4 slices. Big one is the size of a small loaf of bread. Shoulda thrown a quarter in there for size.
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Also you really want to see this crackled fusion crust if you find one. Unless you saw it fall. then it will be fresh burned crust. Look at these and then look at mine. Thats pretty much required.
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/fusioncrust.htm
You have to understand that 99% of meteorites are meteor wrongs. They need to have >6% nickel content to be salable. If you look at the big one you can see the nickle corrosion in its skin. It will pop bright pink/red with a test kit. not the weak pink color. For an expensive one it has to go and be studied and documented to have value. the little ones pop on ebay ok.
Good site:
http://meteoritejunction.com/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=6c61ed9b1fa...
ID info:
http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/ident/#crust
And look at tons and tons of known good pictures.
Maurice, the small one was found by my dog. He noticed it was different. Its from a different debris field and much much older, as is has a calcium crust over the outside. The large one i found about 100 feet from the small one. The large one was being driven over by prospectors on ATVs and had tire dust tracks when I found it. Up in Liberty in the summer the highbankers are squished tight together as they can legally and there is nothing but gas motor roar all up and down the creek. and about half run back and forth on 4 wheelers. I brought my pan and sluice and couldnt find a spot to squeeze in in the public area.
awesome!!!
cool
How did you find these Mike? Very cool
Whole lot easier to sell a small pile of gold flakes or star wars goods than a $75,000 rock on this economy lol. They likely will be donated to a museum if i dont find a buyer. Or cut into affordable slices or down to 1/4 slices. Big one is the size of a small loaf of bread. Shoulda thrown a quarter in there for size.
Don't knock it, Star Wars memorabilia is a hot commodity these days!
Yeah I know. Space debris is only one step away from star wars memorabilia. But their rocks so you have to cut some slack there.