I received my 2.4 kilo NWA 8529 H-6 Chondrite yesterday and processed it into my sphere rough today.
The good, it was quite fragmented but I was able to find the most solid area to cut my rough from.
The bad, the cube does have some cracks and I hope Dmitry can stabilize it before he makes it into a sphere PLUS it’s BROWN and I’m kind of sick of brown spheres.
The 2.4 Kilo Whole Specimen
Here it is on the saw, which was just big enough to process this whole specimen
My 57mm (oversized) Sphere Rough
The remaining cuts, the top left end cut is the only piece that stayed together which is ironic because I thought it would fall to piece due to all of the fragments
I'm getting ready to process the 2 Sikhote Alin end cuts that have not sold yet
This will produce some awesome slices but it will diminish the size of the end cuts (obviously) which is a shame because the size of the widmanstatten pattern of this so large that you need a large surface to appreciate it.
Boba Debt, as Terry mentioned we require members to be a paid charter member to sell on the forum and a paid supporting member to sell through a web site. Cost to be a paid Charter Member is $20 a year which is very little cost, about $1.66 a month.
If you do not wish to be a charter member then we will have to edit out all reference to selling.
Wow I am impressed! You have quite a collection and it looks like you have learned a lot over the years the old fashion way. I am interested in buying some of your scraps. How can I get a list and prices?
Presenting my Bondoc Mesosiderite, NWA 8529 H-6 and Sikhote Alin 50mm Spheres
I finally filled that last 3 “holes” in what I consider to be all of the general classifications
Stoney Irons — Pallasite and Mesosiderite
All 4 irons from Fine to Coarsest
Most of the L and H Chondrites
I have plenty of other classifications and other meteorite related spheres but I wanted to the basics to be represented in my collection and it only took 12 years to do it
It's been a few years because work and "life" have been hectic so not a lot of time for social media
However, I recently rearranged my collection performed some maintenance - re-etching the irons, polishing the Brahin and Dronino and cleaning the chondrites
I'm always looking for new material to add to my collection so feel free to contact me if you have something you need processed