My 50mm Meteorite Sphere Collection

[Boba Debt]

Three of the end cuts after their initial etch

 

[Boba Debt]

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

 

[Boba Debt]

Polished example of the NWA 8529

 

[Boba Debt]

I'm sending some material to Russia to get made into spheres so I replaced the Bondoc Sphere Rough with the Iron Sikhote Alin that I quickly etched

 

[Boba Debt]

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]

209 gram true full slice that was polished on both sides and etched.

It is 3.370" wide, 2.095 tall and .330” thick.












144 gram slice – Etched on all sides with some crust on the back

It is 2.108" wide, 2.087 tall and .330” thick.

 

[Rific]

I like what you're doing!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

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.

 

[Boba Debt]

Feel free to delete anything you want.

 

[RTR]

WOW ! Way cool collection

 

[SpaceRocks]

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?

 

[Art_Blade]

209 gram true full slice that was polished on both sides and etched.

It is 3.370" wide, 2.095 tall and .330” thick..........................

Nice visible Neumann lines, very impressive work Boba Debt. Good luck

 

[Boba Debt]

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

 

[Boba Debt]

My complete collection

 

[stonecutter1]

That is quite an impressive collection and very nice work.

 

[Boba Debt]

Thanks


I'm still trying to get a good etch on the Sikhote Alin.


I have tried everything

 

[Boba Debt]

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